How edit in middle of sentence or place cursor there?

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I've tried 2-3 different keyboards, and I cannot figure out how to select a word from the middle of sentence, or place the cursor there if I need to. For example in this short paragraph, if I need to click after the word and above, I just can't figure out how to do it.

Feelin' kinda dense

Most phones have a dpad, but since the Captivate doesn't it's a little harder. On the Swype keyboard, you can swipe from the Swype key (the little squiggle with the i on top) to the "sym" key.

That opens up another page of keys with arrow buttons on it. Android really needs to do something about text input soon, it can be a pain.

Use your finger to tap on the screen.

Of course that's the first thing I tried. Maybe I just need to lear to have the touch.