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Rearranging the Favorites Tray
The Home Screen includes a customizable favorites tray visible
from all extended Home Screens. You can drag apps, shortcuts,
and other priority items in or out of the favorites tray for instant
access from Home Screen.
To remove items from the favorites tray:
Touch and hold an item in the favorites tray and drag it out of the
tray.
To add items to the favorites tray:
Touch and hold an item and drag it onto the
favorites
tray.
If the favorites tray is full, you need to remove an item in the tray.
Entering Text
You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it
automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to
type. You can touch the
Back Key
to hide the onscreen keyboard.
Change Input Methods
1.
When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, the icon
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appears on the notification panel.
2.
Open the notification panel and touch
Select input method
.
3.
Select an input method you need.
Android Keyboard
The Android 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.
•
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
and the available accented
letters and number 3 appear. Then slide to choose È.
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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.
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•
Touch
to delete the text before the cursor.
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Touch
to select numbers and symbols. You can then touch
to find more. Also, frequently used symbols are displayed on
top of the keyboard.
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Touch
to start a new line.
•
Touch
to use voice input.
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Touch and hold
to change the input languages or set up the
Android keyboard.
Swype Keyboard
Swype is a fast way to enter text. It lets you type a word by drawing
through letters. Swype a word, then lift your finger.
Put your finger on the first letter of the word and draw a path from
letter to letter, lifting up after the last letter.
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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
Start of the word
End of the word
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uppercase.
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Touch
to change the language.
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Touch
to view the tips. Touch and hold to open settings
menu.
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Touch
to select numbers and symbols.
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Touch
to delete the text before the cursor.
•
Touch
to start a new line.
•
Touch
to use voice input.
Touch Input Settings
Choose the touch input settings by touching the
Menu Key > System
settings > Language & input
from the Home Screen.
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:
Touch 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.
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Select
text:
Touch and hold or double-tap within the text.
