Toshiba e405 - Manual (Page 35)

Chapter 2: Basic Skills
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Enter Information on Your Toshiba Pocket
PC
You have several options for entering new information:
■ Use the input panel to enter typed text, either by using the soft key-
board or other input method
■ Write directly on the screen
■ Draw pictures on the screen
■ Speak into your device microphone to record a message
■ Use Microsoft ® ActiveSync ® to synchronize or copy information from
your computer to your device. For more information on ActiveSync,
see ActiveSync Help on your computer.
Entering Text Using the Input Panel
Use the input panel to enter information in any program on your device.
You can either type using the soft keyboard or write using Letter Recog-
nizer or Block Recognizer. In either case, the characters appear as typed
text on the screen.
To show or hide the input panel, tap Input Panel. Tap the arrow next to
the Input Panel button to see your choices.
When you use the input panel, your device anticipates the word you are
typing or writing and displays it above the input panel. When you tap the
displayed word, it is inserted into your text at the insertion point. The more
you use your device, the more words it learns to anticipate.
To type with the soft keyboard:
1. Tap the arrow and then Keyboard.
To change word suggestion options, such as the number
of words suggested at one time, tap
, Settings, Per-
sonal tab, Input, and then the Word Completion tab.
Select an input method.
Input panel button.
Tap to see your choices.