Table 1. Symbols and accented characters

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1 or !

¹ ¼ ½ ¡

2 or @

²

3 or #

³ ¾

4 or $

€ £ ¥ ¢ ¤

5 or %

‰

9

or (

[ {

0

or )

] }

Enter information in a field

You can enter information in a field by typing or by pasting previously copied information (see Cut, copy, and paste information). The Text Assist feature works with all text fields (see Work with the Text Assist feature).

To accept the information you entered, do one of the following:

•Tap outside the field.

•Tap Enter.

•Tap Next, Prev, or Tab in the lower-left corner of the onscreen keyboard. This accepts the information in the current field and moves the cursor to the next or previous field. The key name changes depending on the app you are using.

Work with the Text Assist feature

Text Assist, the assisted text entry feature, works on any screen in which you can enter text, including email and instant messages; memos; contact and calendar entry screens; and more. Text Assist includes auto-correction, auto-capitalization, and shortcuts.

NOTE If a Text Assist feature does not seem to be working, make sure that feature is turned on (see Customize Text Assist settings).

•If Text Assist recognizes a common misspelling, it auto-corrects the word. The word appears with a gray underline to indicate it has been corrected. If system sounds are turned on, a sound is played as well.

•If auto-correction doesn’t recognize a spelling, it highlights the word with an orange underline. Tap the word to display a list of close matches, and then tap the correct word. If the word is spelled correctly as you typed it, tap the word, and then tap + to add the word to the auto-correction dictionary.

•Auto-correction inserts punctuation such as apostrophes in contractions. So you can quickly type dont, and it appears correctly as don’t.

•The auto-capitalization feature automatically capitalizes the first word of a sentence and other letters that would commonly be capitalized, such as the letter i by itself.

•The shortcut feature recognizes and expands common shorthand expressions, such as replacing u with you or r with are.

•To cancel an auto-correction, auto-capitalization, or shortcut expansion,

tap Backspace . To cancel auto-correction of a misspelled word, you can also tap the word and tap the original spelling.

TIP Suppose the language on your device is English and you need to write an email in French. To prevent Text Assist from trying to correct everything you enter, temporarily turn off auto-correction (see Customize Text Assist settings).

Customize Text Assist settings

You can customize individual Text Assist features: auto-correction, auto-capitalization, and shortcuts. To customize the user dictionary, see Add your own words and shortcuts.

1Open Text Assist .

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