After downloading and using Win8.1 system, many users will ignore a very practical function of this system, that is the application of virtual touch keyboard, how can we make better use of this Virtual touch keyboard, we will introduce to you today the new experience that Win8.1 system brings to us on the touch keyboard.
Using the touch keyboard
To use the touch keyboard, tap the location on the screen where you can enter text, and then the keyboard will be displayed. If you are on the desktop, click the touch keyboard icon in the desktop taskbar to open the touch keyboard. To turn off the touch keyboard, tap outside the text box or tap the touch keyboard icon and then tap the close keyboard icon.
If you want to manually open the touch keyboard (without clicking on text fields or other typing areas), do the following:
1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and click “Settings”. (If you are using a mouse, point to the lower right corner of the screen, then move the mouse pointer up, then click “Set”)
2. Click the "keyboard” icon.
3. Click “Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel”.
change touch keyboard touch
To use a different keyboard layout, or switch to another language keyboard layout, please click on the touch keyboard icon in the lower right corner of the keyboard, and then click to switch to the keyboard layout. If you are standing or need to hold the tablet in both hands, you will need to switch to the thumb keyboard, which will have different keys on both sides of the screen, making it easier and more comfortable to use. To switch to the thumb keyboard, click the touchpad icon , then click the thumb keyboard icon, and change the thumb keyboard size by holding down and sliding the three dots next to the space bar on the left side of the keyboard.
suggestions and corrections
when using the touch keyboard, Windows may provide text suggestions to help you quickly enter the correct word or spelling errors. To insert a suggestion, click on the suggestion, and if the suggestion is highlighted, just press the spacebar. To switch between highlighted words, swipe the space bar to the left or right.
- at the end of a sentence, you can double-click the spacebar to insert a period or a space.
- Long button, you can see similar characters. For example, long press “e” can see è, ē, é, ê and ?.
- In the first line (the line starting with QWERTY), tap any key up to insert the corresponding number (located in the upper left corner of the key).
- Click the “&123” key to switch to the number and symbol view. You can switch back and forth between numbers and symbols more quickly by long-pressing the “&123” keys, clicking the desired key, and then releasing.
- Double-click the Shift key to enable Caps Lock.
- Click the Ctrl key and click the other keys to use the keyboard shortcuts.
- If you want to find some interesting characters, you can click on the emoticons.
Although the virtual touch keyboard is relatively unfamiliar to many system users, and even some people do not know the operation of this application, then through our detailed introduction today, do you have a better understanding of this? Now? I hope to help everyone in the operation of Win8.1 system.