Samsung Intercept SPH-M910 - Section 7: Entering Text; Entering Text with Onscreen Keyboard

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Section 7: Entering Text
This section outlines how to select the desired text
input mode when entering characters into your
phone. This section also describes how to use the
Swype keyboard to ease the text entry method.
Entering Text with Onscreen Keyboard
When you activate a field where you can enter text,
numbers, symbols, etc., you can either use the
onscreen keyboard or QWERTY keyboard.
Onscreen 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.
Activating the Landscape Keyboard
Although the device will automatically rotate its
screen orientation to Landscape once the QWERTY
keyboard slides out, the Samsung Intercept™ can
also be set to automatically change its orientation. To
use the onscreen keyboard in Landscape mode, this
feature must first be enabled.
See “Changing the Screen Orientation” on page 25.
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Your device provides convenient ways to enter
letters, numbers, and symbols whenever you are
prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a
Contacts entry or when using email and text
messaging).
In this section we’ll cover the steps necessary to
enter text using the onscreen keyboard, where the
touchscreen is the primary method of both text and
character entry.
Note: Some characters and types, such as some symbols and
emoticons, are not accessible from the onscreen
keyboard.
1. From a screen where you can enter text, tap
the input field to reveal the onscreen keyboard.
2. Select one of the following Text mode options:
•ABC to use alphabetic characters from the onscreen
keyboard (See page 52.)
• ?123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the onscreen keyboard. (See page 53.)
Tip: When entering text, tap to change letter capitalization.
• Voice Input allows the device to use its built-in
voice recognition software to hear your voice and
transcript it directly into text.
To change the input method:
1. From an active text input screen, touch and
hold a text input field.
2. Select Input Method from the onscreen context
menu. See “Using Context Menus” on page 28.