Understanding Your Device 26
Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY
keyboard. 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
insert them automatically, or display them for you to choose
the correct word.
Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default letter case is abc (lower case). The first word of
each sentence is automatically capitalized.
To enter an upper case letter, touch
Shift
. The Shift
key changes to .
To turn on ALL CAPS, tap twice. The Shift key
changes to . Touch to turn ALL CAPS off.
Entering Accented Letters
• To enter accented letters, touch and hold the letter key to
display a popup menu. Slide your finger from the letter key
to the desired accented letter and release.
Entering Symbols
There are two screens of common symbols and emoticons.
Touch to switch to a symbols keyboard. The
key changes to
to indicate
Symbols
screen 1 of 2.
To enter additional symbols, touch . The key
changes to
to indicate
Symbols
screen 2 of 2.
Touch
to return to the letters keyboard.
Configuring Samsung Keypad
Configure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences.
Touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
,
then touch
Settings
next to Samsung keyboard.
For more information, see “Samsung Keyboard” on
page 91.
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1/2
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