Typing text
On-screen keyboard
You can enter text with the
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. Some applications open the
1Delete a character before the cursor.
2Enter a carriage return or confirm text input.
3Enter a space.
4Personalise your keyboard. This key disappears after the keyboard is personalised.
5Display numbers and symbols. For even more symbols, tap 
.
6Switch between 
, 
and caps 
. For some languages, this key is used to access extra characters in the language.
To display the
•Tap a text entry field.
To use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation
•When the
You may need to adjust the settings in some applications to enable landscape orientation.
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,
To enter text using the Gesture input function
1When the
to trace the word that you want to write.
2After you finish entering a word, lift up your finger. A word suggestion appears
based on the letters that you have traced.
3If the word that you want does not appear, tap 
to see other options and select accordingly. If the desired option does not appear, delete the entire word and trace it again, or enter the word by tapping each letter individually.
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