Character Entry - Sony Xperia 1 IV SO-51C Instruction Manual

Character entry

Enter characters using the software keyboard
(On-screen keyboard) which appears when
you tap the character input box in a mail,
phonebook, etc.
Input method is set to "Gboard" by default.
❖ Information
To hide software keyboard, tap
•
lower left of the screen.
For details on Gboard, in the character entry screen,
•
u u
tap [Help & feedback] and then refer to
Help.
Depending on your usage condition, keyboard
•
display or the operations may be changed.
Switching the input method
You can change to the input method other
than Gboard.
You can operate it when the other input
•
method is installed on the terminal and set it
as a use keyboard in "Manage on-screen
keyboards" (P.223).
While entering characters, tap
1
at the bottom of the screen.
The input method selection screen
•
appears.
Select the input method you want
2
to use.
❖ Information
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Software keyboard
The default software keyboard is a Japanese
keyboard and its layout is "12 keys" when the
displayed at the
language is set to Japanese. You can add the
following layouts to the Japanese keyboard.
•
12 keys
QWERTY
Handwriting
GODAN
When the input method you want to use is not listed
in the selection screen, tap
method you want to use in "Manage on-screen
keyboards" (P.223).
Character input method (P.63)
Keyboard with the same key
arrangement as a mobile phone.
Repeatedly tap a key to select a
character (multi-tap input). Flick
input is also available.
Keyboard with characters allocated
in the same arrangement as general
PCs. Enter Japanese in Roman
character. Flick input is also
available.
Keyboard for inputting characters
by handwriting.
Keyboard for inputting Japanese
with roman characters.
of the input
Basic operations
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