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• Press and hold
and slide to
one-handed typing . Tap
/
keyboard, respectively . Tap
Gesture typing
The Google keyboard supports the gesture-typing feature . Use this feature to
input a word by sliding from letter to letter on the keyboard .
To enable and use gesture typing:
on the Google keyboard, and then tap Google
1 . Press and hold
Keyboard settings .
2 . Tap Gesture typing > Enable gesture typing if this feature is turned off .
3 . On the Google keyboard, slide your finger from letter to letter to trace a
word without lifting your finger until you reach the end of the word .
Start of the word
Notes:
• Tap to type when you want to . If you want to enter a single letter, simply tap
the key once .
• Lift your finger at the end of the word . A space is added automatically
when you begin to trace the next word .
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to change to a smaller keyboard for easier
to switch to the right-hand or left-hand
to switch back to the full-sized keyboard .
End of the word
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
®
finger from letter to letter or from word to word without lifting the finger .
The FULL layout
The FULL layout offers an input experience similar
to a computer keyboard .
• The alphabetic keys: Tap the keys to enter letters .
You can also press and hold a key and slide to
choose more characters .
• The shift key: Tap
to use uppercase . Double-
tap
to lock uppercase . This key also changes
to indicate the current case you are using:
uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase .
• Word prediction: Press and hold
prediction off or on .
• Pre-defined texts: Tap
to enter digits, symbols, and other pre-defined
text . You can tap the arrow keys to turn pages, or tap
alphabetic keys .
• Slide up on the space bar or tap
• The delete key: Tap
to delete text before the cursor . You can also slide
left on the key to delete an entire word .
• 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
to speed up text input by moving your
™
for lowercase,
for
and tap the Prediction switch to turn
to go back to the
to enter emoji or emoticons .
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