Sony SGP561 manual Typing text, On-screen keyboard

Typing text

On-screen keyboard

You can enter text with the on-screen QWERTY keyboard by tapping each letter individually, or you can use the Gesture input feature and slide your finger from letter to letter to form words. If you prefer to use a smaller version of the on-screen keyboard and enter text using only one hand, you can activate the thumb keyboard or mini keyboard instead.

You can select up to three languages for text input. The keyboard detects the language that you are using and predicts the words for that language as you type.

1Delete a character before the cursor.

2Enter a carriage return or confirm text input.

3Switch between lower-case , upper-case and caps . For some languages, this key is used to access extra characters in the language.

4Shift to the movable thumb keyboard or mini keyboard.

5Enter text using voice input.

6Enter a space.

7Personalize your keyboard. This key disappears after the keyboard is personalized.

8Display numbers and symbols. For even more symbols, tap .

To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text

•Tap a text entry field.

To enter text character by character

1To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.

2To enter a character variant, touch and hold a regular keyboard character to get a list of available options, then select from the list. For example, to enter "é," touch and hold "e" until other options appear, then, while keeping your finger pressed on the keyboard, drag to and select "é."

To enter a period

•After you enter a word, double-tap the space bar.

To switch between the full keyboard and the small keyboards

1When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap , or .

2 Select a keyboard option.

Drag to move the small keyboard as desired.

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