To make the keyboard go away, touch the modified 
Back but- ton below it.
Basic editing
•Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type.
The cursor blinks in the new position, and a green tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor.
•Select text: Touch & hold or
The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the se- lection. Drag the tabs to change the selection.
The tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To make it reappear, touch the text again.
•Delete text: Touch 
to delete selected text or the charac- ters before the cursor.
•Type capital letters: Touch the Shift key once to switch to capi- tal letters for one letter.
Or touch & hold 
Shift key while you type. When you release the key, the lowercase letters reappear.
•Turn caps lock on: 
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, 
Copy or 
Paste button:
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