Entering Text 53Section 5: Entering TextThis section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuationand numbers when you need to enter text.Virtual QWERTY KeyboardYour phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Usethe keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and othercharacters into text entry fields or applications. Access thekeyboard by touching any text entry field.The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of thescreen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screenorientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of thescreen.Text Input MethodsYour phone offers two text input methods:• 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.• Samsung Keyboard: An on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be usedin both portrait and landscape orientation. You can also configure theSamsung keypad to use the QWERTY Keypad, or a 3x4 Keypad (usesXT9 predictive text).• 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.Swype Keyboardi500.book Page 53 Friday, October 15, 2010 5:19 PM
