Phone Basics
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Android keyboard
lets you use a traditional QWERTY setup to enter text. Additional options
expand your ability to enter text faster and more accurately. See
Android Keyboard
for details.
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Swype
lets you enter letters and words in one continuous motion by swiping your finger across
the letters. See
Swype
for details.
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TouchPal Keyboard
offers three layouts and also lets you enter letters and words by swiping
your finger across the letters. See
TouchPal Keyboard
for details.
To change the input methods:
1. Touch a text entry field, so that a keyboard displays on the screen.
2. Flick down the status bar and touch
Choose input method
.
3. Select an available input method.
To enable or disable the input methods:
1. Touch
>
>
Settings
>
Language & input
.
2. In the
KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS
section, check or uncheck the available input
methods to enable or disable them. Some input methods cannot be disabled.
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.
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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
