Samsung Galaxy Note II - Touchscreen Keyboards; Text Input Methods

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Touchscreen Keyboards
TouchscreenkeyboardentrycanbedoneineitherPortraitorLandscapeorientations.The
Landscapeorientationprovidesmorespaceandresultsinslightlybiggeronscreenkeys.Ifyoufind
thatyouprefertoentertextviatheonscreenkeyboard,andneedbiggerkeys,usethisorientation.
SelectingaTextInputMethod
Somecharactersandtypes,suchassomesymbolsandemoticons,arenotaccessiblefromthe
onscreenkeyboard.
TheTextInputMethodcanbeassignedfromwithinoneoftwolocations:
SettingsMenu
n
Press andtap >Settings>Language and input.
TextInputField
1. Fromascreenwhereyoucanentertext,touchanddragdowntheNotificationsarea.
2. TapChoose input methodandselectanavailableinputmethod.
Text Input Methods
Therearethreetextinputmethodsavailable:Googlevoicetyping,Samsungkeyboard,andSwype.
n Google voice typing:providesavoice-to-textinterface.
n Samsung keyboard: anonscreenQWERTYkeyboardthatcanbeusedinbothportraitand
landscapeorientation.
n Swypeletsyouenterlettersandwordsbyswipingacrosstheonscreenkeyboard.Insteadof
tappingeachkey,useyourfingertotraceovereachletterofaword.
TheonscreenQWERTYkeyboardworksthesameinbothportraitandlandscapemode.
AssigningtheSamsungKeyboard
TheSamsungkeyboardisabuilt-in,QWERTYkeyboardwhichyoucanusetotypeletters,
numbers,punctuation,andothercharacters.
Yourphone'sdefaultentrymethodisSamsungkeyboard.Ifyouhaveanotherkeyboardset,follow
thesestepstoreassigntheSamsungkeyboard.
1.
Press > >Settings>Language and input>Default>Samsung keyboard.
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