HTC Desire S User Manual - Page 170

Keyboard, Using the onscreen keyboard, Selecting a keyboard layout, Entering text

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170 Keyboard Keyboard Using the onscreen keyboard When you start an app or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard becomes available. After entering your text, you can tap or press to close the onscreen keyboard. Selecting a keyboard layout You can choose from three different keyboard layouts to suit your typing style. 1. From the Home screen, press , and then tap Settings > Language & keyboard > Touch Input. 2. Tap Keyboard types, and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use. Choose one from the following: QWERTY Phone Keypad Compact QWERTY This layout is similar to a desktop computer keyboard. This is the default keyboard layout. This layout resembles the traditional mobile phone keypad. This layout features two letters on each key. The key size is slightly bigger than on the full QWERTY layout. Entering text Use the following keys while entering text using the onscreen keyboard: Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented letters. The gray character displayed on the key is the character that will be inserted when you press and hold that key. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them. Shift key. Tap to enter an uppercase letter. Tap twice to turn on caps lock. Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard. Enter key. Tap to create a new line. Backspace key. Tap to delete the previous character. Language key. The key you see depends on the keyboard language you are currently using. Tap to switch to another keyboard language. You can also access onscreen keyboard settings.

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Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard
When you start an app or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreen
keyboard becomes available. After entering your text, you can tap
or press
to
close the onscreen keyboard.
Selecting a keyboard layout
You can choose from three different keyboard layouts to suit your typing style.
1.
From the Home screen, press
, and then tap
Settings
>
Language & keyboard
>
Touch Input
.
2.
Tap
Keyboard types
, and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use.
Choose one from the following:
QWERTY
This layout is similar to a desktop computer keyboard. This is
the default keyboard layout.
Phone Keypad
This layout resembles the traditional mobile phone keypad.
Compact
QWERTY
This layout features two letters on each key. The key size is
slightly bigger than on the full QWERTY layout.
Entering text
Use the following keys while entering text using the onscreen keyboard:
Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols,
or accented letters. The gray character displayed on the key is the character that
will be inserted when you press and hold that key. Some keys have multiple
characters or accents associated with them.
Shift key. Tap to enter an uppercase letter. Tap twice to turn on caps lock.
Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard.
Enter key. Tap to create a new line.
Backspace key. Tap to delete the previous character.
Language key. The key you see depends on the keyboard language you are
currently using. Tap to switch to another keyboard language. You can also
access onscreen keyboard settings.
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