Using The Gesture Input Function To Write Words - Sony Xperia advance User Manual

To turn on the caps lock
• Before you type a word, tap
To enter numbers or symbols
• When you enter text, tap
Tap to view more options.
To enter common punctuation marks
When you finish entering a word, tap the space bar.
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Select a punctuation mark from the candidate bar. The selected mark is inserted
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before the space.
To quickly enter a full stop, tap the space bar twice when you finish entering a word.
To insert a smiley
1 When you enter text, tap
Select a smiley.
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To delete characters
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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.
Select an option.
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Using the Gesture input function to write words

You can input text by sliding your finger from letter to letter on the on-screen keyboard.
You can lift your finger between words so that the phone recognizes them.
Gesture input is only available when you use the on-screen keyboard.
To change the Gesture input settings
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When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap
more than one writing language, touch and hold the input language key instead.
For example, touch and hold
Tap Keyboard settings > Text input settings.
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Mark or unmark the Gesture input checkbox.
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If you want to automatically add a space between gestures without having to tap
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the space bar each time, mark the Space between gestures checkbox.
To enter text using the Gesture input function
1 When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, slide your finger from letter to
letter to spell the word you want to write. Lift up your finger when you've finished
entering a word.
2 The phone suggests a word based on the letters you have traced. If necessary,
select the correct word in the candidate bar. To view more options, scroll right or
left in the word candidate bar. If you cannot find the desired word, tap once to
delete the entire word. Then you can try again or tap each letter to enter the word.
If the Space between gestures setting is activated, slide on the keyboard to
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enter the next word. Otherwise, enter a space and then slide to enter the next
word.
To enter joined compound words when the Space between gestures setting is activated, you
may need to slide to enter the first part of the word, then tap each letter to enter the rest of
the word.
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