Android keyboard lets you use a traditional QWERTY setup to enter text. Additional options
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expand your ability to enter text faster and more accurately. See Android Keyboard for details.
Swype lets you enter letters and words in one continuous motion by swiping your finger across
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the letters. See Swype for details.
TouchPal Keyboard offers three layouts and also lets you enter letters and words by swiping
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your finger across the letters. See TouchPal Keyboard for details.
To change the input methods:
1. Touch a text entry field, so that a keyboard displays on the screen.
2. Flick down the status bar and touch Choose input method.
3. Select an available input method.
To enable or disable the input methods:
1. Touch
> > S ettings > Language & input.
2. In the KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS section, check or uncheck the available input
methods to enable or disable them. Some input methods cannot be disabled.
Android Keyboard
The Android Keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Turn the phone
sideways and the keyboard will change to a larger layout as the phone switches to the landscape
display.
Note: The Auto-rotate screen check box in
selected for using the keyboard in landscape mode. The landscape QWERTY keyboard is not
supported in all applications.
Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold some specific keys to enter
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associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter È, touch and hold . As the
Phone Basics
> > Settings > Accessibility needs to be
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