Typing text
On-screen keyboard
You can enter text with the on-screen QWERTY keyboard by tapping each letter
individually, or you can use the Gesture input feature and slide your finger from letter to
letter to form words. If you prefer to use a smaller and moveable version of the on-screen
keyboard, you can activate the thumb keyboard or the mini keyboard instead.
You can select up to three languages for text input. The Smart language detection
feature detects the language you are using and predicts the words for that language as
you type.
1 Delete a character before the cursor.
2 Insert a new line or confirm text input.
3 Switch between lower case , upper case , and caps . For some languages, this key is used to
access extra characters in the language.
4 Shift to the moveable thumb keyboard or the mini keyboard.
5 Enter a space.
6 Personalize your keyboard. This key disappears after the keyboard is personalized.
7 Display numbers and symbols. For even more symbols, tap
.
To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text
•
Tap a text entry field.
To enter text character by character
1
To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.
2
To enter a character variant, touch and hold a regular keyboard character to get a
list of available options, then select from the list. For example, to enter "é," touch
and hold "e" until other options appear, then, while keeping your finger pressed on
the keyboard, drag to and select "é."
To enter a period
•
After you enter a word, double-tap the space bar.
To switch between the full keyboard and a smaller keyboard
1
When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap
,
or
.
2
Select a keyboard.
Tap and hold , then drag it to move the small keyboard as desired.
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