Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Use Clipboard in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Clipboard is a temporary storage in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that is used to save text or image that you have copied or moved from an app, and screenshot that you have taken. If needed, you can access the clipboard to paste one of those copied text, image, or screenshot in other apps.


How to use clipboard?
You can access clipboard from any app or screen where you can enter text. But, as the example, we'll access clipboard to paste some text that have been copied from a webpage into a text message by using the following steps:
  1. Open Messages app and then tap at the bottom right corner of the screen to create a new text message.
  2. To access clipboard, you can use these two different methods:
    • Long tap in the Enter message field and then tap Clipboard .
    • Long tap the key in the left side of the space bar(this key displays the icon of the last function that was used) and then tap to access clipboard.
  3. Tap the text you have copied from the webpage to insert or paste it to your message.
  4. Tap the Back key or tap above the clipboard to close it.

As a note, when you open the clipboard, the copied images and screenshots are only available and can be pasted if you're in a text entry field where you can insert picture, e.g., when composing a text or email message.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Copy Paste Text in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has the ability to copy paste text that you can use to easily copy text from one app and then paste it to other apps. It will save you more time because you don't need to write the same text manually when you need to use that text in other apps.


How to copy paste text?
As the example, we'll copy some text from a webpage to a memo by using the following steps:
  1. Open a webpage in the Internet app.
  2. Once the webpage is fully loaded, tap and hold over the required text you want to copy. If needed, you can drag to adjust the area of the selected text.
  3. Tap Copy to copy the selected text.
  4. Now, open Memo app and then tap at the bottom right corner to create a new memo.
  5. Long tap in the Enter memo field and then select Paste .
  6. The selected text has been copied from the webpage and pasted into your memo.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable and Use Continuous Input Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

When you type with the Samsung qwerty keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the predictive text feature is enabled, you can speed up the way you enter text by enabling the continuous input feature so you can do it simply by sliding your finger across the keyboard.


How to enable the continuous input feature?
Assuming that the predictive text feature is enabled, you can turn on the continuous input feature by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
  2. Scroll down to the System section and then tap Language and input.
  3. Tap Samsung keyboard. Alternatively, when you're entering text using Samsung keyboard,e.g., when composing a new text message, you can quickly go to the Samsung keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .
  4. Scroll down the screen and then tap Keyboard swipe.
  5. Tap Continuous input to select and enable it(this option will be available when the predictive text feature is enabled).
  6. The continuous input feature has been enabled.


How to use the continuous input feature?
You can use the following steps as the example of using this feature:
  1. Go to the app or screen where you can enter text, e.g., when composing a new text message.
  2. Enter the required word by sliding your finger across the required letter keys on the keyboard. As the example, if you want to enter text "love", you have to slide your finger across the letter "l" to "o" to "v" to "e" continuously without lifting your finger. FYI, if the auto spacing feature is enabled, your phone will automatically insert a space when you type the next word or tap a punctuation mark.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Use Floating Keyboard Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Floating keyboard is a feature that you can use when typing with the Samsung keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. When this feature is enabled, the keyboard will float above the currently opened app and can be moved to other location so you can use the whole screen to view the text you have written.


How to use the floating keyboard feature?
You can use this feature by using the following steps:
  1. Go to the app or screen where you can enter text, e.g., when writing a memo in Memo app.
  2. Long tap the key in the left side of the space bar(this key displays the icon of the last function that was used) and then tap to enable the floating keyboard feature. As a note, the floating keyboard icon won't be available if the magnification gestures feature is enabled.
  3. When the keyboard floats, you can do the following actions:
    • Moving the keyboard position: drag above the keyboard to move the keyboard to the other location.
    • Entering text and using keyboard features.
    • Switching to the standard keyboard: tap in the left side of the space bar to disable the floating keyboard feature and switch to the standard one.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable and Use Cursor Control Feature when Typing with Samsung Keyboard in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Cursor control is a smart typing feature that you can use to control the text cursor movement when typing with the Samsung keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. When this feature is enabled, you can easily move the text cursor simply by sliding your finger across the keyboard. You can use this feature to help you easily review or edit the text you have written without you have to lift your finger from the keyboard.


