38Entering TextVirtual QWERTY KeyboardYour phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry.Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, andother characters into text entry fields or applications. Accessthe keyboard 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 ofthe screen.Entering Text Using Samsung KeyboardThe Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTYkeyboard, featuring optional XT9 predictive text. Inputcharacters by touching the on-screen keys with your finger,or use speech recognition.You can enable XT9 predictive text, to have the Samsungkeyboard match your key touches to common words anddisplays them. Select a word from the display to insert it intoyour text.Configuring Samsung keyboardConfigure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences.• For more information, see “Samsung keyboard: Touch besideSamsung keypad to configure the following options.” onpage 163.• While entering text, touch and hold , then select .Entering Upper and Lower Case LettersThe default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lowercase alphabet letters by touching the Shift key ( ) totoggle the case, before touching the letter key(s).• Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode.• Touch and hold to switch to ABC mode.Entering Symbols and NumbersTo enter common symbols, touch to switch to symbolmode, then touch the corresponding key.To enter less-common symbols, touch ➔ , thentouch the corresponding key.Enter numbers by touching , then touching the numberkeys.
