Apple MB376LL/A User Manual

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Chapter 2    
Basics 
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Switch keyboards if more than one keyboard is 
turned on
Tap   to switch keyboards. When you tap 
the symbol, the name of the newly activated 
keyboard appears briefly.
Type letters, numbers, or symbols that aren’t on 
the keyboard
Press and hold the related letter, number, or 
symbol, then slide to choose a variation. On the 
Hebrew and Thai keyboards, for example, you can 
choose native numbers by pressing and holding 
the related Arabic number.
Enter Japanese Kana
Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more 
syllable options, tap the arrow key and select 
another syllable or word from the window.
Enter Japanese QWERTY
Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for 
Japanese syllables. As you type, suggested 
syllables appear. Tap the syllable to choose it.
Enter Korean
Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul 
letters. To type double consonants or compound 
vowels, press and hold the letter, then slide to 
choose the double letter.
Enter Simplified or Traditional Chinese Pinyin
Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for 
Chinese characters. As you type, suggested 
Chinese characters appear. Tap a character to 
choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see 
more character options.
Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin
Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters. As you 
type, suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap 
a character to choose it, or continue entering 
Zhuyin to see more character options. After you 
type an initial letter, the keyboard changes to 
show more letters.
Enter handwritten Simplified or Traditional 
Chinese
Use the touchpad to enter Chinese characters 
with your finger. As you write character strokes, 
iPod touch recognizes them and shows matching 
characters in a list, with the closest match at the 
top. When you choose a character, its related 
characters appear in the list as additional choices.
You can get some complex characters by 
entering two or more component characters. 
For example, enter 魚 (fish), then 巤 (bristle), to 
get 鱲 (partial name of Hong Kong International 
Airport), which appears in the character list with 
an arrow next to it. Tap the character to replace 
the characters you entered.