This section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuation and numbers when you need to enter text.
Virtual QWERTY Keyboard
Your phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field.
The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screen orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.
Text Input Methods
Your phone offers two text input methods:
• Swype: Swype is a new text input method that allows you to enter words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY keyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also enable Word prediction, which matches your key touches to common words.
• Android Keyboard: The Android Keyboard is a virtual QWERTY keyboard that allows you to enter text by touching keys on the screen.
Android Keyboard includes predictive text, which matches your key touches to common words so that you can select the word to enter it into your text.
Changing the Input Method
When entering text, you can select the text input method.
䊳 Touch and hold on a text input field, then select an input method:
• Swype
• Android keyboard
Swype Keyboard
Entering Text Using Swype
Swype is a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of touching each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. For each word, place your finger on the first letter and glide to the subsequent letters, lifting on the last letter.
This example shows how to enter the word “this”. Put your finger down on the “t”, and without lifting, glide it to the “h”, then to the
“i” then over to the “s”.
Here are a few tips to get you started:
• Spacing is automatic: When you finish a word, just lift your finger and start the next word.
• Double letters: Just “scribble” on the key.
• Capitalization: Swype recognizes and capitalizes the first word of sentences. If you want to capitalize a word that isn’t at the beginning of a sentence, just glide above the keyboard before gliding over the next letter.
• Contractions: Swype recognizes most words that include an apostrophe; just swype the letters of the word, including the apostrophe.
• Punctuation: Tap and hold a key to view a punctuation menu and make a selection.
• Accented characters: Just glide through the letters of the word.
Swype usually recognizes the word and correctly accents the letters.
• Error correction: If you make a mistake, double-tap on the word you want to change.
Configuring Swype
Configure Swype to your preferences.
• For more information, see “Swype” on page 132.
• While entering text, touch the Swype Key ➔ Options.
Tip: To customize predictive text, configure the User dictionary settings. For more information, see “User dictionary” on page 133.
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While entering text, you can get tips and help about using Swype.
• Tap the Swype Key to show Tips.
• Tap the Swype Key ➔ Tutorial for an interactive tutorial.
• Tap the Swype Key ➔ More Help to view Help.
Entering Symbols and Numbers Using the Swype Keyboard:
• Touch and hold on a key to enter the symbol or number at the top of the key.
• Touch and hold on a key until a menu of all characters available on that key appears, then touch a character to enter it.
• Touch to switch to Symbol mode, then touch a key.
• Touch ➔ Shift, then touch the corresponding key.
Using the Numeric Keyboard
Switch to a Numeric Keyboard, to quickly enter numbers and mathematical operators:
䊳 Touch and hold .
From the Numeric Keyboard, you can switch to a Numeric Keyboard:
䊳 Touch and hold .
Editing Keyboard
The Editing Keyboard provides a quick way to move the cursor and highlight text. If the application in which you are working supports editing, you can cut, copy or paste highlighted text.
To access the Editing Keyboard:
䊳 Swype from the Swype Key to the SYM Key.
Using Swype Speech Recognition
Enter text by speaking. Swype recognizes your speech and enters text for you.
To use Speech recognition:
䊳 Touch the Speech Recognition Key.
At the Speak now prompt, speak the text you want to enter.
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ABC 123
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Entering Text Using the Android Keyboard The Android Keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring predictive text. Input characters by tapping the on-screen keys with your finger, or use speech recognition.
As you enter characters, predictive text matches your key touches to common words and displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text.
Configuring Android Keyboard
Configure the Android Keyboard to your preferences.
• For more information, see “Android keyboard” on page 133.
• While entering text, touch and hold or , then touch Android keyboard settings.
Tip: To customize predictive text, configure the User dictionary settings. For more information, see “User dictionary” on page 133.
Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower case alphabet letters by touching the Shift key to toggle the case, before touching the letter key(s).
• Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode
• Touch and hold to switch to ABC mode Entering Symbols and Numbers
To enter common symbols, touch to switch to symbol mode, then touch the corresponding key.
To enter less-common symbols, touch ➔ , then touch the corresponding key.
Enter numbers by touching , then touching the number keys.
Using Android Speech Recognition
Enter text by speaking. Android Keyboard recognizes your speech and enters text for you.
Note: Enable Speech Recognition in Android Keyboard settings. For more information, see “Android keyboard” on page 133.
䊳 Touch the Speech Recognition Key.
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