Phone Basics
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Tips for Editing Text
Your phone gives you many options to make entering text easier, including copying, cutting, and
pasting text, using voice-to-text input, customizing the user dictionary, using predictive text, and
more.
To…
Instructions
Enter
alternate
characters
To enter characters appearing at the top of the keys
(including numbers), press
=\<
on the keyboard
or touch
?123
on the multi-touch keyboard.
Enter
one capital
letter
Touch
Shift
.
Enter
only capital letters
, until
you touch
Shift
again
Touch
Shift
twice. Touch again to revert to
lowercase.
Select
text
Touch and hold text to select it.
Or, when viewing a Web page or received message,
touch and hold text until you see two bookend
cursors. Drag the cursors to either end of the text to
select. Touch the selected text for more options.
Cut
or
Copy
selected text
Touch and hold text to select a word. To select all
text, touch
Select All
.
Then select
Cut
or
Copy
.
