Using The Onscreen Keyboard - Lenovo ThinkPad 1838 User Manual

Drag
To move an item such as an image and an icon on the screen, touch and hold your finger on the item, move
your finger to the desired location, and then take your finger off the screen.
Swipe or slide
Move your finger in a vertical or horizontal direction on the screen to scroll through Home screens, Web
pages, lists, picture thumbnails, and so on.
Zoom
• Zoom out: Move two fingers close together on the screen as if you are picking something up to reduce
the view of an image or a Web page.
• Zoom in: Move two fingers apart on the screen to enlarge the view of an image or a Web page.
Double-tap
For some applications, quickly tap twice on the screen to zoom in. Double-tap again to zoom out.
Editing
• To cut or copy text, do the following:
1. Touch and hold the word you want to use until the pop-up menu is displayed.
2. Touch Select text. The edit menu is displayed at the top of the screen. The selected word is
highlighted and two selection tabs are displayed under the word.
3. Drag either selection tab to expand or reduce the range of the selected text. If you want to select all
text, touch Select all.
4. Touch Cut or Copy from the edit menu. The text is saved to the clipboard.
• To paste text, do the following:
1. Touch and hold the area where you want to paste the text that you cut or copied. A pop-up option is
displayed.
2. Touch Paste to paste the text.
Rotate the screen
Your tablet has a built-in motion sensor that supports the screen auto-rotation feature. By default, this
feature is enabled. When you rotate the tablet, the screen automatically rotates to landscape or portrait view.
To disable the screen auto-rotation feature, do one of the following:
• Press the screen rotation lock button from the right side of your tablet.
• Touch the time area from the system bar and touch anywhere in the Status Details panel to open the
Quick Settings panel. Then touch Lock screen orientation.
• From the main Home screen, touch the Android Settings icon
the applications icon
opens. Then touch Screen ➙ Auto-rotate screen.
Note: Some applications do not support the screen auto-rotation feature.

Using the onscreen keyboard

The onscreen keyboard is displayed automatically anytime you need to type. It automatically rotates to either
the portrait or landscape view based on the tablet orientation. Use the onscreen keyboard to type text,
numbers, symbols, and other characters.
from the action bar and then touch Settings. The Android Settings screen
on Lenovo Launch Zone, or touch
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