Text Entry

Touchscreen Keyboard

Two types of keyboards are available on your device: Android keyboard and Swype . Simply touch a text field where you want to enter text to call up a keyboard. You can turn the

device sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. See Auto-Rotate Screen .

To switch the keyboard from Settings:

1.

Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input .

2.

Touch Default .

3.

Touch Android keyboard or Swype .

To switch the keyboard when a keyboard is displayed:

1.

Drag the Notifications panel down and touch Select input method .

2.

Touch Android keyboard or Swype .

Android Keyboard

Android Keyboard Overview

Note: Key appearance may vary depending on the selected application or text field.

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Keyboard Functions

Key Description

Shift: Touch to toggle between lower case and upper case.

Capslock: Double-touch the lower case or upper case shift key.

Text mode: Touch to toggle between the Alphabet keyboard and Number &

Symbol keyboard.

Voice input mode: Touch to enter text using your voice.

Backspace: Touch to delete a character. Touch and hold to delete multiple characters.

Smiley: Touch to insert a smiley. Touch and hold to view and select other smileys.

Next: Touch to go to the next text entry field.

Alternate: Touch to toggle between the default Number & Symbol keyboard and additional Number & Symbol keyboard.

Go: Touch to go to a Web address.

Space: Touch to insert a space. Touch and hold to select the input method.

Text Mode

ABC mode is primarily used for entering letters while Number & Symbol mode for numbers and symbols.

► 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.

 You can select the caps lock by double-touching or to make all letters in a word uppercase.

(Caps Lock) to enter all letters in a word uppercase.

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 In Number & Symbol mode, touch to display more symbols.

 Some keys have alternate characters. In either mode, if a key displays an extra character at the upper right corner, touch and hold the key to enter the character.

Or, touch and long 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.

Entering Text by Speaking

Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data or Wi-Fi connection to use it. The touchscreen keyboard displays when voice input is turned on.

To turn on voice input:

1.

Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input .

2.

Select the Google voice typing check box.

3.

Touch next to Android keyboard .

4.

Touch Voice input key and select On main keyboard or On symbols keyboard .

To enter text by speaking:

1.

Touch on the keyboard.

2.

Say the text you wish to enter into the microphone and touch Done .

Adding a Word to the User Dictionary

1.

Press Home > Menu

Personal dictionaries .

and touch System settings > Language & input >

2.

Select a language.

3.

Touch .

4.

Type the word you want to add and touch OK . (A list of words you have added to the dictionary is displayed.)

 Touch a word to edit it.

 Touch to delete it.

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Android Keyboard Settings

1.

On the Android keyboard, touch and hold the space key and touch Configure input methods .

- or –

Press Home > Menu and touch System settings > Language & input .

2.

Touch next to Android keyboard .

Tip: You can also touch > Android keyboard settings on the Android keyboard. See

Show settings key to display this key on the keyboard.

3.

Choose from the following options.

 Input languages: Touch to select the input language. The dictionary for the selected language will be enabled.

 Auto-capitalization: Select to automatically set the first letter of a sentence to upper case.

 Vibrate on keypress: Select to activate vibration when a key is touched.

 Sound on keypress: Select to activate a clicking sound when a key is touched.

 Popup on keypress: Select to display a larger image of the key above it when you touch it.

 Show settings key: Select to display the keyboard settings key on the keyboard.

 Voice input key: Touch to select where the Voice Input key is displayed from On main keyboard , On symbols keyboard , or Off .

 Add-on dictionaries: Touch to select the dictionary you want to use.

 Auto correction: Touch to allow the space bar and punctuation to automatically correct mistyped words.

 Show correction suggestions: Touch to select when correction suggestions are displayed.

 Advanced settings: Touch to open the settings for expert users.

Swype

Swype ® allows you to enter text by sliding your finger from letter to letter rather than touching each key individually.

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Swype Keyboard Overview

Note: Key appearance may vary depending on the selected application or text field.

