Text entry

think keyboard, now think smaller

Touchscreen keypad

When your phone is closed, you can open a touchscreen keypad by touching a text entry field.

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Letters/Numbers

Touch to open a keypad for symbols or numbers.

Typing tips

To use the full keypad, just open your phone:

To...

Enter symbols

Touch Symbol

 

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To...

Enter one capital letter

Press Shift

 

 

 

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Enter only capital letters

Press Shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

twice. Press again to

 

revert to lowercase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select text

Hold Shift

 

 

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press a navigation

 

key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cut, Copy, or Paste

Touch and hold the

selected text

text box to open the

 

editing menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete a character (hold to

Press Delete

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delete more)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input methods

To select an input method for a touchscreen keypad, touch and hold a text entry area on the screen to open the Edit text menu. Touch Input method, then touch the method you want:

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Motorola DROID3  (XT862) manual Text entry, Touchscreen keypad, Typing tips, Input methods