Editing Text - Samsung galaxy tab 3 User Manual

Configure Swype
Choose Swype options. For more information, see Swype.
Press and touch
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Swype.

Editing Text

Your tablet gives you many options to make entering text easier—including copying, cutting, and
pasting text, using voice-to-text input, and more.
Note: Some apps do not support text editing, while others may offer their own way to select and edit
text.
Edit Existing Text
1. Touch the text at the point you want to edit. The selection cursor displays at the point you
touched.
2. Touch and drag to a better position, if necessary.
3. Enter additional text, or delete text by touching
Copy, Delete, or Replace Text
1. Touch and hold the text or word you want to select. The selected text is highlighted between
selection cursors .
2. Touch and drag either cursor to select more or less text.
3. On the pop-up menu, touch:
Select all to highlight all text in the field.
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Cut to remove the selected text.
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Copy to save the selected text to the clipboard.
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Paste to paste previously copied text.
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Clipboard to display the text saved to the clipboard.
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Translate to translate the highlighted word. For more information, see S Translator.
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4. Enter text by typing or speaking to replace the selected text.
5. Touch
to delete the selected text.
Tablet Basics
> Settings > Language and input, and then touch
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