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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="a11y"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="a11y#mobility" group="keyboard"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-13" status="outdated"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-28" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jeremy Bicha</name>

      <email>jbicha@ubuntu.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Julita Inca</name>

      <email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <desc>Use an on-screen keyboard to enter text by clicking buttons with the

    mouse or a touchscreen.</desc>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

  </info>

  <title>Use an on-screen keyboard</title>

  
If you do not have a keyboard attached to your computer or prefer not to

  use it, you can turn on the on-screen keyboard to enter text.

  <note>

    
The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a

    touchscreen

  </note>

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Universal Access</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Universal Access</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Switch on <gui>Screen Keyboard</gui> in the <gui>Typing</gui>

      section.

    </item>

  </steps>

  
When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will

  open at the bottom of the screen.

  
Press the <gui style="button">123</gui> button to enter numbers and

  symbols. More symbols are available if you then press the

  <gui style="button">{#*</gui> button. To return to the alphabet keyboard,

  press the <gui style="button">Abc</gui> button.

  
You can press the

  <gui style="button"><media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/input-keyboard-symbolic.png" width="16" height="16">keyboard</media></gui>

  icon to hide the keyboard temporarily. The keyboard will show again

  automatically when you next press on something where you can use it. To make

  the keyboard show again, open the <link xref="shell-notifications">message

  tray</link> (by moving your mouse to the bottom of the screen), and press the

  keyboard icon.

</page>