Entering Text
This section describes how to select the desired text input method when entering characters into your tablet. This section also describes the predictive text entry system that reduces the amount of key strokes associated with entering text.
Your tablet comes equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the tablet is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text.
Text Input Methods
There are three text input methods available:•Samsung keyboard (default): Samsung’s onscreen QWERTY keyboard that can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation.
•Swype: Instead of touching each key to enter text, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word.
•Google voice typing: Enter text by speaking.To change the input method, see “Keyboards and Input Methods” on page 1451.Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward. The Notification Panel displays.
2.Touch 
Select input method.
The Select input method Using the Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters by touching the onscreen 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. The Personalization option learns from Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter. Log into these applications to enable the Samsung keyboard to learn from your text input.
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