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Rearranging the primary shortcuts
The home screen includes a customizable primary shortcuts area at the
bottom of all home screens . You can keep up to four items in addition to Apps
in the primary shortcuts area . Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area to
rearrange the area .
Entering text
You can enter text using the on-screen keyboard . Some apps open it
automatically . In others, you open it by tapping where you want to type . You
can press the Back key to hide the on-screen keyboard . You can also enter
text by speaking with the Google voice typing feature .
Enabling or disabling input methods
1 . Press the Home key >
>
2 . Tap an item under Keyboard & input methods . You can set the current
input method and choose the settings for input methods .
Note: Some default input methods may not be disabled .
Changing input methods
1 . When you use the on-screen keyboard to enter text, the
in the Status Bar .
Note: The
icon appears only when more than one input method is
installed and enabled for use .
2 . Open the Notification Panel and tap Change keyboard .
3 . Select the input method you need .
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KNOWING THE BASICS
TouchPal keyboard
The TouchPal keyboard offers three layouts: FULL, PHONEPAD, and T+ . You can
tap
to select a layout or an input language .
Note: The TouchPal keyboard defaults to the FULL layout .
You can also use Curve
®
and Wave
key tapping operation with a tracing gesture where you move your finger from
letter to letter without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word .
The FULL layout
The FULL layout offers an input experience similar
to a computer keyboard .
• The alphabetic keys: Tap the keys to enter letters .
Tap a key and slide up to enter the number or
symbol on the key . You can also press and hold
a key and slide to choose more characters .
• The capital key: Tap
to use uppercase . Double
tap
to lock uppercase . This key also changes to
indicate the current case you are using:
and
when locked in uppercase .
• Word prediction: Press and hold
or on prediction .
• Pre-defined texts: Tap
to enter digits and symbols . You can tap
back to the alphabetic keys . Tap
• The delete key: Tap
to delete text before the cursor . You can also press
and hold the key to quickly delete multiple characters .
• Voice input: Press and hold the space bar and speak into the microphone .
• More options: Tap
to access the quick settings of TouchPal keyboard,
use voice input, edit text, resize the keyboard, change keyboard themes,
and more .
KNOWING THE BASICS
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to speed up text input by replacing the
for lowercase,
for uppercase,
and tap the Prediction switch to turn off
to enter emoji or emoticons .
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