Writing characters/letters by hand on the screen

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  1. P5-Icon red circle 1Area for writing letters/characters.
  2. P5-Icon red circle 2Text field where letters/characters are entered as they are drawn out on the screen.
  3. P5-Icon red circle 3Suggested letters/characters. The list is scrollable.
  4. P5-Icon red circle 4Space.
  5. P5-Icon red circle 5Undo entered text. Press briefly to delete one letter/character at a time. Wait a moment before pressing again to delete the next letter/character, etc.
  6. P5-Icon red circle 6Return to the keyboard with regular character input.
  7. P5-Icon red circle 7Hide the keyboard. If this is not possible, the button is not shown.
  8. P5-Icon red circle 8Change text input language.

Writing characters/letters by hand

Write a character/letter in the area for handwritten letters (1).
A number of suggested characters or letters is shown (3). The most likely choice is found at the top of the list.
Enter the character/letter by waiting a moment.
The character/letter at the top of the list is entered. It is also possible to select a different character by pressing the required character/letter in the list.

Deleting/changing characters/letters written by hand

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Delete all characters in the text field (2) by swiping across the handwriting field (1).

There are several options for deleting/changing characters/letters:

  • Press the intended letter in the list (3).
  • Press the text undo button (5) to delete the letter and begin again.
  • Swipe horizontally from right to left1 over the area for handwritten letters (1). Delete multiple letters by swiping over the area several times.
  • Pressing the X in the text field (2) deletes all of the entered text.

Changing row in the free text field with handwriting

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Change row by hand by drawing the above character in the handwriting field2.
  1. 1 For Arabic keyboard - swipe in the opposite direction. Swiping from right to left creates a space.
  2. 2 For Arabic keyboards - draw the same character, but reversed.