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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revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.3" date="2013-03-13" status="outdated"/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 its:translate="no">jbicha@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Julita Inca</name>
      <email its:translate="no">yrazes@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <desc>Use an on-screen keyboard to enter text by clicking buttons with the
    mouse or a touchscreen.</desc>

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

  <p>If you do not have a keyboard attached to your computer or prefer not to
  use it, you can turn on the <em>on-screen keyboard</em> to enter text.</p>

  <note>
    <p>The on-screen keyboard is automatically enabled if you use a
    touchscreen</p>
  </note>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
      start typing <gui>Universal Access</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Universal Access</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Switch on <gui>Screen Keyboard</gui> in the <gui>Typing</gui>
      section.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>When you next have the opportunity to type, the on-screen keyboard will
  open at the bottom of the screen.</p>

  <p>Press the <gui style="bottom">123</gui> button to enter numbers and
  symbols. More symbols are available if you then press the <gui>{#*</gui>
  button. To return to the alphabet keyboard, press the <gui>Abc</gui>
  button.</p>

  <p>You can press the
  <gui style="button"><media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/input-keyboard-symbolic.png" width="16" height="16"><span its:translate="yes">keyboard</span></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.</p>

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