Neoi NeoIDesc 601, User Manual

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AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide
To enter text
1 Touch a text field.
The onscreen keyboard opens.
You can also use the Trackball to select a text field and then press the Trackball
to open the onscreen keyboard.
2 Touch the keys on the keyboard to type.
The characters you’ve entered appear in a strip above the keyboard, with
suggestions for the word you are typing to the right. Press the left or right arrow in
the strip to view more suggestions.
3 Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the red suggested word.
If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctation marks
you can touch, to replace the space with.
Or touch another suggested word to enter it.
Or touch & hold the leftmost word to add it to your dictionary.
If you touch a word that is not in your dictionary, it’s entered and you’re prompted
to touch the word again if you want to add it to your dictionary.
You can view, edit, or delete the words that you add to the dictionary. See
“Language & keyboard settings” on page 348.
4 Use the Delete key to erase characters to the left of the cursor.
5 When you’re finished typing, press Back to close the keyboard.
To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters
S Press the Symbols key to switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard.
Press the Alt key on the symbols keyboard to view additional symbols; press it
again to switch back.
S Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can
touch an accented vowel or other alternate letter.
S
Touch & hold the Period key ( . ) to open a small window with a set of common
symbols.
S Touch & hold a number or symbol key to open a window of additional symbols.
When you touch a key, a larger version displays briefly over the keyboard. Keys with
alternate characters display an ellipsis ( ... ) below the character.
S Slide your finger smoothly up from the main keyboard to open an extension
keyboard, with numbers and symbols; to enter a number or symbol from that
keyboard, slide your finger onto it and then lift your finger.