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dicts words you may want. If you do n’t want any of the o ptions,
type the next word witho ut using the spac e bar.
Your tablet will continue to su ggest words as you t ype.
Settings
To change your tablet’s keyboa rd and input meth-
ods, go to Settings > Person al > Language & inp ut.
To turn next-word suggesti ons on or off, go to Set-
tings > Personal > Langua ge & input > Keyboard &
input methods > Android ke yboard. Touch the Set-
tings icon, then check t he box next to Next-word
suggestions.
Try Gesture Typing
Available only for Android 4.2 a nd higher.
To input a word using Gesture Typing:
1. Touch the locati on where you want to type to open the
keyboard.
2. S lide your nger slowly acr oss the letters of the word you want
to input.
3. R elease your nger when th e word you want is displayed in the
floating preview or in the m iddle of the suggestion st rip. To
select one of the other word s in the suggesti on strip, touch it .
If the word you want isn’t shown w hile using Gesture Typi ng, you
can type it out manually.

Use Gesture Typing without the space bar

When you use Gesture Typing, t here’s no need to use the spac e
bar — just continue to slide ove r the words you want.
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