Use the on-screen keyboard

Updated 02 Jul 2024

Use the on-screen keyboard to enter answers on your tablet or touch-screen device. The player automatically displays the keyboard when you enter an answer box.

Answer box with annotation: Tap or click in the answer box to display the on-screen keyboard

You can also enable this keyboard on your computer.

When you use the Show Work window, the on-screen keyboard is unavailable.

  1. Select the settings icon.

    The settings dropdown menu: Accessibility, On Screen Keyboard, and About links

  2. Select On-screen Keyboard.
  3. Choose:
    • Automatic to make the keyboard display automatically on your tablet.
    • On to enable the keyboard on a computer.
    • Off to disable the keyboard.

When you enable the on-screen keyboard, your computer keyboard might not work.

In addition to the standard keys, the keyboard includes several options to help you answer:

  • — The large answer box.
  • Expand icon — Expand the large answer box.
  • plus, minus, times and division keys or the symbols palette — Enter symbols.
  • More button/Less — Open (or close) the complete symbols palette.
  • ABC — Return the alphabetical and numeric keyboard.
  • gear icon — Open keyboard settings.
  • A backspace symbol for deleting an entry — Delete an entry.
  • An enter symbol — Enter your answer in the answer box. For multipart questions, your cursor moves to the next part. When your answer is complete, the Enter key dismisses the keyboard.
  • upwards arrow button — Change to uppercase letters.
  • Hide the keyboard icon — Hide the keyboard.
  • Cursor keys: upward, downward, left, and right — Move the cursor in the direction of the arrow keys.
  • copy icon — Copy selected text.
  • paste icon — Paste copied text.
  • cut selected text icon — Cut selected text.
  • undo and redo buttons — Undo and redo previous entries.