To enter text using the Gesture input function

1When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, slide your finger from letter to letter to

trace the word that you want to write.

2After you finish entering a word, lift up your finger. A word suggestion appears

based on the letters that you have traced.

3If the word that you want does not appear, tap to see other options and select accordingly. If the desired option does not appear, delete the entire word and trace it again, or enter the word by tapping each letter individually.

 

To change the Gesture input settings

 

1

When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap

.

2

Tap , then tap Keyboard settings> Text input settings.

3To activate or deactivate the Gesture input function, mark or unmark the Gesture input checkbox.

Entering text using voice input

When you enter text, you can use the voice input function instead of typing the words. Just speak the words that you want to enter. Voice input is an experimental technology from Google™, and is available for a number of languages and regions.

 

To enable voice input

 

1

When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap

.

2

Tap , then tap Keyboard settings.

 

3Mark the Google voice typing key checkbox.

4Tap to save your settings. A microphone icon appears on your on-screen keyboard.

To enter text using voice input

1Open the on-screen keyboard.

2Tap . When appears, speak to enter text.

3When you're done, tap again. The suggested text appears.

4 Edit the text manually if necessary.

To make the keyboard appear and enter text manually, tap .

Editing text

You can select, cut, copy, and paste text as you write. You can access the editing tools by double-tapping the entered text. The editing tools then become available via an application bar.

Application bar

1Close the application bar

2Select all text

3Cut text

4Copy text

5Paste text

only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard.

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