Task

Entering Text

You can enter text using the keyboard displayed on the screen.

Display on the screen
Description
Switches between letters, numbers and symbols.
*1
Enters capital letters.
*2
Enters other symbols.
*3
Switches the input language.
Deletes text.
Enters or adds linefeeds.

*1 Capital-letter entry will deactivate after you enter one letter. Tap this key every time you enter a capital letter. To input capital letters continuously (caps lock), double-tap the key. To cancel the caps lock, press this key again.
*2 This appears when you enter numbers or symbols.
*3 This appears when you have selected multiple languages to use for input. Every time you tap the key, the input mode switches between the modes you have set. Tap and hold to display the input mode switching screen.
Hint
  • Pressing and holding a key with a triangle mark on the bottom right corner allows you to enter letters or symbols, etc. related to the letter of the key.

  • To enter a URL or letters, tap the area where you want to enter text to display the on-screen keyboard.

  • A numerical keyboard can also be displayed. Tap [ Apps & Widgets] - [ Settings] - [ Language & input]. Then tap next to [Standard keyboard] followed by [Number keys] to add a check mark.

To set the input language

Tap and hold . Then tap [Standard keyboard settings] followed by [Input languages], and put a check mark on the languages to use.
To return to the keyboard screen, tap (Back) twice.

To hide the on-screen keyboard

Tap on the bottom left of the screen.

To input text in handwritten characters

To set handwritten-character input

  1. Tap [ Apps & Widgets] - [ Settings] - [ Language & input].

  1. Tap on the right side of [Standard keyboard].

  1. Tap [Input languages].

  1. Put a check mark on the [中文(繁體手寫)] item.

This item is checked in the default setting.

To switch to handwritten-character input

Tap the input language switcher key. You can also tap [中文(繁體手寫)] on the selecting input language screen displayed by tapping and holding the input language switcher key.
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