Samsung SCH-M828CAATFN - Manual (Page 39)

Understanding Your Phone 35
2. Capitalization in this mode can be altered by using the
Caps button.
first character is uppercase
all characters are uppercase
next character is lowercase
3. Swipe your finger continuous (without lifting your finger)
over the letters to form a word.
• If you make a mistake, tap to erase a single character.
• Touch and hold to erase an entire word.
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the
following letters are lower case. After a word is entered and you
lift your finger, the cursor automatically adds a space after the
word.
Entering Numbers and Symbols
By using the onscreen keyboard in Portrait mode, some symbols
are not available (such as Emoticons or Smileys). In SYM mode
using Swype, you can only enter symbols and numbers from the
onscreen keyboard. The text mode key shows
.
While in this mode, the text mode key displays .
To enter numbers and symbols:
1. Tap to enter the SYM (symbol) mode.
2. Touch the key for the number or symbol you want to enter.
3. Tap to enter alternate symbols displayed at the top of
the key.
To enter text:
This example shows a user entering the word “there”. Put your
finger down on the “t”, and without lifting, glide it to the “h”, and
then to the “e”, and then over to the “r”, and back to the “e”.
When complete, lift your finger off the screen to allow the device
to determine the closest word match.
Note: If multiple word choices exist for your Swype entry, an onscreen
popup appears to provide additional word choices.
1. Touch an onscreen character, and without lifting your
finger, drag your fingertip to the next character in the word.
2. Repeat this process until the desired characters are traced.
• If prompted, select from an onscreen list of possible word matches.
This occurs when the keystrokes generates more than one possible
word match.
Touch for Swype tips and follow the onscreen information.
ABC
123
SYM
SYM
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