Enter Text; Text Input Methods - Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini User Manual

Rotate screen: R otate the current display to Portrait, Landscape with Home key to the
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left, or Landscape with Home key to the right.
Recent apps: V iew the list of recently used apps.
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2. Touch
> Settings for options:
Tap Dominant hand to optimize the Assistant Menu buttons for use on the left or right side
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of the screen.
Tap Edit to rearrange or remove icons from Assistant Menu:
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Touch and drag icons to rearrange them.
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Tip: Tap > R eset torevert back to the default settings.

Enter Text

You can type on your phone using the available touchscreen QWERTY keyboard, or by speaking
your inputs.

Text Input Methods

Your phone offers several text input methods.
Google voice typing allows you to speak your entries.
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Samsung keyboard allows you to enter text by touching keys on a virtual QWERTY keyboard.
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Samsung keyboard includes optional predictive text, which matches your key touches to
common words so you can select a word to insert it into your text.
Swype lets you enter words by swiping across the virtual QWERTY keyboard. Instead of
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tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. You can also tap letters to
enter words.
Select a Default Text Input Method
You can select a default Text Input Method from Settings, or choose on at any time while entering
text.
From Settings:
Press and tap
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While entering text:
Phone Basics
to remove an icon from Assistant Menu.
to add an icon back to Assistant Menu.
> Settings > My Device tab > Language and input > Default.
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