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2.2 Using the Touch Keyboard

The Touch Keyboard is a type of on-screen keyboard which features 20 keys. With its large, touch-friendly keys and enhanced features such as XT9 predictive input, you can enter text faster and more accurately.

Tap to enter letters or symbols.

Tap and hold

to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that appears on the upper right corner of a key

Tap to enter an uppercase letter.

Tap twice to turn

on Caps Lock.

Tap to cycle through the input modes: XT9, Multitap ( abc ), and Numeric

(123 ). The keyboard changes to a numeric keypad when in numeric mode.

Displays the word candidate list in XT9 mode. Tap a word to insert it into your text. Tap to add a word to the XT9 dictionary.

Tap to delete the previous character.

Tap to create a new line.

Tap to open the Symbol pad. See “Using Symbol Pad.”

To enter text using the Touch Keyboard

1.Start a program that accepts text input, such as Word Mobile.

2.Tap the Input Selector arrow, then tap Touch Keyboard.

3.On the last row of the Touch Keyboard, tap the second key from the left to cycle through these input modes: XT9, Multitap, or Numeric.

See “XT9 mode”, “Multitap mode”, and “Numeric mode” to learn how to enter text with these modes.

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HTC PHAR100 user manual To enter text using the Touch Keyboard, Tap the Input Selector arrow, then tap Touch Keyboard