User's Guide

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T-Mobile G2 User’s Guide
For example, if you want to type “The”, put your finger on the “T”
key, and then slide your finger to the “h” and “e” keys.
Learn more about Swype by touching & holding .
If you want to change the Swype settings, press Home , press
Menu, and then touch Settings > Language & keyboard > Swype.
To change the onscreen keyboard orientation
1 Touch a text field. The onscreen keyboard opens.
2 Turn the phone sideways or upright.
The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone
orientation. Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen
keyboard easier to use.
You can control whether the screen changes orientation
automatically when you turn the phone. See “Display settings” on
page 322.
To change the keyboard language
1 Touch a text field. The onscreen keyboard opens.
2 Touch & hold the Language key (for example, if you’re using
the English language keyboard), and then tap the language that
you want to use.