Text Input Methods; Keyboard Input Options - Samsung Galaxy SII Sprint User Manual

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch and drag down the Notifications area.
2. Tap Choose input method and select an available input method.

Text Input Methods

The three available text input methods are Google voice typing, Samsung keyboard, and
Swype.
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Google voice typing: provides a voice-to-text interface (as part of the Samsung
keyboard and not shown as a separate input method).
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Samsung keyboard (default): an onscreen QWERTY keyboard that can be used in both
portrait and landscape orientation.
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Swype: lets you enter letters and words by swiping across the onscreen keyboard.
Instead of tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word.
The onscreen QWERTY keyboard works the same in both portrait and landscape mode.
Assigning the Samsung Keyboard
This phone has a built-in, QWERTY keyboard which you can use to type letters, numbers,
punctuation, and other characters.
To use the Samsung keyboard you must first configure the settings to default to the Samsung
keyboard.
1. Press >
keyboard.
- or -
From a screen where you can enter text, touch and drag down from the Notifications
area then select
2. The virtual keyboard is then assigned to the Samsung keyboard configuration for all
subsequent text input.
Note: Samsung keyboard is selected by default. Depending on your phone's configuration,
there may not be another keyboard type available, although Swype and Google voice
typing may still be used.

Keyboard Input Options

With both Swype and the Samsung Keyboard, it's easy to select input options such as ABC
Mode, entering symbols and numbers, and changing letter case.
Phone Basics
and tap Settings > Language and input > Default > Samsung
Choose input method > Samsung keyboard.
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