96 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 45HOW TO
Turn off predictive text
Open the Settings menu on your phone or tablet and
select Languages & Input. Tap Virtual keyboard under
Keyboard and input methods. Next, select AndroidKeyboard, and then Text correction. Finally, slide
off the toggle next to Next-word suggestions.Text correction options
Another option in the ‘Text correction’
menu is your ‘Personal dictionary’.
You can add words to this, and it’s
useful if Android tends to auto-
correct someone’s name or another
word you use regularly.
When you add a word, you can
also enter a shortcut to type that
word – that’s invaluable when you
have long or complex words.
Yet more options include toggles
for showing correction suggestions;