Nexus 7 Guidebook eNTeR & ediT TexT 50
To make the keyboard go away, touch the m odied back but-
ton below it.
Basic editing
• Move the insertion point. Touch where you want to type.
The cursor blinks in the ne w position, and a blu e tab appears
below it. drag the tab to move the c ursor.
• Select text. Touch & hold or do uble-tap wi thin the text.
The nearest word highli ghts, with a tab at each e nd of the se-
lection. drag the tabs to ch ange the selec tion.
The tab disappears afte r a few moments. To make it rea ppear,
touch the text again.
• Delete text. Touc h 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 lette r.
or touch & hold shift key while you type. W hen you release
the key, the lowercase letter s reappear.
• Turn caps lock on. double -tap or touch & ho ld shift key, so it
changes to . Touch s hift key agai n to return to lower case.
• Cut, copy, paste. select the te xt you want to manip ulate. Then
touch Cut, C opy or Paste but ton: