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• Tap the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Press and hold some specic keys
to enter associated accented letters or numbers. For example, to enter
È, press and hold and the available accented letters and number 3
appear. Then slide to choose È.
• As you type, suggested words appear above the keyboard. Tap a correctly
suggested word to select it; press and hold a suggested word to see
additional word options.
• Tap to use uppercase. Double tap to lock uppercase. This key also
changes to indicate the current case you are using: for lowercase, for
uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase.
• Tap
to delete the text before the cursor.
• Tap to select numbers and symbols. You can then tap to nd more.
• Tap to choose emojis and emoticons.
• Tap
to use Google Voice typing.
• Press and hold to change the input languages or set up the Google
keyboard.
Gesture typing
The Google keyboard supports the gesture-typing feature. Use this feature to
input a word by sliding from letter to letter on the keyboard.
To enable and use gesture typing:
1. Press and hold on the Google keyboard, and then tap Google
Keyboard Settings.
2. Tap Gesture Typing > Enable gesture typing if this feature is turned off.
3. On the Google keyboard, slide your nger from letter to letter to trace a
word without lifting your nger until you reach the end of the word.
Notes:
• Tap to type when you want to. If you want to enter a single letter, simply tap
the key once.
• Lift your nger at the end of the word. A space is added automatically
when you begin to trace the next word.
Google Voice typing
Google Voice typing uses the Google voice recognition service to convert
speech to text. You must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network
to use it.
1. Tap or to access the voice-typing feature.
KNOWING THE BASICS
KNOWING THE BASICS
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Start of the word