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To Change the Gesture Input Settings 1 When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap . 2 Tap , then tap Keyboard settings. 3 To activate or deactivate the Gesture input function, drag the slider beside Gesture input to the on or off position. To enter text using the Gesture input function 1 When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, slide your finger from letter to letter to trace the word that you want to write. 2 After you finish entering a word, lift up your finger. A word suggestion appears based on the letters that you have traced. 3 If 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. 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 the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap . 2 Tap , then tap Keyboard settings. 3 Drag the slider beside Google™ voice typing key to the right. 4 Tap to save your settings. A microphone icon now appears on your on-screen keyboard. To enter text using voice input 1 Open the on-screen keyboard. 2 Tap . When appears, speak to enter text. 3 When 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 options by double-tapping the entered text. The editing options then become available via an application bar. Application bar The following actions are available on the selected text: • Cut • Copy • Paste • Share • Select all The Paste option only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard. To select text 1 Enter some text, then double-tap the text. The word you tap gets highlighted by tabs on both sides. 2 Drag the tabs to the left or right to select more text. 56 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To Change the Gesture Input Settings
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Keyboard settings
.
3
To activate or deactivate the Gesture input function, drag the slider beside
Gesture input
to the on or off position.
To enter text using the Gesture input function
1
When the on-screen keyboard is displayed, slide your
finger
from letter to letter to
trace the word that you want to write.
2
After you
finish
entering a word, lift up your
finger.
A word suggestion appears
based on the letters that you have traced.
3
If 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.
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 the on-screen keyboard is displayed, tap
.
2
Tap
, then tap
Keyboard settings
.
3
Drag the slider beside
Google™ voice typing key
to the right.
4
Tap
to save your settings. A microphone icon
now appears on your on-screen
keyboard.
To enter text using voice input
1
Open the on-screen keyboard.
2
Tap
. When
appears, speak to enter text.
3
When 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
options by double-tapping the entered text. The editing options then become available
via an application bar.
Application bar
The following actions are available on the selected text:
•
Cut
•
Copy
•
Paste
•
Share
•
Select all
The
Paste
option only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard.
To select text
1
Enter some text, then double-tap the text. The word you tap gets highlighted by
tabs on both sides.
2
Drag the tabs to the left or right to select more text.
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This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.