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Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard

Your Android Keyboard

Text Entry with the Android Keyboard

Note: To switch from the Swype keyboard (default)
to the Android keyboard, press and tap
Settings > Language & keyboard > Select input
method > Android keyboard.
Entering text with the onscreen Android QWERTY
keyboard is easy: just tap the letters to type the words.
1. From a screen where you can enter text, tap the
input field to reveal the onscreen keyboard.
2. With the Android keyboard as your text entry method,
select one of the following text mode options:
• ABC to use alphabetic characters from the
onscreen keyboard.
• ?123 to enter numbers by pressing the
numbers on the onscreen keyboard.
• Voice Input allows the device to use its built-in
voice recognition software to hear your voice
and transcript it directly into text.
3. Tap the corresponding onscreen keys to begin
typing your word.
If you make a mistake, tap to erase a single
character. Touch and hold to erase all previously
entered words.
Recipient
Entry
field
Delete
Text
mode Voice input
Caps/
ALT
Send