Samsung SM-T217A User Manual At&t Wireless Sm-t217a Galaxy Note 3 Jb Engli - Page 43

Entering Text Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry called the Samsung keyboard. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field. You can also use voice input to speak your inputs. The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Text Input Methods Your device offers three text input methods. • Google voice typing • Samsung keyboard • Swype You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more information, refer to "Keyboards and Input Methods" on page 133. To change to a different text input method while entering text: 1. Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward to display the Notifications Panel. Touch Select input method. 2. Touch an input method to activate it. Using the Samsung Keyboard The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. 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 display them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text. Understanding Your Device 37