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52 2A. Device Basics
Entering Text Using the QWERTY
Keyboard
Accessing the QWERTY Keyboard
The Epic 4G™ has a full, slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
The keyboard is located beneath the display screen
and is accessed by sliding it open. This orients the
device's display to Landscape (widescreen) mode.
With the QWERTY keyboard, you can type letters,
numbers, punctuation, and other special characters
into text entry fields or other applications as easily as
on your computer.
To open the device and access the keyboard:
1.
Rotate the device 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
2.
Slide the top section of the device up to open, as
shown in the illustration. When you slide the device
open, the display rotates from a vertical viewing
mode (Portrait) to a horizontal viewing mode
(Landscape).
To reveal additional QWERTY text editing options:
1.
Touch and hold an active text entry field.
2.
From the
Edit text
context menu, tap an available
function:
䡲
Select all
highlights all characters in the text
message field.
䡲
Select text/Stop selecting text
lets you manually
highlight characters in the text message field.
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