To enter text using the on-screen keyboard

1To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.

2To enter a character variant, touch and hold a regular keyboard character to get a list of available options, then select from the list. For example, to enter "é", touch and hold "e" until other options appear, then, while keeping your finger pressed on the keyboard, drag to and select "é".

To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters

•Before you enter a letter, tap to switch to upper-case , or vice versa. To turn on the caps lock

•Before you type a word, tap or until appears. To enter numbers or symbols

•When you enter text, tap . A keyboard with numbers and symbols appears. Tap to view more options.

To enter common punctuation marks

1When you finish entering a word, tap the space bar.

2Select a punctuation mark from the candidate bar. The selected mark is inserted before the space.

To quickly enter a full stop, tap the space bar twice when you finish entering a word.

 

To insert a smiley

1

When you enter text, tap .

2

Select a smiley.

To delete characters

•Tap to place the cursor after the character you want to delete, then tap . To enter a carriage return

•When you enter text, tap to enter a carriage return.

To edit text

1When you enter text, touch and hold the text field until the Edit text menu appears.

2Select an option.

Using the Gesture input function to write words

You can input text by sliding your finger from letter to letter on the on-screen keyboard. You can lift your finger between words so that the phone recognises them.

Gesture input is only available when you use the on-screen keyboard.

To change the Gesture input settings

1 When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap . If you have selected more than one writing language, touch and hold the input language key instead.

For example, touch and hold

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2Tap Keyboard settings > Text input settings.

3Mark or unmark the Gesture input checkbox.

4If you want to automatically add a space between gestures without having to tap the space bar each time, mark the Space between gestures checkbox.

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