User guide

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Show the keyboard
When you want to use the on-screen keyboard, fold back the keyboard cover like a magazine cover or remove
it. Now tap where you want to type (for example, a text box). The on-screen keyboard appears.
To open the on-screen keyboard manually:
1. Open the Settings charm, and then tap or click Keyboard (lower-right corner).
2. Tap or click Touch keyboard and handwriting panel.
Show the keyboard from the desktop
The on-screen keyboard doesn’t automatically appear if you’re in the desktop. Instead, you need to tap or click
the Keyboard icon on the taskbar (lower-right corner of the screen).
Hide the keyboard
To hide the on-screen keyboard:
 Tap an area where text can’t be typed.
–or–
 Tap the Keyboard button in the lower-right corner and
then tap the image with the down arrow (see picture).
Tips
 You can use keyboard shortcuts by tapping the Ctrl key
and then another key. For example, you can use Ctrl+C for Copy and Ctrl+V for Paste.
 Turn Caps Lock on and off by double-tapping the Up Arrow key.
 Automatically insert a period by double-tapping the Spacebar.
Change the on-screen keyboard settings
You can change the on-screen keyboard settings in PC settings. Here’s how:
1. Open the Settings charm, and then tap or click Change PC settings.
2. Tap or click General and then make changes under Touch Keyboard.