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Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone
Move Around Your Phone’s Menus
and Screens
Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control
everything through various types of
touches, or gestures.
Tap:
When you want to type using the
onscreen keyboard, select items such as
application and settings icons, or press
onscreen buttons, simply tap them with
your finger. A light touch works best.
Touch and hold:
To display the available
options for an item simply touch and hold
the item.
Flick:
Move your finger in lighter, quicker
strokes than swiping. This finger gesture is
always used in a vertical motion, such as
when flicking through contacts or a
message list.
Swipe or slide:
Quickly drag your finger
vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Drag:
Press and hold your finger with some
pressure before you start to move it. Do not
release your finger until you have reached
the target position.
Rotate:
Activate the auto-rotate feature to
automatically change the screen orientation
from portrait to landscape by turning the
phone sideways.
Swype:
This unique feature allows you to
enter a word by sliding a finger from letter
to letter, lifting only between words. See
page 12 for instructions on using this text
input method.
