User's Guide

Phone Basics 28
Using Swype
1. From a screen where you can enter text, drag down from the top of the screen to open
the Notifications panel, and then touch Choose input method > Swype.
2. Swipe your finger continuously over the letters to form a word. As you swipe over letters,
words matching your pattern display at the top of the Swype keyboard. To enter a word,
lift your finger, or touch a word at the top of the keyboard.
 Touch to select ABC mode. Touch to select Number & Symbol mode.
 In ABC mode, touch to alter the capitalization:
(Unshifted) to enter all letters in a word lowercase.
(One-character-shifted) to capitalize only the first letter of a word.
(Caps Lock) to enter all letters in a word uppercase.
 The Number & Symbol keyboards are in two layers. Touch to display the second
keyboard.
 Some keys have alternate characters. In either mode, if a key displays an extra
character on the upper right corner, touch and hold the key to enter the character. Or,
touch and hold a key to call up a list of all the characters available on that key. Touch
the character you want to enter from the list.
 Touch to switch to Google voice typing, to enter text by speaking.
For more information about using Swype and its additional capabilities, including using voice
entry and personalizing your Swype dictionary, touch and hold from the Swype keyboard
display, and then touch Help > How to Swype. You can also visit swype.com for more
information.