User Guide

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Typing Covers (keyboards)
Choose from the following Typing Covers:
 Touch Cover and Touch Cover 2
Super-thin, pressure-sensitive keyboards with a touchpad.
 Type Cover and Type Cover 2
One of the thinnest mechanical keyboards available, with
moving keys.
Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 are thinner and lighter, with keys that can illuminate when your hands are near.
You can see all of the Typing Covers in the Accessories area of Surface.com. To find out how to clean the Covers,
see Cover care in this guide.
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The Typing Covers magnetically attach to the Surface touchscreen.
Simply bring the two close together. When the Cover gets close, it aligns
and snaps into place. Once connected, the Cover stays put. You can
easily remove it by pulling it away.
When you fold a Cover back behind the touchscreen, the keyboard is
disabled. This way you don’t accidently type anything.
Which version of Type Cover or Touch Cover do I have?
To figure out which version you have, look in the upper-left corner:
 Type Cover and Touch Cover. The upper-left corner has volume controls.
 Type Cover 2 and Touch Cover 2. The upper-left corner has brightness controls.
Type with Touch Cover
Touch Cover is more than a protective cover. It’s also a keyboard. Type on Touch Cover just as you would on any
other keyboard. You can even rest your hands on the keys. Touch Cover only detects key presses when you strike
a key.
By default, a sound plays when you strike a key on Touch Cover (or the on-screen keyboard), so you know when
you’ve pressed a key.