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You can use the following options to enter text on your touchscreen.
Type: Enter letters by touching them one at a time (like on a computer).
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Gesture: Enter a word by tracing a continuous path through the letters. When you lift your finger
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after the last letter of a word, a space is automatically added.
Word completion/correction: Whether you type or use gestures to add part of a word to the
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text box, suggestions for the word appear below the text box in the word list. Touch a suggested
word to replace your partial entry. Corrected spellings for typos also display.
Word suggestion: After you enter a space in your message, the next word is suggested for you
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in the bar below the message.
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