LG LS980 Owners Manual - English - Page 45

Change the Screen Orientation, Enter Text With the On-screen Keyboard

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Change the Screen Orientation This phone is capable of changing the orientation of screen content when the orientation of the phone itself has changed. The phone‟s built-in accelerometer senses movement and changes its angle/orientation. Note that some of the screens, applications and widgets do not support orientation changes. The automatic screen orientation feature can be manually enabled to change the orientation for all enabled screens when rotation is detected. Note: An example of a screen that automatically re-orients by moving the phone is the Messaging screen. This only requires you turn the phone to a horizontal position. 1. Tap > > System settings > Display. 2. Tap Auto-rotate screen to enable (a blue checkmark displays) or disable the screen auto-rotation. Enter Text With the On-screen Keyboard The on-screen keyboard displays automatically when you tap a text entry field. To manually display the keyboard, simply tap a text field where you want to enter text. By default, there are 3 types of touchscreen keyboards: QWERTY keyboard, Phone keyboard, and Handwriting. To change the keyboard between QWERTY keyboard and Phone keyboard. 1. Touch and hold and drag your finger to . Then release your finger. If you see the key, touch and hold it and select . Note: The default key is . Once you select another option, that option key is displayed on the keyboard. 2. Tap Input language and type, then tap next to the desired input language. 3. Tap the desired keyboard type and tap repeatedly to go back to the entry screen. Phone Basics 34

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Phone Basics
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Change the Screen Orientation
This phone is capable of changing the orientation of screen content when the orientation of the
phone itself has changed. The phone
‟s built
-in accelerometer senses movement and changes
its angle/orientation. Note that some of the screens, applications and widgets do not support
orientation changes.
The automatic screen orientation feature can be manually enabled to change the orientation for
all enabled screens when rotation is detected.
Note
: An example of a screen that automatically re-orients by moving the phone is the
Messaging screen. This only requires you turn the phone to a horizontal position.
1. Tap
>
>
System settings
>
Display
.
2. Tap
Auto-rotate
screen
to enable (a blue checkmark displays) or disable the screen
auto-rotation.
Enter Text With the On-screen Keyboard
The on-screen keyboard displays automatically when you tap a text entry field. To manually
display the keyboard, simply tap a text field where you want to enter text.
By default, there are 3 types of touchscreen keyboards:
QWERTY keyboard
,
Phone keyboard
,
and
Handwriting
.
To change the keyboard between
QWERTY keyboard
and
Phone keyboard
.
1. Touch and hold
and drag your finger to
. Then release your finger.
If you see the
key, touch and hold it and select
.
Note
: The default key is
. Once you select another option, that option key is
displayed on the keyboard.
2. Tap
Input language and type
, then tap
next to the desired input language.
3.
Tap the desired keyboard type and tap
repeatedly to go back to the entry screen.