Keyboard & typing

How to use the keyboard, use speech-to-text, access keyboard settings, and more.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

Press a Letter key to input the desired letter. Press and hold to input a capital letter.
Alternatively, tap the Shift icon to capitalize the next input letter. Press and hold to enable Caps Lock.
Tap the @123 icon to open the extended keyboard and access numbers and special characters.
Tap to input the desired character.
Press the More icon to access additional special characters.
Tap the Collapse icon to minimize the extended keyboard.
While typing, autocomplete suggestions will appear above the keyboard. Tap the desired suggestion to input.
Alternatively, swipe up on the Keyboard towards the desired suggestion.
To use Speech-to-text input, touch and hold the Period/Microphone icon.
Note: Dictation must be enabled to use this feature.
Speak as desired, then tap Done.
Press the Delete key to delete a single character.
Swipe left on the Keyboard to delete an entire word.
To copy text, touch and hold the desired word.
Drag the Selection icons to modify the selection.
Tap the Copy icon.
To paste, navigate to, then tap within the desired text field.
Tap the Paste icon.
The Cursor can be used to navigate and select text.
To display the Cursor, tap the desired location within an active text field.
Alternatively, activate the Cursor by double tapping the Keyboard.
Touch and drag the Cursor to change its location.
Alternatively, move the Cursor by sliding a finger along the Keyboard.
Tap the Nudge left and Nudge right icons to move the Cursor a single character at a time.
Touch and hold the Shift icon while moving the cursor to make a selection.
To access keyboard settings, from the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen > Tap Settings > Scroll to then tap Language and Input.