Use onscreen keyboard

You have two options for entering text: type one letter at a time (multi-touch typing) or slide your finger through all the letters in a word using one continuous motion (gesture typing). Both options are always available; start typing either way and switch whenever you like. As you type, your keyboard predicts words for you to select, making typing fast and accurate. Spell check gets rid of any typos and lets you add words to your personal dictionary.

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.

TipTo insert a period followed by a space, touch the spacebar twice quickly.

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

Use suggestions

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 and 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 and hold

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Use gesture typing

When you're using gesture typing you can:

Type a word. Drag your finger over the letters in the word.
Capitalise a letter. Start at the letter to capitalise 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 n as though it were an apostrophe.

Check spelling

To spell check your text:

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