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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="keyboard-osk">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="a11y"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-13" status="outdated"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-28" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Jeremy Bicha</name>
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<email>jbicha@ubuntu.com</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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</credit>
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<desc>Use an on-screen keyboard to enter text by clicking buttons with the
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mouse or a touchscreen.</desc>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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</info>
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<title>Use an on-screen keyboard</title>
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If you do not have a keyboard attached to your computer or prefer not to
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use it, you can turn on the on-screen keyboard to enter text.
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<note>
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The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a
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touchscreen
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</note>
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<steps>
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<item>
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Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
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start typing <gui>Universal Access</gui>.
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</item>
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<item>
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Click on <gui>Universal Access</gui> to open the panel.
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</item>
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<item>
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Switch on <gui>Screen Keyboard</gui> in the <gui>Typing</gui>
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section.
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</item>
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</steps>
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When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will
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open at the bottom of the screen.
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Press the <gui style="button">123</gui> button to enter numbers and
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symbols. More symbols are available if you then press the
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<gui style="button">{#*</gui> button. To return to the alphabet keyboard,
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press the <gui style="button">Abc</gui> button.
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You can press the
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<gui style="button"><media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/input-keyboard-symbolic.png" width="16" height="16">keyboard</media></gui>
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icon to hide the keyboard temporarily. The keyboard will show again
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automatically when you next press on something where you can use it. To make
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the keyboard show again, open the <link xref="shell-notifications">message
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tray</link> (by moving your mouse to the bottom of the screen), and press the
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keyboard icon.
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</page>
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