User's Manual

Using the Keyboard
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Basic Keyboard Usage
Text input methods include voice (where you speak your message), tap (where you tap every letter and the space
bar), and gesture typing. Try using your stylus for controlling the keyboard! You will have better control for hitting
the letters you want and your hand does not need to travel as much so you can enter text even faster.
Depending on what you are inputting, the keyboard may be different (when composing an email, for example).
Voice Input
Voice input can be activated in the text area of 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.
Gesture Typing
Instead of tapping the letters on the keyboard you can also trace the letters in a word without lifting your finger or
stylus. The system will show a trail of your finger movement. Gesture typing automatically inserts a space
between words when you start the next word in your sentence; you do not need to tap the space bar.
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.
When you are composing an email and you
are entering an address in the To field, the
lower right button is .com.
Short press enters .com
Long Press enters .net
When you are entering text in the
Compose email field, the lower button is
the Emoticons icon.
See Emoticons on page 20
Gesture trail for the word “Tegra”