User's Manual

BasicKeyboardUsage
Thenicethingaboutowningatabletisyouarenotconstrainedtotypingonatinythumbkeyboard(asisthecase
withphones).Youcanusethevirtualkeyboardthatdisplayswheneveryoutouchanareathatrequiresinputor
youcanconnectanexternalstandardkeyboardviaBluetooth.
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TextinputmethodsincludevoicewhereyouspeakyourmessageorSwype,atextentrymethodwhereyouswipe
yourfingeroverthekeyboardwithoutliftingit.
VoiceInput
Voiceinputcanbeactivatedinthetextareainanyapp,withtheexceptionofpasswordfields.Taptheareawhere
youwanttoentertextandtapthemicrophoneicon
onyourtablet'sonscreenkeyboardtoopenavoiceinput
pop‐up.Speakintothetablet'smicrophonewhenprompted.Speakthenamesofpunctuationmarks,andGoogle
automaticallyreplacesthespokennamewiththecorrectpunctuation.
Tocorrectanyerrors,tapwherethecorrectionistobemadeandtype
thecorrection.
UpperandLowerCaseTyping
Thekeyboardthatisdisplayedisabasiclayoutwithsomedifferentwaysofdoingthings.Forexample;totypea
capitalletter,taptheuppercasekey
.Tocapitalizemorethanoneletter,doubletapthe keytochangeitto
uppercase
.Togobacktolowercase,tapthe keyagain.
InputtingText
 Movinginsertionpoint:Touchwhereyouwanttotypeandthecursorblinksinthenewposition.Abluetab
displays.Dragthetabtomovethecursor.
 Selecttext:Touchandholdordouble‐tapwithinthetext.Thenearestwordhighlights,withatabateachend
oftheselection.Dragthetabstochangetheselection.Thetabdisappearsafterafewmoments.Tomakeit
reappear,touchthetextagain.
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 Deletetext:Touch todeleteselectedtextorthecharactersbeforethecursor.
 Typecapitalletters:TouchtheShiftkeyoncetoswitchtocapitallettersforoneletter.Ortouchandhold
Shiftkeywhileyoutype.Whenyoureleasethekey,yougobacktolowercaseletters.
 Turncapslockon.Double‐taportouchandhold Shiftkey,soitchangesto .Touch Shiftkeyagainto
returntolowercase.
 Cut,copy,paste.Selectthetextyouwanttomanipulate.Thentouch:
 Cutbutton
 Copybutton
Pastebutton
Tochangeanykeyboardinputmethod,goto:
SettingsPersonalLanguage&Input
SmileyFaces
Attachingsmileystoinstantmessages,texts,ande‐mailcanbeafunandeasywaytoaddcharactertoyour
messages.TherearesomesmileysbuiltintoyourTegraTABkeyboardthatyoumaynotknowabout.However,
findingthemisjustacoupleoffingerpressesaway.
1. Opentheappyouwanttosendamessagefrom.
2. Tapthescreenwhereyouwanttostarttypingsothekeyboarddisplays.