Using the onscreen keyboard – HTC 7 User Manual
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6 Keyboard
Keyboard
To enter the symbol or punctuation mark that is printed at the upper right corner of a
key, press
, and then press the corresponding key.
To open the Symbol Pad, press
.
Press to insert a hard return while typing.
Press the arrow keys / / / for directional movement.
To delete the previous character, press
. Press and hold to continue deleting.
Press
to insert a smiley.
For special characters, press a letter and then press
to select the character from
the onscreen menu. For example, press “a” and then press
to enter ǽ, а, а, etc.
Using the onscreen keyboard
When you start an app or select a box that requires text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard
becomes available.
After entering your text, press BACK to close the keyboard. To open and use it again, tap a
text box.
Entering text
Depending on the app you’re in, you may see a slightly different keyboard layout. Use the
following keys while entering text:
Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them. Press and hold the key
to see the available characters and accents.
This is the
Shift key. Tap to enter an uppercase letter. The next letter you type will be
uppercase. Press and hold to turn on caps lock.
Tap to switch to the numeric and symbol keyboard.
While in the numeric and symbol keyboard, tap to show more symbols.
Tap to switch back to the alphabet keyboard.
Tap to switch to a different language keyboard. Available keyboard languages depends upon
the phone version you have. This key may not be present in phones with only one keyboard
language. See “Enabling other keyboard languages” for more details.
This is the
Enter key. Tap to create a new line.
This is the
Backspace key. Tap to delete the previous character.
This is the
Smiley key (Only available when writing an a text or picture message). Tap to enter
smileys.