32 The Basics
Text Input Methods
Keyboard
You can easily enter text using the on-screen keyboard. The on-screen keyboard
displays automatically on the screen when you need to enter text. To manually
display the keyboard, simply touch a text field where you want to enter text.
Typing tips
Enter other characters From the numbers keyboard, touch to
change the keyboard. Touch to return to
the numbers keyboard.
Enter one capital letter Touch .
Enter all capital letters Touch t wice.
Touch again to revert to lowercase.
Highlight text
Double-tap a word to highlight it. To highlight
a range of text, double-tap the screen, then
drag the blue highlight markers to highlight
the text you want.
Cut or copy selected text
Double tap the desired text to highlight it. Then
touch the text and select from Cut or Copy.
Paste the cut or copied
text Touch and hold the location to paste the text,
then touch Paste.
Delete a character
Touch . Touch and hold to delete all of the text.
Language toggle Touch and hold to open a dialog box and
select the desired text input language.
Toggles between
different languages.
Touch and hold to open
Swype Help.