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Use the Galaxy S4 Samsung keyboard or the voice input feature to enter text.
Text entry is not supported in some languages. To enter text, you must change the input language to one of the supported languages.
Changing the Galaxy S4 keyboard type
Tap any text field, open the notifications panel, tap Choose input method, and then select the type of keyboard to use.
Using the Galaxy S4 Samsung keyboard
Changing the keyboard layout on Galaxy S4
Tap
On the 3×4 keyboard, a key has three or four characters. To enter a character, tap repeatedly the key corresponding to the character.
Entering uppercase
Tap
Changing the keyboard type
Tap and hold
To switch to the fixed keyboard, tap
Changing language keyboards
Add languages to the keyboard, and then slide the space key left or right to change language keyboards.
Handwriting
Tap and hold
Use handwriting gestures to perform actions, such as editing or deleting characters and inserting spaces. To view the gesture guides, tap and hold
Entering text by voice on Galaxy S4 (voice typing)
Activate the voice input feature and then speak into the microphone. The device displays what you speak.
If the device does not recognise your words correctly, tap the underlined text and select an alternative word or phrase from the dropdown list.
To change the language or add languages for the voice recognition, tap the current language.
Copying and pasting text on Galaxy s4
Tap and hold over text, drag
To paste it into a text entry field, tap and hold at the point where it should be inserted, and then tap Paste.