User guide

3. Use to erase characters to the left of the cursor.
4. When you’ve nished typing, press
Back to close the keyboard.
To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters
Tap
To switch to the numeric keyboard.
Tap
on the numeric keyboard
To view additional symbols, tap it again to switch back.
Tap and hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key To open a pop up menu to select an accented vowel or other alternate letter.
Tap and hold
To open a pop up menu with a set of common symbols.
Tap and hold a number or symbol key To open a pop up menu of additional symbols. Not all keys have additional symbols.
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Slide your nger smoothly up from the main keyboard to open an extension keyboard, with numbers and symbols. To
enter a number or symbol from that keyboard, slide your nger onto it and then lift your nger. When you lift your nger,
the extended keyboard will no longer be visible.
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When you tap a key, a larger version displays briey over the keyboard. Keys with alternate characters display an ellipsis (
... ) below the character.
Changing the keyboard language
Selecting the Android keyboard languages
1. Tap a text eld to open the onscreen keyboard.
2. Tap and hold
> Android keyboard settings.
3. Tap
Input languages > Select one or more languages.
4. Press
Back to save.
Changing the keyboard language
If you’ve selected more than one keyboard language, the active keyboard language is displayed on the Space bar. You can
switch languages easily as follows:
1. Tap and hold
.
2. Without lifting your nger, move it to the left or right until the language you want appears in the center of the small
window above
.
3. Lift your nger.
If you have many languages available, you may have to repeat the above steps to reach your desired language.
Entering the text by speaking
You can use voice input to enter text. Voice input is an experimental feature using Google’s speech-recognition service. You
must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use voice input.
Turning on voice input
If the onscreen keyboard does not display , voice input is not turned on or you have congured it to display only on
the symbol keyboard.
1. From the Home screen, tap
Apps > Settings. Or press Menu > Settings.
2. Tap
Language & keyboard > Android keyboard.
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You can also tap and hold
on the onscreen keyboard. In the dialog that opens, tap Android keyboard settings.
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