Samsung SM-G900A User Manual At&t Wireless Sm-g900a Galaxy S 5 Kit Kat Eng - Page 47

Entering Text, Accessing Additional Panel Functions, Text Input Methods

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Accessing Additional Panel Functions In addition to notifications, the Notification panel also provides quick and ready access to separate device functions. These can be quickly activated or deactivated by toggling them on or off. You can choose the functions that will be displayed. 1. From the notification panel, tap to display additional options. The following functions (default) are located in the top two rows and can either be activated (green) or deactivated (light blue): Wi-Fi, Location, Sound, Screen rotation, Bluetooth, S Finder, Quick connect, Power saving, Multi window, and Toolbox. 2. Tap then locate the Notifications panel area located at the bottom of the Notifications panel screen. 3. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired function from the bottom two rows and then drag it to the top two rows. Additional functions are Screen mirroring, NFC, Sync, Smart stay, Smart pause, Power saving, Blocking mode, Airplane mode, Private mode, and Touch sensitivity. 4. Tap Brightness adjustment to create a checkmark if you want to be able to adjust the screen brightness via the Notification panel. 5. Tap and then tap functions. Entering Text to display only your primary Your device comes equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text. Your device also provides several on-screen keypad text entry options to make the task of text entry that much easier. Text Input Methods There are three text input methods available: • Google voice typing: allows you to enter text by speaking. • Samsung keyboard (default): Samsung's on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation. • Swype: a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. Understanding Your Phone 39

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Accessing Additional Panel Functions
In addition to notifications, the Notification panel also
provides quick and ready access to separate device
functions. These can be quickly activated or deactivated by
toggling them on or off. You can choose the functions that
will be displayed.
1.
From the notification panel, tap
to display
additional options.
The following functions (default) are located in the top
two rows and can either be activated (green) or
deactivated (light blue): Wi-Fi, Location, Sound, Screen
rotation, Bluetooth, S Finder, Quick connect, Power
saving, Multi window, and Toolbox.
2.
Tap
then locate the Notifications panel area
located at the bottom of the Notifications panel screen.
3.
In a single motion, touch and hold a desired function
from the bottom two rows and then drag it to the top
two rows. Additional functions are Screen mirroring,
NFC, Sync, Smart stay, Smart pause, Power saving,
Blocking mode, Airplane mode, Private mode, and
Touch sensitivity.
4.
Tap
Brightness adjustment
to create a checkmark if you
want to be able to adjust the screen brightness via the
Notification panel.
5.
Tap
and then tap
to display only your primary
functions.
Entering Text
Your device comes equipped with an orientation detector that
can tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or
sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when
entering text.
Your device also provides several on-screen keypad text
entry options to make the task of text entry that much easier.
Text Input Methods
There are three text input methods available:
Google voice typing
: allows you to enter text by speaking.
Samsung keyboard (default)
: Samsung’s on-screen ±
QWERTY keypad that can be used in both portrait and ±
landscape orientation.±
Swype
: a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead
of tapping each key, use your finger to trace over each
letter of a word.
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