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KNOWING THE BASICSKNOWING THE BASICS
• Tap to enter emoji, GIF, or emoticon.
• Tap to use Google voice typing.
• Tap to access more Gboard functions.
• Pressandhold to set up the Gboard.
• Pressandhold and then slide to to change to a smaller keyboard for
easier one-handed typing.
NOTE: The keyboard layout may change in different apps.
Glide Typing
The Gboard supports the glide-typing feature. You can use this feature to
input a word by sliding through the letters.
To enable and use glide typing:
1. On the Gboard, press and hold to access the Gboard settings.
2. Tap Glide typing > Enable glide typing if this feature is turned off.
3. Move your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard to trace a word
without lifting the finger until you reach the end of the word.
Start of the word
End of the word
NOTES:
• Tapwhenyouwantto.Ifyouwanttoenterasingleletter,simplytapthe
key once.
• Liftyourfingerattheendoftheword.Aspaceisaddedautomatically
when you begin to input the next word.
Google Voice Typing
Google voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert
speech to text.
1. Tap to access the voice-typing feature when you are using Gboard.
If you have installed and enabled other input methods in addition to the
pre-installed ones, you can also flick down the status bar when entering
text and tap Change keyboard > Google voice typing.
2. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.