Phone Basics 32

Touchscreen Keyboards

TouchscreenkeyboardentrycanbedoneineitherPortraitorLandscapeorientations.The
Landscapeorientationprovidesmorespaceandresultsinslightlybiggeronscreenkeys.Ifyoufind
thatyouprefertoentertextviatheonscreenkeyboard,andneedbiggerkeys,usethisorientation.

SelectingaTextInputMethod

Somecharactersandtypes,suchassomesymbolsandemoticons,arenotaccessiblefromthe
onscreenkeyboard.
TheTextInputMethodcanbeassignedfromwithinoneoftwolocations:
SettingsMenu
n Press andtap >Settings>Language and input.
TextInputField
1. Fromascreenwhereyoucanentertext,touchanddragdowntheNotificationsarea.
2. TapChoose input methodandselectanavailableinputmethod.

Text Input Methods

Therearethreetextinputmethodsavailable:Googlevoicetyping,Samsungkeyboard,andSwype.
n Google voice typing:providesavoice-to-textinterface.
n Samsung keyboard: anonscreenQWERTYkeyboardthatcanbeusedinbothportraitand
landscapeorientation.
n Swypeletsyouenterlettersandwordsbyswipingacrosstheonscreenkeyboard.Insteadof
tappingeachkey,useyourfingertotraceovereachletterofaword.
TheonscreenQWERTYkeyboardworksthesameinbothportraitandlandscapemode.

AssigningtheSamsungKeyboard

TheSamsungkeyboardisabuilt-in,QWERTYkeyboardwhichyoucanusetotypeletters,
numbers,punctuation,andothercharacters.
Yourphone'sdefaultentrymethodisSamsungkeyboard.Ifyouhaveanotherkeyboardset,follow
thesestepstoreassigntheSamsungkeyboard.
1. Press > >Settings>Language and input>Default>Samsung keyboard.
–or