Typing text, On-screen keyboard, Using the on-screen keyboard – Sony Ericsson Xperia™ ion HSPA(LT28H) User Manual

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To access the phone settings

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From your Home screen, tap .

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Tap Settings.

You can also drag the status bar downwards on the Home screen and tap

to access the

phone settings.

Typing text

You can select from a number of keyboards and input methods to type text

containing letters, numbers and other characters.

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

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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. Note that this icon does not appear in portrait mode.

3 Display numbers and symbols.

4 Personalise your keyboard. This key disappears after the keyboard is personalised.

5 Enter a space.

6 Enter a carriage return or confirm text input.

7 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

Tap a text entry field.

To hide the on-screen keyboard

When the on-screen keyboard is open, press

.

To personalise the on-screen keyboard

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Open the on-screen keyboard, then tap .

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Follow the instructions to personalise your on-screen keyboard, for example,

mark the Smiley key checkbox.

If you don't mark the Smiley key checkbox when you personalise the on-screen keyboard, the

smiley icon will not appear.

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