Sony Xperia E C1504 User Manual page 24

3 Display numbers and symbols. Touch and hold to display smileys.
4 Enter a space
5 Open the input settings menu to change, for example, the Writing languages. This key also changes the
writing language when more than one input language is selected.
6 Enter a carriage return or confirm text input
7 Delete a character before the cursor
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To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text
• Tap a text entry field.
To hide the on-screen keyboard
• When the on-screen keyboard is open, press
To use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation
• When you enter text, turn the phone sideways.
For the keyboard to support this feature, landscape mode must be supported by the
application you are using, and your screen orientation settings must be set to automatic.
To enter text using the on-screen keyboard
• To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.
• To enter a character variant, touch and hold a regular keyboard character to get a
list of available options, then select from the list. For example, to enter "é", touch
and hold "e" until other options appear, then, while keeping your finger pressed on
the keyboard, drag to and select "é".
To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters
• Before you enter a letter, tap
To turn on the caps lock
Before you type a word, tap
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To enter numbers or symbols
When you enter text, tap
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to view more options.
To enter common punctuation marks
1 When you finish entering a word, tap the space bar.
2 Select a punctuation mark from the candidate bar. The selected mark is inserted
before the space.
To quickly enter a full stop, tap the space bar twice when you finish entering a word.
To insert a smiley
1 When you enter text, touch and hold
2 Select a smiley.
To delete characters
• Tap to place the cursor after the character you want to delete, then tap
To enter a carriage return
• When you enter text, tap
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to switch to upper-case
or until appears.
. A keyboard with numbers and symbols appears. Tap
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to enter a carriage return.
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, or vice versa.
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