How to enable the cursor control feature?
You can turn on this feature by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
  2. Scroll down to the System section and then tap Language and input.
  3. Tap Samsung keyboard. Alternatively, when you're entering text, e.g., while writing a memo, you can quickly go to the keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .
  4. Scroll down the screen and then tap Keyboard swipe.
  5. Tap Cursor control to select and enable this feature.
  6. The cursor control feature has been enabled.



How to use the cursor control feature?
As the example, we'll use this feature when writing a memo with the Samsung qwerty keyboard by using the following steps:
  1. Open Memo app and then tap to create a new memo.
  2. Write your memo.
  3. To move the text cursor to the top, slide your finger upwards across the keyboard.
  4. To move the text cursor to the bottom, slide your finger downwards across the keyboard.
  5. To move the text cursor to the right, slide your finger to the right across the keyboard.
  6. To move the text cursor to the left, slide your finger to the left across the keyboard.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Manage and Use Text Shortcuts Feature when Typing with Samsung QWERTY Keyboard in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Text shortcuts is a feature available in the Samsung qwerty keyboard in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that can be used to help you to type better and faster. With this feature, you can create shortcuts for your frequently used sentences or phrases. When you're typing one of your text shortcuts, the preset sentence assigned to this text shortcut will be displayed in the predicted text bar.


How to manage the text shortcuts feature?
Assuming that the predictive text feature is enabled, you can add or delete text shortcuts by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
  2. Scroll down to the System section and then tap Language and input.
  3. Tap Samsung keyboard. Alternatively, when you're entering text, e.g., while composing a new text message, you can quickly go to the keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .
  4. Scroll the screen to the very bottom and then tap Text shortcuts(this option will be available when the predictive text feature is enabled).
  5. Add a new text shortcut:
    • Tap Add at the top right to create a new text shortcut.
    • Type the desired text shortcut and expanded phrase in the provided fields.
    • Tap Add to add the text shortcut.
    • The text shortcut has been added.
  6. Delete a text shortcut:
    • Tap Delete at the top right.
    • Select the required text shortcuts you want to delete.
    • Tap Delete at the top right.
    • The selected shortcuts have been deleted.


How to use text shortcuts feature when typing with the Samsung qwerty keyboard?
You can use the following steps as the example of using this feature:
  1. Go to the app or screen where you can enter text, e.g., when composing a new text message.
  2. Type one of your text shortcuts. The expanded phrase assigned to this text shortcut will be displayed in the predicted text bar at the top of the keyboard.
  3. If you only enable the predictive text feature, you can tap the expanded phrase in the predicted text bar to manually complete or replace the text shortcut you're typing.
  4. If you also enable the auto replace feature, you can tap the space bar or a punctuation mark to automatically complete or replace the text shortcut you're typing with the expanded phrase.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Enable and Use Auto Replace Feature in Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

Instead of manually correcting your word by selecting one of the predicted text, you can type faster by enabling the auto replace feature to have your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge automatically completes or replaces the word you're typing with the most probable one by tapping the space bar or a punctuation mark.


How to enable the auto replace feature?
Assuming that the predictive text feature is enabled and the input language is set to English(UK), you can turn on the auto replace feature by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
  2. Scroll down to the System section and then tap Language and input.
  3. Tap Samsung keyboard. Alternatively, when you're entering text, e.g., while composing a new text message, you can quickly go to the keyboard settings by long tapping the key in the left side of the space bar and then tap .
  4. Tap Auto replace(this option will be available when the predictive text feature is enabled).
  5. If Auto replace is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on. The switch turns green when the auto replace is enabled.
  6. Tap the ON/OFF switch next to English(UK) to the the right to enable it. The switch turns green when the auto replace feature for English(UK) is enabled.

How to use the auto replace feature?
You can use the following steps as the example of using this feature:
  1. Go to the app or screen where you can enter text, e.g., when composing a new text message.
  2. As you type a word, your phone will show you some predicted text at the top of the Samsung keyboard and highlight the most probable word.
  3. If the highlighted word is the word you want to type, tap the space bar or a punctuation mark to automatically complete or replace your word with the highlighted word. If the auto spacing feature is on, your phone will automatically insert a space after you tap a punctuation mark to replace your word.
  4. If the highlighted word is not the word you want to type, you can tap to view more predicted text and then tap the required word to manually correct or replace your word.