Android Phones & Tablets For Dummies

Chapter 4

Type to Type, Text to Edit

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using the onscreen keyboard

Creating text

Typing special symbols

Dictating text with voice input

Editing text

Selecting, cutting, copying, and pasting text

Checking your spelling

I seriously doubt that anyone would consider using their Android to write the Great American Novel. The gizmo lacks a real keyboard! Even so, typing is something you do on a phone or tablet, thanks to something called the onscreen keyboard. You can also dictate to generate text. No matter how it gets in there, your Android is ready to accept, process, and even edit text.

Onscreen Keyboard Mania

The onscreen keyboard reveals itself on the bottom half of the touchscreen whenever text input is required. The stock Android keyboard is called the Gboard (“jee-board”), ...