Tap a suggestion to 
type it
Press & hold it to see Input languages and 
keyboard settings 
Tap to hide the on- 
screen keyboard
Press & hold it to type character at upper right
Press & hold it to choose a smiley face
Entering Text
Enter text: Tap a text field to bring up the keyboard, then tap keys on the keyboard. The letter isn’t entered until you release your finger from the key.
Delete text: Tap 
to delete selected text or the characters before the cursor.
Type capital letters: Tap the Shift key 
to switch to capital letters for one letter. Or press & hold Shift key 
while you type. When you release the key, the lowercase letters reappear.
Turn caps lock on: Double tap or press & hold Shift key 
, so it changes to 
. Tap Shift key 
again to return to lowercase.
Editing Text
Move the insertion point: Tap where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a blue tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor.
Select text: Press & hold or double tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection.
Cut, copy, paste: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then tap Cut, Copy or Paste icon:
Edit icon
Type Text by Speaking
You can use Voice Actions to type text by speaking. This feature uses Google’s
You can speak to enter text in most places that you can enter text with the 
Tap a text field, or a location in text you’ve already entered in a text field.
Tap the Microphone key 
on the
When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type. When you pause, what you spoke is transcribed by the
Tip: Say “comma”, “period”, “question mark”, “exclamation mark”, or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation.
NOTE To improve processing of your Voice Actions, Google may record a few seconds of ambient background noise in temporary memory at any time. This recording remains on the device only briefly and is not sent to Google.
Basics
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