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Entering Text
This section describes how to select the text input method to
be used 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, which is useful when
entering text.
Text Input Methods
Your phone offers the following text input methods:
•
Samsung keyboard
•
Handwriting
•
Google voice typing and
•
Swype
You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more
information, refer to "Keyboards and Input Methods" on
page 158.
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To choose a text input method while entering text:
1. Touch and hold the Notification Bar until the pull-down
displays, then drag downward.
The Notifications panel displays.
2. Touch
Select input method.
The Select input method pop-up displays.
3. Touch an input method to activate it.
For more information, refer to "Keyboards and Input
Methods" on page 158.
Using the Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY
keyboard, featuring optional predictive text or continuous
input. Input characters by touching the on-screen keys with
your finger or use speech recognition.
You can enable predictive text, to have the Samsung
keyboard match your key touches to common words and
displays them. The Personalization option learns from Gmail,
Facebook, and Twitter. Log into these applications to enable
the Samsung keyboard to learn from your text input.
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