Using The Touchscreen; The Onscreen Keyboard - Acer beTouch E400 User Manual

Waking your smartphone
If the screen is off and the smartphone does not react to any taps on the screen
or front panel buttons, it may have been locked and is in sleep mode.
To wake your smartphone, press any button on the edge
of the device (e.g. power, volume or camera). Your
smartphone will display the locked screen; drag the
padlock icon to the right to enter the Home screen.
For additional security, you may set an unlock pattern, a
set of dots that must be tapped in the correct order to
access the phone. Open the Applications tab or tap Menu
Settings > Location & security > Set unlock pattern.

Using the touchscreen

Your smartphone uses a touchscreen for selecting items and entering
information. Use your finger to tap the screen.
Tap: Touch the screen once to open items and select options.
Drag: Hold your finger on the screen and drag across the screen to select text
and images.
Tap and hold: Tap and hold an item to see a list of actions available for that
item. On the pop-up menu that appears, tap the action you want to perform.
Scroll: To scroll up or down the screen, simply drag your finger up or down the
screen in the direction that you want to scroll.

The onscreen keyboard

When you tap a text box to enter text, an onscreen
keyboard will appear. Simply tap on keys to enter text. If
you require a larger keyboard, turn your smartphone 90
degrees to the left to use landscape mode.
The layout of the keyboard varies slightly, depending on
the application and information that is required.
Changing the text input method
To change the input method, tap and hold a text box, then select Input
method. This will open a menu listing the text input methods available on your
phone. Tap your prefered input method. Typically two options are available:
XT9 Text input and Android Keyboard. A third option, Penpower Input Method
may be available in certain regions.
Predictive text
Both XT9 Text Input and Android keyboard provide a keyboard with predictive
text. As you tap the letters of the word, a selection of words are displayed
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