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Section 5: Entering Text
This section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuation
and numbers when you need to enter text.
Virtual QWERTY Keyboard
Your phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use
the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other
characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the
keyboard by touching any text entry field.
The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the
screen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screen
orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the
screen.
Text Input Methods
Your phone offers two text input methods:
•
Swype
: Swype is a new text input method that allows you to enter
words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY keyboard, lifting
your finger between words.
•
Android Keyboard
: The Android Keyboard is a virtual QWERTY
keyboard that allows you to enter text by touching keys on the screen.
Android Keyboard includes predictive text, which matches your key
touches to common words so that you can select the word to enter it
into your text.
Changing the Input Method
When entering text, you can select the text input method.
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Touch and hold on a text input field, then touch
Input
method
to select an input method:
• Swype
• Android Keyboard
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