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Chapter 2 Using Your XSLATE R12 Tablet Entering Text by Keyboard 31
Entering Text by Keyboard
You can use different methods to enter text with your XSLATE R12. You can use an on-screen
touch keyboard or the handwriting panel. There are several on-screen keyboards in Windows
10.
Using the Windows On-screen Keyboards
1. To open the default on-screen keyboard, choose one of these actions:
a. Tap in a text field or other area where you can type, such as the URL field in a web
br
owser. (If this does not work, see M
AKING A KEYBOARD APPEAR WHEN TAPPING IN A
T
EXT FIELD on page 32.)
or
b. Tap the Ke
yboard icon in the Windows notification area of the taskbar.
The default on-screen keyboard appears.
&123 Key
Default Keyboard
In addition to the default on-screen keyboard, Windows 10 provides other keyboard
l
ayouts for entering text. You can use an expanded keyboard, which provides additional
keys or a keyboard that includes a numbers keypad.
2. Tap the &123 k
ey in the lower left corner of the default keyboard, to switch to the
keyboard that includes the numbers keypad, punctuation, and symbols.
First Numeric-Symbol Keyboard