Android - Entering Text
Keyboard layout
A keyboard appears automatically when you enter text to send messages, create notes, and more.
Text entry is not supported in some languages. To enter text, you must change the input language to one of the supported languages.
Changing the input language
Tap 
→ Languages and types → Manage input languages and select the languages to use. When you select two or more languages, you can switch between the input languages by swiping to the left or right on the space key.
Changing the input language
Tap 
→ Languages and types → Manage input languages and select the languages to use. When you select two or more languages, you can switch between the input languages by swiping to the left or right on the space key.
To change the keyboard type, tap 
→ Languages and types, select a language, and then select the keyboard type you want.
- If the keyboard button (
) does not appear on the navigation bar, launch the Settings app, tap General management → Language and input → On-screen keyboard, and then tap the Show Keyboard button switch to activate it.
- On a 3x4 keyboard, a key has three or four characters. To enter a character, tap the corresponding key repeatedly until the desired character appears.
To change the keyboard type, tap 
→ Languages and types, select a language, and then select the keyboard type you want.
- If the keyboard button (
) does not appear on the navigation bar, launch the Settings app, tap General management → Language and input → On-screen keyboard, and then tap the Show Keyboard button switch to activate it.
- On a 3x4 keyboard, a key has three or four characters. To enter a character, tap the corresponding key repeatedly until the desired character appears.
Copying and pasting
Tap and hold over text.
Drag 
or 
to select the desired text, or tap Select all to select all text.
Tap Copy or Cut.
Tap and hold where the text is to be inserted and tap Paste.