Samsung GH68-38783A user manual Entering Text, Your device offers several text input methods

Entering Text

Text Input Methods

Your device offers several text input methods:

•Samsung keyboard: Enter text by touching keys on a virtual QWERTY keyboard.

•Google voice typing: Enter text by speaking.

•Swype: Enter text by sliding your finger or stylus from letter to letter, lifting your finger between words.

Virtual QWERTY Keyboard

Your device offers a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications.

Touch any text entry field to display a keyboard at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.

Choosing the Text Entry Method

You can choose a default entry method in Settings, or choose a method while you’re entering text from Quick Settings and Notifications.

To choose the default entry method, touch Apps ➔ Settings ➔ Language and input ➔ Default. For information about choosing the default entry method,

see “Default Method for Entering Text” on page 90.

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To change the entry method while entering text, touch on the Status bar to display Quick Settings and

Notifications, then touch Choose input method to select a new text input method.

Note: In number fields, such as the Phone field in Contact records, the keyboard displays a numeric keypad to make entering numbers easy.

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