User's Manual

18 2A. Device Basics
Entering Text
Use the following keys while entering text using the
onscreen keyboard:
Using Trace to Enter Text
Instead of tapping the keys on the onscreen keyboard,
you can “trace” to type words. To trace, slide your finger
on the onscreen keyboard to enter words. For example,
if you want to type “the”, put your finger on the “t” key,
and then trace the word “the” on the onscreen
keyboard by sliding your finger to each letter.
Press and hold keys with gray characters at the
top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented
letters. The gray character displayed on the key is
the character that will be inserted when you press
and hold that key. Some keys have multiple
characters or accents associated with them.
Shift key. Tap to capitalize the next letter you
enter. Tap twice to turn on caps lock.
Numeric key. Tap to switch to the numeric and
symbol keyboard.
Alphabet key. Tap to switch to the alphabetic
keyboard.
Enter key. Tap to create a new line.
Backspace key. Tap to delete the previous
character. Press and hold to delete multiple
characters.
Voice input key. Tap to speak the words you want
to type. See “Voice Input” on page 87.
Tap to hide the onscreen keyboard.