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Tip: For tips on using Swype, touch and hold the Swype key

Swype .

Keyboard Functions

and then touch How to

Key Description

Text mode: Touch to toggle between the Alphabet keyboard and Number &

Symbol keyboard.

Swype: Touch and hold to access the tips or the settings of Swype.

Voice input mode: Touch to enter text using your voice.

Backspace: Touch to delete a character. Touch and hold to delete multiple characters.

Smiley: Touch to insert a smiley. Touch and hold to view and select other smileys.

Space: Touch to insert a space.

Enter: Touch to confirm your entry.

Shift: Touch to toggle between the uppercase, lowercase and caps lock text input.

Text Mode

ABC mode is primarily used for entering letters while Number & Symbol mode for numbers and symbols.

► 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.

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 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 long 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.

Entering Text by Speaking

You can use voice input to enter text by speaking anywhere that you can enter text with the touchscreen keyboard.

1.

Touch on the keyboard.

2.

Say the text you wish to enter into the microphone.

Adding a Word to the User Dictionary

You can add new words into the dictionary.

1.

On the Swype keyboard, touch and hold the Swype key

- or -

Press Home > Menu

next to Swype .

and touch System settings >

.

Language & input . Touch

2.

Touch Personal dictionary .

3.

Touch , type the word you want to add, and touch have added to the dictionary is displayed.)

 Touch a word to edit it.

 To delete a word, touch

. (A list of words you

, select a word and then touch > OK .

• Touch to select all the words in the dictionary.

• Touch

- or -

to cancel deleting and go back to the previous screen.

Swype Settings

1.

On the Swype keyboard, touch and hold the Swype key .

Press Home > Menu

next to Swype .

and touch System settings > Language & input . Touch

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2.

Choose from the following options:

 Select Input Method: Touch to select the Swype or Android keyboard.

 How to Swype: Touch to learn Swype in quick steps.

 Personal dictionary: Touch to make your personal dictionary for Swype.

 Preferences: Touch to show the following settings menu for Swype:

• Audio feedback: Select to turn on sounds from Swype.

• Vibrate on keypress: Select to activate vibration when a key is touched.

• Show tips: Select to turn on a flashing indicator for quick help.

• Auto-spacing: Select to automatically insert spaces between words.

• Auto-capitalization: Select to automatically capitalize the first letter of sentence-initial words within the specific text entry fields.

• Show complete trace: Select to display the complete Swype path.

• Word suggestion: Touch to activate word prediction when typing in Swype.

• Speed vs. accuracy: Touch to set how quickly Swype responds to input.

• Reset Swype’s dictionary: Touch to delete all the words you have added to

Swype’s dictionary.

• Version: Displays the current Swype version.

 Language Options: Touch to select the language to use on Swype.

Copying and Pasting Text

To copy and paste the text:

1.

Open the application or received message that you want to copy text from.

2.

Touch and hold the text body. Selection tabs appear, and the currently selected words or characters are highlighted. Drag the tabs to expand or reduce the range of the selected text.

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Tip: Touch , , or SELECT ALL to select all the text on the Web page.

3.

Touch or (Copy).

4.

Open the application that you want to paste the text to.

5.

Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the text to, and touch PASTE .

 If you want to add the selected text to the current text, drag a selection tab to the position where you want to insert the selected words or characters.

To copy text from a Web page:

1.

Scroll to the area of the Web page containing the text you want to select.

2.

Touch and hold the text you want to copy. Drag tabs to expand or reduce the range of selected text. Any selected text will appear highlighted.

Tip: Touch SELECT ALL to select all the text on the Web page.

3.

Touch > Copy .

4.

Open the application that you want to paste into.

5.

Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the text to, and touch PASTE .

To copy a URL:

1.

To copy a URL, touch and hold the URL to display the options menu.

2.

Touch Copy link URL or .

3.

Open the application that you want to paste into.

4.

Touch and hold the text box where you want to paste the URL to, and touch PASTE .

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