Samsung SCH-R960 User Manual Us Cellular Sch-r960 Galaxy Mega Jb English User - Page 45

Entering Text This section describes how to select the text input method to be used when entering characters into your phone. This section also describes the predictive text entry system that reduces the amount of key strokes associated with entering text. Your phone comes equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways (Landscape) orientation, which is useful when entering text. Text Input Methods Your phone offers the following text input methods: • Samsung keyboard • Handwriting • Google voice typing and • Swype You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more information, refer to "Keyboards and Input Methods" on page 158. To choose a text input method while entering text: 1. Touch and hold the Notification Bar until the pull-down displays, then drag downward. The Notifications panel displays. 2. Touch Select input method. The Select input method pop-up displays. 3. Touch an input method to activate it. For more information, refer to "Keyboards and Input Methods" on page 158. Using the Samsung Keyboard The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring optional predictive text or continuous input. Input characters by touching the on-screen 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 displays them. The Personalization option learns from Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter. Log into these applications to enable the Samsung keyboard to learn from your text input. 40