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screen keyboard.
To open the on-screen keyboard manually (without tapping an area where you can type):
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Open the Settings charm, then tap or click Keyboard > Touch keyboard and handwriting panel.
On-screen keyboard
For more info, see Handwriting or drawing in this guide.
To close the on-screen keyboard:
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Tap an area where text can’t be typed or tap the keyboard button , and then the close keyboard
button .
Thumb keyboard and handwriting options
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Thumb keyboard. The thumb keyboard makes it easy to type with your thumbs while holding
Surface in both hands.
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Handwriting. The handwriting icon lets you write with your Surface Pen or your finger. Learn more
about this in the Surface Pen section of this guide.
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Suggestions and corrections
As you type on the on-screen keyboard, text suggestions appear to help you enter words quickly or correct
misspellings. To insert a suggestion, tap it or press Spacebar. To switch the highlighted word, swipe right or left
on the Spacebar.
To turn text suggestions on/off: Open the Settings charm, and tap > Change PC settings > PC and devices >
Typing > Show text suggestions as I type.
Change on-screen keyboard settings
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Open the Settings charm, and tap Change PC settings > PC and devices > Typing > Touch keyboard.
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