Sprint Slate 8 - Text Input and Editing; Using Touchscreen Keyboards

Basic Operations 26
Tip:Youcanalsoaccessairplanemodethroughthestatusbarmenu.Pulldownthestatusbarand
tapAirplane mode .Whenthefunctionisenabled,thedisplayediconisswitchedto .
Toturnoffairplanemode:
1.
FromtheHomescreen,tapApps >Settings >More .
2.
OntheAirplane modeoption,taptheswitchtoOff .
Yourtablet’swirelessconnectionfeaturesarenowrestored.
Tip:Youcanalsoaccessairplanemodethroughthestatusbarmenu.Pulldownthestatusbarand
tapAirplane mode .Whenthefunctionisdisabled,thedisplayediconisswitchedto .
Enter Text
YoucantypeonyourtabletusingoneoftheavailabletouchscreenkeyboardsorGooglevoice
typing.
Touchscreen Keyboards
Yourtabletoffersyouseveraltextinputmethods.Thekeyboardappearsautomaticallyonscreen
whenyoutapatextentryfield,andtheycanbeusedineitherportraitorlandscapemode.Youcan
alsousetheGoogleVoicetypingoptiontoentertextusingyourvoice(seeGoogleVoiceTypingfor
details).
Themethodsavailableinclude:
n Google keyboardallowsyoutoentertextbytappingkeysonthevirtualkeyboard.Google
keyboardalsosupportsseveralfunctionsincludingwordcompletionsuggestion,automatic
correction,andnext-wordprediction.SeeGoogleKeyboardfordetails.
n Google voice typingallowsyoutospeakyourentries.SeeGoogleVoiceTypingfordetails.
n Japanese IMEallowsyoutotypeinJapaneseonyourkeyboard.
Note:Keyboardlayoutsandoptionsmaychangedependingonwhereyou’reusingthem.For
example,ifyou’reenteringtexttodoaWebsearch,asearchiconmaybeavailableinsteadofan
enterkey.
Google Keyboard
TheGoogleKeyboardmakestypingfastandeasywithgestureandvoice.
Assign Google Keyboard for Text Entry
1.
FromtheHomescreen,tapApps >Settings .
2.
TapLanguage & input .
3. TapCurrent Keyboard>Google Keyboard.