Sony Ericsson Xperia active Extended User Manual page 26

To delete characters
Tap to place the cursor after the character you want to delete, then tap
•
To enter a carriage return
• When you enter text, tap
To edit text
1 When you enter text, touch and hold the text field until the Edit text menu appears.
2 Select an option.
On-screen keyboard
Tap the keys of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard to enter text conveniently. Some
applications open the on-screen keyboard automatically. You can also open this keyboard
by touching a text field.
Using the on-screen keyboard
1 Change the character case and turn on the caps lock. For some languages, this key is used to access extra
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3 Display numbers and symbols. Touch and hold to display smileys.
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5 Open the input settings menu to change, for example, the Writing languages. This key also changes the
writing language when more than one input language is selected.
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To open the on-screen keyboard for the first time
• Hold your phone horizontally and tap a text entry field.
• To use the on-screen keyboard in portrait orientation, tap a text entry field, then tap
or touch and hold
Tap Portrait keyboard and select an option.
Once you've made the setting, you can simply activate the on-screen keyboard by tapping a
text entry field.
To switch between the on-screen keyboard and the Phonepad
1
When you enter text, tap
than one input language.
2 Tap Portrait keyboard and select an option.
Remember the Phonepad is only available in portrait orientation.
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to enter a carriage return.
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characters in the language.
Close the on-screen keyboard view
Enter a space
Enter a carriage return or confirm text input
Delete a character before the cursor
if you have already selected more than one input language.
, or touch and hold
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if you have already selected more
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