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Phone Basics 38
Tips for Editing Text
Yourphonegivesyoumanyoptionstomakeenteringtexteasier,includingcopying,cutting,and
pastingtext,usingvoice-to-textinput,customizingtheuserdictionary,usingpredictivetext,and
more.
Tocut/copyandpaste:
1. Touchandholdawordtohighlightit.
2. Dragthebluehighlightmarkerstohighlightthetextyouwant.
–or–
Toselectallthetext,tapSelect all inthecontextmenu.
l Tocanceltheselection,simplytapunselectedtextoremptyarea.
3. TapCut orCopy inthecontextmenu.
4. Placethecursoronthelocationwhereyouwanttopastethetext.
5. TouchandholdthetextfieldandtapPaste.Thetextthatyoupastedalsoremainsinthephone's
memory(temporarily),soyoucanpastethatsametextinanotherlocation.
Search Your Phone and the Web
YoucansearchforinformationonyourphoneandontheWebusingtheSearchapplication.Some
applications,suchasGmail,Contacts,andBrowserhavetheabilitytosearchcontentswithinthose
specificapplications.Youcanconductthesearchbytypinginthesearchtermsorsayingwhatyou‘re
lookingfor.Typingcanbeusefulbecausethesearchapplicationcanprovidesuggestionssoyou
don‘tnecessarilyhavetotypeoutyourfullrequest.
Phone and Web Search Using Text Entry
YoucansearchonyourphoneandontheWebbyenteringtext.
1.
FromtheHomescreen,touchandhold .Googlesearchwillopen.
–or–
FromtheHomescreen,taptheSearchWidget .(Forinformationonhowtoadd
widget,seeAddandRemoveWidgetsontheHomeScreen.)