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Chapter 4 : Work with applications
Work with the Text Assist feature
Text Assist, the assisted text entry feature, works on any screen in which you
can enter text, including email, text/multimedia, and instant messages;
memos; contact and calendar entry screens; and more. Text Assist includes
auto-correction, auto-capitalization, and shortcuts.
NOTE
If a Text Assist feature does not seem to be working, make sure that
feature is turned on (see
Customize Text Assist settings
).
•
If Text Assist recognizes a common misspelling, it auto-corrects the word.
A tone is played and the word appears with a gray underline to indicate it
has been corrected.
•
If auto-correction doesn’t recognize a spelling, it highlights the word with
an orange underline. Tap the word to display a list of close matches, and
then tap the correct word. If the word is spelled correctly as you typed it,
tap the word, and then tap
+
to add the word to the auto-correction
dictionary. A notification appears to indicate that the word has been
added to the dictionary.
•
Auto-correction inserts punctuation such as apostrophes in contractions.
So you can quickly type
dont
, and it appears correctly as
don’t
.
•
The auto-capitalization feature automatically capitalizes the first word of a
sentence and other letters that would commonly be capitalized, such as
the letter
i
by itself.
•
The shortcut feature recognizes and expands common shorthand
expressions, such as replacing
u
with
you
or
r
with
are
.
•
To cancel an auto-correction, auto-capitalization, or shortcut expansion.
press
Backspace
. To cancel auto-correction of a misspelled word, you
can also tap the word and tap the original spelling.
Customize Text Assist settings
You can customize individual Text Assist features—auto-correction,
auto-capitalization, and shortcuts. To customize the user dictionary, see
Edit
the user dictionary
.
1
Open
Text Assist
.
2
Do any of the following:
•
To turn auto-capitalization, shortcuts, or auto-correction on or off:
Tap
Off
or
On
for that entry.
•
To change whether a tone plays, the phone vibrates, or neither
happens when an auto-correction takes place: Tap
Alert
, and then
tap
System Sound
,
Vibrate
, or
Mute
. The Alert option is available
only if auto-correction is turned on.
Edit the user dictionary
1
Open
Text Assist
.
Summary of Contents for Pre 2
Page 1: ...User Guide ...
Page 6: ...6 Contents ...
Page 36: ...36 Chapter 3 Just Type ...
Page 82: ...82 Chapter 6 Phone ...
Page 108: ...108 Chapter 7 Email text multimedia and instant messaging ...
Page 138: ...138 Chapter 8 Contacts Calendar and other personal information ...
Page 156: ...156 Chapter 9 Photos videos and music ...
Page 190: ...190 Chapter 11 Documents ...
Page 196: ...196 Chapter 12 App Catalog ...
Page 212: ...212 Chapter 13 Preferences ...