Open and close the keyboard

To open the keyboard, just touch an area where you can enter text or numbers.

To close the keyboard so you can see other parts of the screen, touch .

Type special characters

When you see ... on a key, touch & hold it to see more characters. For example:

• Touch & hold . to see , and other punctuation marks.
• Touch & hold e to see é and 3.

To type in ALL CAPS, touch twice, quickly, so you see . Touch it once more to turn ALL CAPS off.

Use multi-touch (Android) keyboard

When you're typing, you'll see a list of possible words above the keys. You can:

• Use a suggested word. Touch it in the list to insert it in your text.
• See more suggestions. Touch & hold the word with ... below it.
• Add a word to your dictionary. Touch the word with ... below it.

TipTo turn suggestions off or adjust other keyboard settings, on the onscreen keyboard, touch & hold and drag it to .

Use Swype keyboard

When you're using Swype you can:

• Type a word. Drag your finger over the letters in the word.
• Capitalize a letter. Start at the letter to capitalize and swipe above the keypad area before moving to the next letter.
• Enter a letter twice in a row. Draw a circle around the letter instead of dragging over it.
• Enter apostrophes in common words. Drag through the letters and the apostrophe is automatically inserted.

Check spelling

To spell check your text:

1. After you're done typing, review your text; misspelled words (and words not in your dictionary) are underlined in red.

2. Touch an underlined word:

   • If the word is spelled correctly, touch Add to dictionary.
   • If the word is misspelled, select the correct word from the list of suggestions or touch Delete and type the correction.