Section 4: Entering Text; Text Input Methods; Entering Text Using The Samsung Qwerty Keypad - Samsung Galaxy S SGH-i897 Captivate User Manual

Section 4: Entering Text

This section describes how to select the desired text input
method when entering characters into your phone. This section
also describes the predictive text entry system that reduces the
amount of key strokes associated with entering text.
Your phone comes equipped with an orientation detector that can
tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways
(Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text.
Your phone not only provides several on-screen keypad text entry
options, but also provides handwriting recognition to make the
task of text entry that much easier.

Text Input Methods

There are three text input methods available:
Android keyboard: an on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be
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used in both portrait and landscape orientation.
Samsung Keypad (default): Samsung's on-screen QWERTY
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keypad that can be used in both portrait and landscape
orientation.
Swype: a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of
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tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a
word.
To change the input method, see "Select input method" on
page 118.
Entering Text Using the Samsung QWERTY
Keypad
From a screen where you can enter text, rotate your phone
counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation. The on-screen
QWERTY keypad will display.
Shift
Key
Space Bar
Voice to Text
Text Input Mode
Delete
Key
New
Keypad Settings
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