Samsung Galaxy S III
How to write text
Text input is used in many of the phone functions, such as notes and messages. Follow these instructions to learn how to write text.
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1Introduction
- You can select a number of settings when keying in text.
- The following steps show you how to change writing language, turn on word suggestion and write text.
- The following steps require that you're writing text and that the keypad is visible.
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2Select QWERTY keypad
- Press the settings icon.
- Press Portrait keyboard types.
- Press Qwerty.
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You can choose between different keypads. These instructions describe how to write text using the QWERTY keypad.
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3Add writing language
- Press Input language.
- Press the required language to add it.
- When the box next to the language is ticked (V), it's selected.
- Press the Return key.
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4Turn on word suggestion
- Press the indicator next to Predictive text to turn on the function.
- When the indicator turns green, the function is turned on.
- Press Predictive text.
- Press Word completion to turn on word suggestion.
- When the box next to the menu item is ticked (V), the function is turned on.
- Press the Return key twice.
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When you turn on word suggestion, words based on the letters you've keyed in are displayed.
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5Write text
- Slide your finger right or left on space to select the required language.
- Press the letters to key in the required word.
- A number of words based on the letters you've keyed in are displayed.
- Press arrow down to see more words.
- Press the required word to insert it.
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6Write numbers and symbols
- Press 123Sym.
- Press the required numbers or the required symbols.
- Press 1/3 to see more symbols.
- Press ABC to return to text input.