User Guide

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To turn key sounds on or off: Open the Settings charm, tap or click Change PC settings > PC and devices >
Typing > Play key sounds as I type (under Touch Keyboard).
Suggestions and corrections
As you type on Touch Cover 2 or the on-screen keyboard, text suggestions appear to help you enter words
quickly or correct misspellings. To insert a suggestion, tap it or press Spacebar. To switch the highlighted word,
swipe right or left on the Spacebar.
To turn text suggestions on/off: Open the Settings charm, tap or click Change PC settings > PC and devices >
Typing > Show text suggestions as I type.
Fold back the Cover
You can fold back a Typing Cover to create a stand (see picture).
When the Cover is folded back, you can use the on-screen
keyboard to type text. Tap a place where you can type, such as a
text box, and the on-screen keyboard appears. For more info, see
Use the on-screen keyboard in this guide.
Close the Cover
When you close the Cover, the screen turns off and Surface goes into connected standby mode. When you open
the cover, Surface wakes up. To learn more about this, see Power states: On, off, standby, and restart in this
guide.
Adjust the backlighting
Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 have keys that can illuminate. The backlighting turns on when your hands are
near the keys and turns off when they leave.
You can adjust the brightness of the keys and turn backlighting on/off. Here’s how:
To do this
Press this…
Increase the brightness of the keys
(there are 15 brightness levels)
Tap the F2 key repeatedly, or press and hold it to
quickly increase the brightness.
Decrease the brightness of the keys
Tap the F1 key repeatedly, or press and hold to quickly
decrease the brightness.
Turn backlighting off
Press and hold the F1 key.
(To resume automatic backlighting, press the F2 key.)