Text Entry Settings And Dictionary; Tips For Editing Text - Motorola Moto G User Manual

Note: Your touchscreen keyboard looks slightly different depending on whether you're entering
a text message, email, or other text.
You can also use the Google Voice typing option to enter text using your voice (see
Voice Typing for details).

Text Entry Settings and Dictionary

You can change the preferences when using your keyboard, voice entry options, and edit the
dictionary of words your phone suggests.
To change the settings, touch Apps

To change preferences, touch
see its associated options.

To add or edit the words that your phone suggests and recognizes, touch Personal
dictionary. You can also add words to the dictionary from your typed entries.
Tip: You can assign a shortcut for commonly used words or groups of words in the dictionary
settings after you add the word or phrase to the dictionary.

Tips for Editing Text

You can cut, copy, and paste names, phone numbers, addresses, quotes, or anything else in a
text box. You can cut, copy and paste within the same message or between apps.
You use the icons at the top of an app screen or select screen options that guide you when you
touch the typed words in your message.
Tip: Touch and hold icons to show their description label.
To...
Enter alternate characters
Enter one capital letter
Phone Basics
> Settings > Language & input:
next to the setting name or touch the setting name to
Instructions
Touch and hold the letter to enter its associated
number, or touch
enter symbols.
Touch and touch the letter.
to enter numbers or
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