Entering Text

Your device 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 device also provides several on-screen keypad text entry options to make the task of text entry that much easier.

Text Input Methods

Your device offers several methods to input text:

Samsung keyboard allows you to enter text by touching keys on a virtual QWERTY keyboard. You can also enable predictive text, which matches your key touches to common words so you can select a word to insert it into your text.

Swype lets you enter words by swiping across the virtual QWERTY keyboard. Instead of tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. You can also tap letters to enter words.

Google voice typing allows you to speak your entries.

Selecting a DefaultText Input Method

You can select a default Text Input Method from Settings, or choose on at any time while entering text.

From Settings:

From the Home screen, tap Apps Settings

Language and input > Default.

While entering text:

1.From a screen where you can enter text, drag down from the top of the screen to open the Notification panel.

2.Tap Choose input method, and then choose a text entry method.

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