Using the on-screen keyboard

In some apps, the keyboard appears automatically. In others, it appears when you tap in a text entry field.

• If you tap in a text field which already contains text, the cursor is inserted at the point where you tapped and the insertion point tab appears. To move the insertion point, drag the insertion point by its tab.

• Select a word, or several words at a time, to copy, cut, and paste text. See Editing text below.

• Tap the required keys on the screen to enter text. What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard.

  When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you might be typing, the word you are typing is underlined in the text field and the suggestions appear in the strip above the keyboard. You can tap-hold on the strip to display additional suggestions; to select a suggested word, tap it.

• Tap the Delete key icon to delete characters to the left of the cursor.

• To enter numbers, tap the ?123 key. To return to letters, tap ABC.

• To enter symbols and other characters that are not on the main keyboard, tap-hold a key and then slide you finger up to the list of options that appears. To select an option, lift your finger when you reach it. For example, tap-hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can drag onto the accented vowel or other alternate letter you want to use.

• Tap-hold the period key ( . ) or tap-hold a symbol key to select other common symbols.

• Tap-hold the comma key (,) to open Input option settings such as Languages and Android Keyboard Settings (AOSP).

• To close the keyboard, tap .

Editing text

To edit text in text fields:

• Tap the text field containing the text you want to edit. The cursor is inserted where you tapped, and has a tab you can use to drag it if you need to move it.

• To select a word or string of text, double-tap or tap-hold it.

  • Tabs appear to the left and right of the highlighted text. Drag either tab left or right to increase or decrease the selected text. To deselect the text, tap any unselected text in the same or in another text field, or tap .

  • A menu appear above the text which gives you options to cut or copy your selection, or, if you have previously cut or copied text, paste.

• You can also:

  • tap a word to bring up a list of words stored in the dictionary; tap the required word in the list to replace your selected word.

  • enter text by typing over the selected text, tap Delete to delete the selected text, or add it to the dictionary.

• Tap to close the keyboard.