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•   Tap   to enter miniature icons, such as expressions, ags,  
and animals.
•  Tap 
 
to use Google voice typing.
•   Press and hold   to change the input language or set up the 
Google Keyboard.
•   Press and hold   and slide to   to enable one-handed mode. 
Tap 
 
/   to switch to the right-hand or le-hand keyboard, 
respectively. Tap   to switch back to the full-sized 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 o.
 3.   On the Google Keyboard, slide your nger from letter to letter 
to trace a word without liing your nger until you reach the 
end of the word.
KNOWING THE BASICS
End of the word
Start of the word