Looking for the hidden egg of the Windows 8 system virtual keyboard

Whether it is Surface Pro or ThinkPad Tablet 2, or all kinds of Windows 8 devices that provide touch screen, Microsoft has provided them with a brand new virtual touch keyboard. In this seemingly unappealing virtual touch keyboard design, Microsoft has buried a lot of "small eggs" that are convenient for users to use everyday.

Click the “touch keyboard” button in the task bar of the traditional interface, click on “&123” in the open touch keyboard to switch to the numeric keypad, and the small egg set by Microsoft Hidden in the symbol button on the left (if you can't open the touch keyboard directly in the taskbar, you can right-click on the touchpad option in the taskbar).

Since we are in daily use, it is difficult to find the secrets hidden in these symbols by clicking them. If we press and hold these buttons for more than 2 seconds, we will find more symbols popped up, except In addition to finger touch operations, ordinary Windows 8 devices that do not support touch screens can also be implemented by long press of the mouse. When the user edits the document, he only needs to long press the relevant symbol to find the special symbol needed in the pop-up interface, which saves the step of querying the symbol in the input method and greatly optimizes the cumbersome process of text input. .

So in the Windows Phone 8 touch keyboard, does Microsoft provide similar functions? The answer is yes.

Similar to the virtual keyboard provided by the Windows 8 system, the virtual keyboard in the Windows Phone 8 system also has a wealth of hidden symbols, in addition to the type of switching input method shown above and simple punctuation hiding, Windows Phone 8 In fact, a richer selection of special symbols is provided.

For example, currency symbols, a variety of regular and special punctuation marks can be obtained by clicking the symbol in the menu after clicking “—>” in the virtual keyboard. All the special symbols will be presented to the user one by one. In addition to the hidden special symbols, Windows Phone 8 also provides users with multiple sets of emoji.

Of course, the eggs that exist in the Windows 8 system are not the only ones. We welcome the daring players to find more tips and shortcuts for using Windows 8 and share them with us.