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7 Swype keyboard tips for better Swyping
Swype is one of the most popular alternative keyboards for Android devices. We'll show you seven tips for better Swyping.
Swype is one of the most popular alternative keyboards for Android devices. Here are seven tips for better Swyping:
Tip 1: Displaying numeric keyboard
Press the Swype Key + 5 to open the numeric keyboard.
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Screenshot by Ed Rhee)
Swype numeric keyboard.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)Tip 2: Displaying editing keyboard
Press the Swype key + SYM to open the editing keyboard.
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Screenshot by Ed Rhee)
Swype editing keyboard.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)Tip 3: Swype punctuation
Rather than pressing and holding punctuation, like periods, commas, question marks, and quotation marks, Swype them to the spacebar to enter the punctuation mark followed by a space.
Swype punctuation to spacebar.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)Tip 4: Easy capitalization
To capitilize letters, Swype the letter, then go above the keyboard before returning the finish the word.
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Screenshot by Ed Rhee)
Tip 5: Easy ALL CAPS
To Swype in all caps, make a loop (complete circle) above the keyboard.
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Screenshot by Ed Rhee)
Tip 6: Apostrophes
Common words involving apostrophes can be Swyped easily by treating the apostrophe as if were a letter.
Use apostrophes as letters.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)Tip 7: Internet domain suffix shortcuts
Swype ".-c-o-m" to add the domain suffix. Other domain suffixes Swype recognizes include .org, .gov, .net, .edu, .ca, and .uk.
Start with '.' to use domain suffix shortcuts.
(Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee)There you go. Master these tips and you'll be Swyping better and faster in no time.
