User Guide

To enable voice input

1 When you enter text using the on-screen keyboard or the Phonepad, tap or

2 Tap , then tap Keyboard settings.

3 Mark the Google voice typing key checkbox.

4 Press to save your settings. A microphone icon appears on your on-screen

keyboard or Phonepad.

To enter text using voice input

1 Open the on-screen keyboard or the Phonepad.

2 Tap . When appears, speak to enter text. When you're done, tap again.

The suggested text appears.

3 Edit the text manually if necessary.

Editing text

You can select, cut, copy, and paste text as you write. You can access the editing tools

by double-tapping the entered text. The editing tools then become available via an

application bar.

Application bar

1 Close the application bar

2 Select all text

3 Cut text

4 Copy text

5 Paste text

only appears when you have text saved on the clipboard.

To select text

1 Enter some text, then double-tap the text. The word you tap gets highlighted by

tabs on both sides.

2 Drag the tabs to the left or right to select more text.

To edit text

1 Enter some text, then double-tap the entered text to make the application bar

appear.

2 Select the text that you want to edit, then use the tools in the application bar to

make your desired changes.

Personalizing the Xperia keyboard

When entering text using the on-screen keyboard or the Phonepad, you can access a

keyboard settings and other text input settings that help you set options for writing

languages, text prediction, automatic spacing, and quick period insertion. For example,

you can decide how word options are presented and how words get corrected as you

type. And you can get your message data scanned so that word predictions fit your

writing style. You can also set the text input application to remember new words that you

write.