Android 2.3 User Manual

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want to add more text. You can also select a word or more at a time and copy, cut, 
and paste text. See “Editing text” on page 37.
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Touch the keys on the keyboard to enter text.
What you type appears in the text field and in the strip above the keyboard, in black 
text on a white background. When the keyboard has a suggestion for what you 
might be typing, the word you’re typing is underlined in the text field and the 
suggestions appear in orange in the strip above the keyboard. The boldfaced 
suggestion at the left of the strip is the keyboard’s best suggestion. You can drag 
the strip to the left to bring any additional suggestions into view.
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Press space or a punctuation mark to enter the boldfaced suggested word.
If you touch the space key, the suggestion strip offers a series of punctuation 
marks you can touch, to replace the space with.
Or touch another suggested word to enter it.
If you touch a word that is not in the system or user dictionary, it’s entered and 
you’re prompted to touch the word again if you want to add it to the user 
dictionary.
You can view, edit, or delete the words that you add to the dictionary. See 
“Language & keyboard settings” on page 372.
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Use the Delete key 
 to erase characters to the left of the cursor.
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When you’re finished typing, press Back
 to close the keyboard.
Some applications add special keys to the keyboard that make it easier to navigate 
from one text field to another.
Enter numbers, symbols, and other characters
S
Touch & hold one of the top-row keys and then without moving your finger, lift your 
finger, to enter the number indicated in black on that key. Keys with alternate 
characters display an ellipsis ( ... ) below the character.
S
Touch & hold a vowel or the C, N, or S key to open a small window where you can 
drag onto the accented vowel or other alternate letter or number you want to enter.