Jeremy Bicha
jbicha@ubuntu.com
Julita Inca
yrazes@gmail.com
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Use an on-screen keyboard to enter text by clicking buttons with the mouse.

# Use a screen keyboard

If you don't have a keyboard attached to your computer or prefer not to use it, you can turn on the screen keyboard to enter text.

Click your name on the top bar and select System Settings.

Open Universal Access and select the Typing tab.

Switch on Typing Assistant to show the screen keyboard.

Click the 123 button to enter numbers and symbols. More symbols are available if you then click the {#* button. To return to the alphabet keyboard, click the Abc button.

If the screen keyboard gets in your way, click the button that looks like a keyboard (next to the tray button) to hide the keyboard. To make the keyboard show again, open the messaging tray (by moving your mouse to the bottom right of the screen), and click the keyboard tray item.