Quick Start Guide

1.
Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard.
2.
Slide your
finger
slowly across the letters of the word you want to
input.
3. Lift
your
finger
when the word you want is displayed
in
the
floating
preview
or in the
middle
of the
suggestion strip.
To
select one of the other words in the suggestion strip, touch it.
If
the word you want
isn’t shown
while using Gesture Typing, you can
type it out
manually.
If you
gesture a
word and want to change
it,
touch the word to
see
other choices in the
suggestion strip.
TIP:
If
there are letters you want to emphasize, like repeated
letters, such
as the
“e”
in
sleep, pause
over the “e” slightly longer
before moving on to the next letter.
Use
Gesture
Typing
without
the space bar
When you use
Gesture
Typing, there’s no need to
use
the
space
bar
— just
continue to
slide
your
finger across
the
letters
you want to
input,
then lift your
finger
to start the next word.
To change
Gesture Typing
settings, go to Settings
>
Personal >
Language
&
input
> Keyboard & input
methods
>
Google Keyboard
>
Gesture Typing.
Keyboard dictionaries
To
manage keyboard
dictionaries,
go to Settings
>
Personal
>
Language &
input.
Personal
dictionary
Add
your own words to your
personal
dictionary so that your device
remembers them. To add
a
word or phrase, including an optional
shortcut,
go to
Settings >
Personal
> Language &
input
>