An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a touch screen configured to display content and to sense a user input that is input to the touch screen, a bezel part housing the touch screen, a touch sensing unit configured to sense a user input that is input to the bezel part, and a control unit configured to select one character from a first set of characters based on a first user input when receiving the first user input starting at the bezel part and ending at the touch screen, and to select one character from a second set of characters based on a second user input when receiving the second user input from the touch screen.