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Using the onscreen keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard

When you start an app or select a field that requires text or numbers, the onscreen keyboard becomes available. After entering your text, you can tap or press to close the onscreen keyboard.

Selecting a keyboard layout

You can choose from three different keyboard layouts to suit your typing style.
  1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Language & keyboard.
  2. Tap HTC Sense Input > Advanced settings.
  3. Tap Keyboard types, and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use.
    Standard This layout is similar to a desktop computer keyboard. This is the default keyboard layout.
    Phone This layout resembles the traditional mobile phone keypad.
    Compact This layout features two letters on each key. The key size is slightly bigger than on the Standard layout.

Entering text

Simply tap the keys on the onscreen keyboard to enter letters and numbers, as well as punctuation marks and symbols.
  • Tap to enter an uppercase letter. Tap twice to turn on caps lock.
  • Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented letters. The gray character displayed on the key is the character that will be inserted when you press and hold that key. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them.

Choosing multiple keyboard languages

If multiple keyboard languages are available on HTC One V, you can choose which languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard.
  1. Slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Language & keyboard.
  2. Tap HTC Sense Input.
  3. Tap Keyboard selection, and then choose the languages you want.

Changing the keyboard language

  1. While the onscreen keyboard is open, tap .
  2. Select the Toggle keyboards option to switch between keyboard languages.
  3. Tap until you see the language you want to use.
Note: To turn Toggle keyboards on or off, slide the Notifications panel open, and then tap > Language & keyboard > HTC Sense Input and tap the Toggle keyboards On/Off switch.
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