Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK For Dummies

Chapter 3

Typing by Tapping, Talking, Swiping

In This Chapter

Moving, changing, and generally messing around with the keyboard

Practicing penmanship

Dictating instead of typing

How do you get your thoughts and wishes from your brain to your fingers and into the tablet? You’ve got a virtual, swipeable, handwritable, and voice-recognizable.

• Virtual, as in an onscreen keyboard that appears when needed; it usually pops up at the bottom of the screen where you need to enter text, but in most situations you can also float and move it.
• Swipeable, as in a feature that allows you to slide your finger from letter to letter.
• Handwritable, as in a touchpad that changes your writing — block letters or even most forms of cursive — into words.
• Voice-recognizable, as in the tablet listening to your voice and spitting out words.

Finding the Keyboard to the Kingdom

Figure 3-1 shows the Samsung keyboard, which is more of a traditional, typewriter-like keyboard.

Keep these tips in mind:

• How do you hide the keyboard? It depends. Try tapping the Enter/Return or Done key. Press the Back (arrow) key ...