Get suggestions
Use suggestions to type faster.
When you're typing, you'll see a list of suggested next words above the keys:
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Touch a word in the list to insert it in your text.
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If you don’t like a suggested word, touch & hold it, then drag it to .
You can limit or turn suggestions off.
Spell check and auto correct
Misspelled words are automatically corrected as you type:
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To undo a correction, touch .
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To prevent that word from being auto-corrected again, add it to your dictionary by touching the word in the list
of suggestions above the keys.
If auto-correction is turned off, you can still check spelling:
1. After you're done typing, review your text; misspelled words (and words not in your dictionary) are underlined.
2. Touch an underlined word:
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If the word is spelled correctly, touch it in the suggestion bar.
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If the word is misspelled, select the correct word in the suggestion bar or type the correction.
Type in multiple languages
If you have added multiple languages as a system language in your phone settings, keyboards and text suggestion
are available for those languages:
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When using a keyboard language other than your primary system language, available keyboard languages are
shown on the spacebar.
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To toggle between languages, touch .
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To see a list of available keyboards, touch & hold or the spacebar.
You can add keyboards for other languages.
Cut, copy, paste text
You can select and copy text from web pages and messages.
1. To select text, touch & hold a word.
2. Touch Copy, Cut, Share, Select all or:
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Select more text. Drag the sliders .
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Get information about selected text. Touch Web Search.
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Translate selected text. Touch > Translate. (If you don't see this option, install the Google Translate
app.)
Learn the basics : Work with text
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