Understanding Your Phone 28

Entering Text

Your phone offers three text input methods, Samsung
keyboard, Google voice typing, and Swype:

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Samsung keyboard: Enter text on a virtual QWERTY keyboard.

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Google voice typing: Speak your inputs.

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Swype: Swype, Speak, Write, or Tap your input.

Using Samsung Keyboard

Samsung keyboard is a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text
entry, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters by
tapping the on-screen keys with your finger.
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.
• From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Samsung keyboard
. For more
information, see
“Samsung keyboard”
on page 117.

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While entering text with Samsung keyboard, touch and hold ,
then select from the pop-up menu.
Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower
case alphabet letters by touching the Shift key to toggle the
case, before touching the letter key(s).
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Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode
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Touch and hold to switch to ABC mode