Understanding Your Device 43
Entering Text
This section describes how to select the desired text input
method when entering characters into your device. This
section also describes the predictive text entry system that
reduces the amount of key strokes associated with
entering text.
Your device is equipped with an orientation detector that can
tell if the device is being held in an upright (Portrait) or
sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when
entering text.
Text Input Methods
There are three text input methods available:
•
Samsung keyboard (default)
: Samsung’s onscreen QWERTY
keyboard that can be used in both portrait and landscape
orientation.
•
Swype
: a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead
of touching each key, use your finger to trace over each
letter of a word.
•
Google Voice typing
: allows you to enter text by speaking.
To change the input method, see
“Keyboards and Input
Methods”
on page 182.
To choose a text input method while entering text:
1.
Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward.
The Notification Panel displays.
2.
Touch
Choose input method
.
The Choose input method pop-up displays.
3.
Touch an input method to activate it.
For more information, refer to
“Keyboards and Input
Methods”
on page 182.
Using the Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY
keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters
by touching the onscreen keys with your finger or use speech
recognition.
You can enable predictive text to have the Samsung
keyboard match your key touches to common words and
display them. The Personalization option learns from your
Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. Log into these
applications to enable the Samsung keyboard to learn from
your text input.