Removing Items from the Favorites
Tray
Tap and hold an item in the favorites tray and drag it
out of the tray.
Adding Items to the Favorites Tray
Tap and hold an item on the home screen and drag it
into the favorites tray.
If the favorites tray is full, you need to remove an item
from the tray.
Entering Text
You can enter text using the on-screen keyboard. Some
apps open it automatically. In others, you open it by
tapping where you want to type. You can press the
Back Key
to hide the on-screen keyboard.
Google Keyboard
The Google keyboard provides a layout similar to a
desktop computer keyboard. Turn the phone sideways
and the keyboard will change from portrait to
landscape. The landscape keyboard is not supported in
all applications.
• Tap the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Tap and
hold some specific keys to enter associated accented
letters or numbers. For example, to enter è, tap
and hold and the available accented letters and
number 3 appear. Then slide to choose
è
.
• Tap to use uppercase. Double-tap to lock
uppercase. This key also changes to indicate the
current case you are using: for lowercase, for
uppercase, and when locked in uppercase.
• Tap
to delete the text before the cursor.
• Tap
to select numbers and symbols. You can
then tap to find more.
• Tap to enter miniature icons.
• Tap to use Google’s networked voice input.
Gesture Typing
The Google keyboard supports gesture typing feature.
You use this feature to input a word by sliding through
the letters.
To enable and use gesture typing:
1. Tap
Home Key
>
Apps icon
>
Settings
>
Language & input
.
2. Tap next to Google Keyboard.
3. Check
Enable gesture typing
.
4. Move your finger from letter to letter on the
keyboard to trace a word without lifting the finger
until you reach the end of the word.
NOTES:
• Tap when you want to. If you want to enter a single
letter, go ahead and tap.
• Lift your finger at the end of the word. A space is
added automatically when you begin to input the
next word.
Google Voice Typing
Google voice typing uses the Google voice recognition
service to convert speech to text. You must have a data
connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it.
1. Tap to access the voice typing when you are using
the Google keyboard.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what
you want to type.
3. You can continue entering text to keep it or to
delete it.
NOTE:
Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,”
“exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter
punctuation.
Touch Input Settings
Choose the touch input settings by pressing the
Home
Key
>
Apps icon
>
Settings
>
Language & input
.
In the
KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS
section,
you can set the default input method and choose the
settings for input methods.
Editing Text
•
Move the insertion point:
Tap where you want to
type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a tab
appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor.
•
Select text:
Tap and hold or double tap within the
text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each
end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the
selection.
•
Cut or copy:
Select the text you want to
manipulate. Then tap or to cut or copy the text
to the clipboard.
•
Replace text with the clipboard text:
Select the
text you want to replace. Then tap or
PASTE
.
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