26 Text entry
• To correct a word, double-touch it (tap twice, quickly).
Swype shows a small menu of other word options.
Swype might also show a menu if it can’t guess your
word.
• If Swype doesn’t know a word, you can still touch the
letter keys to enter it. Swype remembers, so next
time you can just drag over the letters.
Typing tips
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Enter one capital
letter
Touch S hift .
Enter only capital
letters
Touch and hold Shift .
Touch again to revert to
lowercase.
Move the text entry
cursor
Touch the text where you
want the cursor to go.
Select text Touch and hold or
double-touch text to select
it. Tabs mark the boundaries
of the selected text. Drag
the tabs to select the text
you want.
Text input settings
Find it: Menu >
System settings
>
Language & input
• To change the language for your phone and
touchscreen keypad, touch
Locale
.
• To change the default text input method, touch
Default
under
KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS
.
• To change text input settings, touch next to
Motorola Input
or
Swype
.
Cut or Copy selected
text
Touch icons at the top of the
screen to
Cut
or
Copy
selected text. In a landscape
display, touch
Edit
>
Cut
or
Copy
.
Paste cut or copied
text at cursor location
Touch t he
Paste
icon at the
top of the screen. In a
landscape display, touch
Edit
>
Paste
.
Delete character to left
of cursor
Touch Delete (hold to
delete more).
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