Sony C6606BK To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text, To hide the on-screen keyboard

7 Delete a character before the cursor.

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To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text

•Tap a text entry field.

To hide the on-screen keyboard

•When the on-screen keyboard is open, tap .

To personalise the on-screen keyboard

1Open the on-screen keyboard, then tap .

2Follow the instructions to personalise your on-screen keyboard, for example, mark the Smiley key checkbox.

If you don't mark the Smiley key checkbox when you personalise the on-screen keyboard, the smiley icon will not appear.

To use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation

•When you enter text, turn the device sideways.

For the keyboard to support this feature, landscape mode must be supported by the application you are using, and your screen orientation settings must be set to automatic.

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 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 select text

1Enter some text, then double-tap the text. The word you tap gets highlighted by tabs on both sides.

2Drag the tabs left or right to select more text.

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