Entering Text 45
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the
following letters are lower case. After a word is entered and you
lift your finger, the cursor automatically adds a space after the
word.
To enter text via Swype:
To explain entering the word “there”.
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Put your finger down on the “t”, and without lifting, glide it to the “h”,
and then to the “e”, and then over to the “r”, and back to the “e”.
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When complete, lift your finger off the screen to allow the device to
determine the closest word match.
Note:
If multiple word choices exist for your Swype entry, an on-screen
popup appears to provide additional word choices.
Entering Numbers and Symbols in SWYPE
By using the on-screen keyboard in portrait mode, some symbols
are not available (such as Emoticons or Smileys). In SYM mode
using Swype, you can only enter symbols and numbers from
the on-screen keyboard. Once in SYM mode, the text mode key
shows .
Tap
to switch to the symbols keyboard. Tap
to view
additional symbols.
1.
From a screen where you can enter text, tap the text input
field to reveal the on-screen keyboard.
2.
Tap
to configure the keyboard for SYM mode. Once in
this mode, the text input type shows
.
All lowercase
Displays when the next character is entered in
lowercase. Pressing this while in 123 mode, reveals
additional numeric-symbols keys.
Initial Uppercase
Displays when the first character of each word is
entered as uppercase but all subsequent characters
are lowercase.
All Uppercase
Displays when all characters will be entered as
uppercase characters.