Samsung Galaxy S SCH-S950C User Manual

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Entering Text 49Section 5: Entering TextThis section describes how to select the desired text inputmethod when entering characters into your phone. This sectionalso describes the predictive text entry system that reduces theamount of key strokes associated with entering text.Your phone comes equipped with an orientation detector that cantell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways(Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text.Your phone also provides several on-screen keypad text entryoptions to make the task of text entry that much easier.The default input method is Swype.Text Input MethodsYour phone offers two text input methods:• Android keyboard: The Android Keyboard is a virtual QWERTYkeyboard that allows you to enter text by touching keys on the screen.Android Keyboard includes predictive text, which matches your keytouches to common words so that you can select the word to enter itinto your text.• Samsung keypad: The Samsung Keypad is a virtual QWERTYkeyboard that allows you to enter text by touching keys on the screen.Samsung Keypad includes predictive text, which matches your keytouches to common words so that you can select the word to enter itinto your text.• Swype: Swype is a new text input method that allows you to enterwords by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY keyboard, liftingyour finger between words. You can also enable Word prediction,which matches your key touches to common words.Changing the Input MethodThe Text Input Method can be assigned from within one of twolocations:Settings Menu: From the Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔Language and keyboard ➔ Select input method.Text Input field:1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch and holdthe text input field to open the context-menu.2. Select the input method (Android keyboard, Samsungkeypad or Swype).