Samsung Galaxy Player 5 User Guide

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Mini Diary: Record daily happenings. Also available as 
an Android Widget, Days. For more information, refer 
to “Mini Diary”  on page 96.
Music: Play music stored on an optional installed 
memory card. By default, a shortcut to Music appears 
on each Home screen as a Primary Shortcut. For more 
information, refer to “Music Player”  on page 67.
My files: Find, view and manage files stored on an 
optional installed memory card. For more information, 
refer to “My Files”...

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Videos: Play and manage videos stored on an installed 
memory card. By default, a shortcut to Video appears 
on each Home screen as a Primary Shortcut. For more 
information, refer to “Videos”  on page 75.
Voice Recorder: Record your voice or other sounds, 
and share via Bluetooth or Gmail. For more 
information, refer to “Voice Recorder”  on page 102.
Voice Search: Perform a Google search by speaking 
your search terms. For more information, refer to 
“Voice Search”  on page 65.
YouTube: View and...

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Section 3: Entering Text
This section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuation 
and numbers when you need to enter text.
Vir tual QWERTY Keyboard
Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use 
the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other 
characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the 
keyboard by touching any text entry field.
The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the 
screen. By default, when you rotate...

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For more information, refer to “Language and Keyboard”  on 
page 117.
Entering Text Using Swype
Swype™ is a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of 
touching each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a 
word. For each word, place your finger on the first letter and glide 
to the subsequent letters, lifting on the last letter.
The following example shows how to enter the word “this”. Put 
your finger down on the “t” and, without lifting, glide it to the “h”, 
then to the “i”,...

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Accented characters: Just glide through the letters of the word. 
Swype usually recognizes the word and correctly accents the letters.
Error correction: If you make a mistake, double-tap on the word you 
want to change.
Configuring Swype
Configure Swype to your preferences.
For more information, refer to “Swype Keypad”  on page 118.
While entering text, touch and hold the Swype Key   to change 
input methods.
Swype Help
While entering text, you can get help for using Swype.
Touch...

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Editing Keyboard
The Editing Keyboard provides a quick way to move the cursor 
and highlight text. If the application in which you are working 
supports editing, you can cut, copy, or paste highlighted text.
To display the Editing Keyboard:
1.Swype from the Swype Key   to the  key.
– or –
Swype from the Swype Info Key  to the  key.
2.Touch the edit key.
Entering Text Using the Samsung Keypad
The Samsung Keypad is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, 
featuring predictive text. Input characters by...

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Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower case 
alphabet letters by touching the Shift key   to toggle the 
case, before touching the letter key(s).
Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode
Touch and hold to switch to ABC mode
Entering Symbols and Numbers
To enter a number, touch  , then touch the corresponding 
key.
To enter common symbols, touch   to switch to Symbols 
mode, then touch the corresponding key.
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Continue typing your message. XT9 mode can be used in 
portrait or landscape mode.
Editing Text
You can edit the text you enter in text fields by cutting, copying, 
or pasting text. These operations can be performed within and 
across apps. However, some apps do not support editing some or 
all of the text displayed while others may offer their own way to 
select text.
Editing Existing Text
To edit text that you have entered:
1.Touch the text at the point you want to edit.
The 
Cursor   displays at...

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On the pop-up, touch Copy to copy the selected text, Cut to 
copy and remove the selected text, or 
Paste to replace the 
selected text with text previously saved to the clipboard.
– or –
Enter text by typing or speaking to replace the selection 
with what you type.
– or –
Touch the Delete   key to delete the selected text.
Tip:  Touch on another area of the screen to unselect the text.
Pasting Text
To paste previously copied text:
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Use your finger tip to write out each character.
5.When you write single letters, suggestions are offered in 
the 
Letter Options area. The suggested letter appears in 
blue. If that suggestion is incorrect, touch one of the other 
letters.
Handwriting Tips
For uppercase letters, write the letter larger than the lowercase letters.
Write a dash (horizontal line) to add a space.
To write numbers and symbols with Handwriting box 1, write numbers 
in the lower left area and symbols in the lower right...