55 Section 2: Understanding Your Device
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
There are two text input methods available:
●Google voice typing: provides a voice to text interface.
●Samsung keyboard (default): an on‑screen QWERTY keyboard that can be used in
both portrait and landscape orientation.
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:
►From the Home screen, tap Apps g Settings g Language and
input g Default and select an input method.
Text Input field:
1. From a screen where you can enter text, in a single motion, touch and drag the
Status bar down to the bottom of the screen to open the Notifications screen.
2. Tap Choose input method and select an available input method.