Sony ST27A User Manual

Typing text

On-screen keyboard

Tap the keys of the on-screen QWERTY keyboard to enter text conveniently. Some

applications open the on-screen keyboard automatically. You can also open this

keyboard by touching a text field.

Using the on-screen keyboard

1 Change the character case and turn on the caps lock. For some languages, this key is used to access

extra characters in the language.

2 Close the on-screen keyboard view. Please note that this icon does not show in portrait mode.

3 Display numbers and symbols.

4 Display smileys.

5 Enter a space.

6 Open the input settings menu to make a change, for example, under Writing languages. This key also

changes the writing language when more than one input language is selected.

7 Enter a carriage return or confirm text input.

8 Delete a character before the cursor.

All illustrations are for illustration purposes only and may not accurately depict the actual

phone.

To display the on-screen keyboard to enter text

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Tap a text entry field.

To hide the on-screen keyboard

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When the on-screen keyboard is open, press

To use the on-screen keyboard in landscape orientation

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When you enter text, turn the phone sideways.

For the keyboard to support this feature, landscape mode must be supported by the

application you are using, and your screen orientation settings must be set to automatic.

To enter text using the on-screen keyboard

To enter a character visible on the keyboard, tap the character.

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 shift between upper-case and lower-case letters

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Before you enter a letter, tap to switch to upper-case , or vice versa.