Sony SGP561 User Manual

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Typing text
On-screen keyboard
You can enter text with the on-screen QWERTY keyboard by tapping each letter
individually, or you can use the Gesture input feature and slide your finger from letter to
letter to form words. If you prefer to use a smaller version of the on-screen keyboard and
enter text using only one hand, you can activate the thumb keyboard or mini keyboard
instead.
You can select up to three languages for text input. The keyboard detects the language
that you are using and predicts the words for that language as you type.
1 Delete a character before the cursor.
2 Enter a carriage return or confirm text input.
3 Switch between lower-case  , upper-case   and caps  . For some languages, this key is used to
access extra characters in the language.
4 Shift to the movable thumb keyboard or mini keyboard.
5 Enter text using voice input.
6 Enter a space.
7 Personalize your keyboard. This key disappears after the keyboard is personalized.
8 Display numbers and symbols. For even more symbols, tap 
.
To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text
Tap a text entry field.
To enter text character by character
1
To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.
2
To enter a character variant, touch and hold a regular keyboard character to get a
list of available options, then select from the list. For example, to enter "é," touch
and hold "e" until other options appear, then, while keeping your finger pressed on
the keyboard, drag to and select "é."
To enter a period
After you enter a word, double-tap the space bar.
To switch between the full keyboard and the small keyboards
1
When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard, tap  , 
 or 
.
2
Select a keyboard option.
Drag   to move the small keyboard as desired.
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