Quick Start Guide
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE USE THE KEYBOARD 36
Change word
capitalization
If you want to quickly change the capitaliza-
tion of a word you’ve already typed, you can
select it and touch the Shift key.
You’ll have the option to select the capital-
ized word or the word in all capital letters.
Type a
symbol or
character
To switch to symbol keys for one word, touch
the symbol key
?123
once.
You can also touch and hold the symbol key
?123
while you type or you can touch thesym-
bol key
?123
and slide to another key. When
you release the key, the letter keys reappear.
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symbols and
characters
Touch and hold symbols or characters to get
accented characters or additional symbols.
Cut, copy,
paste
Select the text you want to cut or copy. Then
touch the Cut button or Copy button .
To paste, touch the space where you want
to paste your text and then touch Paste. If
you want to replace other text with the text
you copied, highlight the text, then touch the
Paste button .
Emoji
Use Google Keyboard to choose from a variety of small, colorful
images used to express emotion (known as emoji) to add some
fun to your messages.
Depending on your device, you may need to touch and hold the
Return key and then slide your nger to the happy face to display
emoji. On a tablet, just touch the emoji symbol at the lower right.