Entering Text Using The Samsung Keypad - Samsung Galaxy S SCH-S950C User Manual

Entering Text Using the Samsung Keypad

The Samsung keypad is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard,
featuring optional XT9 predictive text. Input characters by tapping
the on-screen keys with your finger, or use speech recognition.
You can enable XT9 predictive text to have the Samsung keypad
match your key touches to common words and display them.
Select a word from the display to insert it into your text.
Configuring Samsung Keypad
Configure the Samsung keypad to your preferences. While
entering text using the Samsung keypad, touch
open and modify the Samsung keypad settings.
Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default case is Abc, so the first word of sentences is
automatically capitalized.
To enter upper and lower case letters:
Touch Shift to toggle the case.
•
• Touch once to switch from lowercase (abc) to initial uppercase (Abc)
mode
Touch and hold to switch to all uppercase (ABC) mode
•
Entering Symbols and Numbers
To enter common symbols:
Touch
•
Touch and hold
•
To enter other symbols, touch
through three sets of symbols and emoticons.
To enter accented letters or other special letters, touch and hold
on the letter to select from a pop-up menu.
To enter numbers:
Settings to
Touch
•
In number fields, such as the Phone field in Contact records, the
•
keyboard displays a numeric keypad to make entering numbers easy.
Using Samsung Keypad Voice Input
Enter text by speaking. Samsung keypad recognizes your speech
and enters text for you.
Touch the
to switch to a symbols keypad.
?
for a pop-up menu of symbols and emoticons.
.
, then touch
to switch to a symbols keypad.
Voice Input Key, then follow the prompts.
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