Entering Text 69
Section 5: Entering Text
This section describes how to select the desired text
input method 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. This is useful when entering text.
Your phone also provides several on-screen keypad
text entry options to make the task of text entry that
much easier.

Text Input Methods

There are two text input methods available:
•
Samsung keypad
(default): an on-screen
QWERTY keypad that can be used in both
portrait and landscape orientation.
•
Swype
: a new way to enter text on touch
screens. Instead of tapping each key, use your
finger to trace over each letter of a word.
The on-screen QWERTY keypad works the same
in both portrait and landscape mode.

Selecting the Text Input

Method

The Text Input Method can be assigned from
within one of two locations:
Settings Menu:
Press ➔ and then tap
(
Settings
) ➔
Language and keyboard
➔
Select input method
.
Text Input field:
1. From a screen where you can enter text,
touch and hold the text input field to open
the context-menu.
2. Select the input method (
Samsung keypad
or
Swype
).
Default Text
Input Method