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KNOWING THE BASICS
GOOGLE™ KEYBOARD
The Google keyboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer
keyboard . When screen auto-rotation is enabled, turn the phone sideways and
the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape . The landscape keyboard
is not supported in all applications .
• Tap the alphabetic keys to enter letters . Press and hold some specific keys to
enter associated accented letters or numbers . For example, to enter È, press
and hold
and the available accented letters and number 3 appear . Then
slide to choose È .
• As you type, suggested words appear above the keyboard . Tap a correctly
suggested word to select it; press and hold a suggested word to see
additional word options .
• Tap
to use uppercase . Double tap
changes to indicate the current case you are using:
uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase .
• Tap
to delete the text before the cursor .
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to lock uppercase . This key also
for lowercase,
for
• Tap
to select numbers and symbols . You can then tap
• Tap
to choose emojis and emoticons .
• Tap
to use Google Voice typing .
• Press and hold
to change the input languages or set up the Google
keyboard .
Google Voice Typing
Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert
speech to text . You must have a mobile data or Wi-Fi network connection
to use it .
1 . Tap
to access the voice-typing feature .
2 . When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type .
3 . You can continue entering text to keep it or to delete it .
Tip: Say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or
"exclamation point" to enter punctuation .
EDITING TEXT
• Move the insertion point: Tap where you want to type . The cursor blinks
in the new position, and a tab appears below it . Drag the tab to move
the cursor .
• Select text: Press and hold or double tap within the text . The nearest word
highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection . Drag the tabs to change
the selection .
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