Phone Basics
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Touchscreen Keyboards
The touchscreen keyboards let you enter text directly onscreen. They appear automatically
when you touch a text entry field.
There are three types of input methods that you can use: Android keyboard, Swype, and
TouchPal.
1. Touch a text entry field, so that a keyboard displays on the screen.
2. Flick down the status bar and touch
Select input method
.
3. Select an available input method (
English (US) Android keyboard
,
Google voice
typing
,
Swype
, or
TouchPal Keyboard
).
Android Keyboard
The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the
phone sideways and the keyboard will change to a larger layout as the phone switches to the
landscape display.
Note:
The Auto-rotate screen check box in
>
> Settings > Accessibility
needs to
be selected for using the keyboard in landscape mode. The landscape QWERTY
keyboard is not supported in all applications.
●
Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold some specific keys to enter
associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, touch and hold
. As
the available accented letters and number 3 appear, slide your finger to choose
È
and
release.
●
Touch
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.
●
Touch
to delete the text before the cursor.
