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Entering Text
Your phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry.
Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and
other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access
the keyboard by touching any text entry field.
You can also use voice input to speak your inputs.
The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the
screen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screen
orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of
the screen.

Text Input Methods

Your phone offers two text input methods, Samsung
keyboard and Google voice typing.
You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more
information, see “Keyboards and input methods” on
page146.
To choose a text input method at any time:
While entering text, touch and drag downward from the
top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch
Select input method
.

Using Samsung Keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY
keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters
by tapping 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. Select a word from the display to insert it into
your text.
Configuring Samsung keyboard
Configure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences.

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For more information, see
“Samsung keyboard”
on page147.

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While entering text, touch , then select from the pop-up
menu.