T-Mobile g2 User Guide

Android basics

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T-Mobile G2

User’s Guide

Editing text

You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu 
commands to cut, copy, and paste text, within or across applications. 
Some applications don’t support editing some or all of the text they 
display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to 
work with.

To edit text

1

Touch the text field that contains the text to edit.

2

Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the location where you 
want to add or delete text.

The cursor is a vertical bar that indicates where text you type or 
paste will be inserted.

3

Press & hold the Trackpad and then tap what you would like to do 
with the text. You can select, cut, or copy text.

To select text

You select text that you want to cut or copy. Selected text is 
highlighted in orange.

1

Touch the text field or other portion of the screen that contains 
the text to select.

2

Use the Trackpad to move the cursor to the beginning or end of 
the text to select.

You can also touch in the text field to move the cursor in text.

3

Press & hold the Trackpad, or touch & hold the text field.

A menu opens with options for cutting, copying, and performing 
other tasks with the text field.

4

Touch Select text. 

Or touch Select all to select all the text in the text field.

5

Swipe your finger over the Trackpad to select the text you want.

6

Press & hold the Trackpad again (or touch & hold the text field) to 
open a menu you can use to cut or copy your selection, select all 
the text, or stop selecting text.