Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Owners Manual

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 Personalized data activate this feature to use the personal 
language data that you have entered and selected to make 
your text entry prediction results better. By enabling this feature 
you can choose from the following personalization features:
 Learn from Facebook allows you to log into your current 
Facebook account and add used text to your personal 
dictionary. 
: allows you to sign in to your existing Gmail 
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 Next word prediction: once enabled, predicts the next word in 
your text string based on your current text entries.
: once enabled, displays the Voice icon on 
your Swype keyboard so you can use the Voice input option. 
4. Ta p  My Words on the left side of the screen to access 
the following options:
 Backup & Sync: allows you to backup your Swype dictionary 
and sync your Swype dictionary across multiple devices.
 Living Language: when enabled, this feature automatically 
updates your Swype...

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8.
Ta p  
Updates on the left side of the screen to download 
any new Swype updates. If an update is available, it 
will display under the update s heading. If no updates 
are displayed, then check back later to see any 
available updates.
Google voice typing settings
From this menu you can set Samsung keyboard options. 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
Controls ➔ Language and input.
2. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to Google voice typing.
3. The following...

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 Block offensive words: Enable or disable blocking of 
recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input 
Google searches.
 Hotword detection: Enable to being able to launch voice 
search by saying the word “Google”.
 Download offline speech recognition: Enables voice input 
while offline.
: allows you to record audio through a 
Bluetooth headset if available.
4. Ta p  Text-to-speech options and select Samsung text-to-
speech engine
.
5. Tap   next to the preferred TTS engine configure...

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: allows you to stop or snooze an alarm by using the 
commands 
Stop and Snooze.
: allows you to take pictures using the voice 
commands 
Capture, Shoot, Smile, or Cheese.
: allows you to control your Music app using the voice 
commands 
Next, Previous, Play, Pause, Volume up, and 
Volume down.
Note: If you set the alert type for calls or alarms to vibration, voice control will not be available.
Hands-free Mode
When Hands-free mode is enabled, incoming calls and...

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S Pen Settings
This menu allows you to customize settings for the S Pen.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
Controls ➔ S Pen.
2. The following options are available:
 Turn off pen detection: allows you to deactivate pen detection
 S Pen keeper: allows to enable a a sound alert and on-screen 
notification when you walk around with the device without the 
pen inserted in its slot.
: allows you to activate the ability to show the pointer 
when you hover the S Pen over the screen.
 Direct...

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Motions and Gestures
The Motions and Gestures settings allow you to set up 
various Motion activation services. For more information on 
using gestures, see “Using Gestures” on page 29.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
Controls.
Caution! Excessive shaking or impact to the device may cause unintended results.
2. The following options are available:
 Air gesture: allows you to control your device by performing 
motions above the sensor (without touching the...

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The following is a description some of the most commonly 
used gestures:
Quick glance: Once enabled, you can move your hand over the 
air gesture sensor (located above the on-screen clock at the 
upper-right) to temporarily activate preview window that can be 
used to display selected user-enabled information such as: 
Time & Date, Notification  icons, Missed calls, etc.
Air jump: Once enabled, you can move your hand over the air 
gesture sensor (up or down) and easily jump to either the top or...

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 Progress preview: allows you to preview a scene or show 
elapsed time when you hover your S Pen over the progress bar 
while watching a video.
 Speed dial preview: allows you to see the contacts and their 
speed dial numbers when you hover your S Pen over them in 
your contacts list.
 Icon labels (by pen nib): activate the ability to hover over an 
icon and display an on-screen pop up description.
 List scrolling: allows you to enable the ability to scroll up and 
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Direct call: Once enabled, the device will dial the currently 
displayed on-screen Contact entry as soon as you place the 
device to your ear. 
Smart alert: Once enabled, pickup the device to be alerted and 
notified of you have missed any calls or messages. 
Zoom: Once enabled, you must be on a screen where content can 
be zoomed. In a single motion, touch and hold two points on the 
display then tilt the device back and forth to zoom in or out. 
Browse an image: Once enabled, touch and hold a...