Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual page 56

Changing the Text Input Mode
There are two main keyboard layout keys that will change
the onscreen keys within the QWERTY keyboard.
The available Text Input modes are: Sym and Abc.
Symbol/Numeric Mode: Activates the number,
123 123
Sym Sym
symbol, and emoticon keys.
ABC Mode: Activates the default alphabet keys.
ABC
Can also be set to Abc or abc by using the shift
)
( key.
Note: When in Abc mode, the Sym button appears. When in
Sym mode, the Abc/ABC/abc button appears.
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Using ABC Mode
1. If desired, rotate your phone counterclockwise to a
Landscape orientation.
2. When you touch the Enter message field, the following
screen displays:
3. Touch the desired alphabetic characters.
4. The screen initially opens in ABC mode. After typing the
first letter, the shift key
following letters will be lowercase.
5. Touch to input another upper-case
double-tap to switch to ABC mode. The shift key
will change to
will be uppercase until you touch the shift key again.
( ) will change to
letter or
in ABC mode. All following letters
and