Entering Text Using The Android Keyboard - Samsung Galaxy Prevail SPH-M820 User Manual

Entering Text Using the Android
Keyboard
Selecting a Text Mode using the Android
Keyboard
Note:
Some characters and types, such as some symbols
and emoticons are not accessible from the onscreen
keyboard.
1.
From a screen where you can enter text, tap the
input field to reveal the onscreen keyboard.
2.
With Android keyboard as your text entry method,
select one of the following text mode options:
?123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the onscreen keyboard.
to use alphabetic characters from the
ABC
on-screen keyboard.
Note:
When entering text, tap
capitalization.
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to change letter
allows the device to use its built-
Voice Input
in voice recognizer software to hear your voice
and transcript it directly into text.
Android Keyboard Overview
: a field where text, numbers, or other
Entry field
characters can be entered.
Suggested Word choices
choices based on the current set of entered text. Tap
an onscreen choice to insert the selection into your
text entry field at the current cursor position. Tap the
gray left and right arrows on this field to reveal
additional word choices.
: deletes characters from the entry field.
Delete
: When in
CAPS/ALT ABC
capitalization of the subsequent entered characters.
When in mode, this key can show additional
?123
symbol characters.
Capitalization in
Abc
using the Caps button.
Symbols used in
by accessing additional symbol characters.
: a row of selectable word
mode, this key changes the
mode can be altered by
?123 mode can be enhanced