Section 3: Entering Text; Virtual Qwerty Keyboard; Text Input Methods - Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P6210 User Manual

Section 3: Entering Text

This section describes how to enter words, letters,
punctuation and numbers when you need to enter text.

Virtual QWERTY Keyboard

Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry.
Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and
other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access
the keyboard by touching any text entry field.
The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the
screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen
orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of
the screen.
Swype Keyboard
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Text Input Methods

Your device offers four text input methods.
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Android Keyboard: An on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be
used in both portrait and landscape orientation.It includes auto
correction and can show correction suggestions.
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Voice Input: You can use your voice to enter text using the
Voice input feature. Your device recognizes your speech
and enters text for you. For more information, refer to
"Using Speech Recognition" on page 55.
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Samsung Keypad: The Samsung Keypad is also a virtual
QWERTY keyboard that allows you to enter text by touching keys
on the screen. The Samsung Keypad includes predictive text,
which matches your key touches to common words so that you
can select the word to enter it into your text.
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Swype: Swype™ is a new text input method that allows you to
enter words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY
keyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also enable
Word prediction, which matches your key touches to common
words.