How to turn off
predictive text?
possible to your Personal
Dictionary in Settings>Language &
Input, but we recognise that this
may take time. Ultimately,
however,thiswouldbethemost
efficient solution.to your second keyboard, which
youshouldhavesetuptonotuse
anyprediction.Theprocesscan
then be repeated any time you like,
butyoucouldgofurtherandinstall
an app called Quick Keyboard
Switch from Google Play, which
will place a shortcut icon on your
home screen for one-tap switching.
Withsomecarefulplanninganda
small amount of time spent setting
up the input methods for your
particularneeds,youwillendup
withasystemwhichworks
perfectly for work and home, and
whichiseasytojumpbetween
wheneveryouwantto.Youcould
alsoaddasmanyspecificwordsas“I have to type many specifi c words and names when typing on my
Android phone for work and the auto-correction gets in the way, but
when I am contacting friends it is really useful. What’s the quickest
waytoturnitoffandon?”Claire Hamley
DroidSuppor t
HiClaire.This is a
problemthatmanyofus
have faced over time and
itisperhapsanareathatAndroid
coulddobetterin.Thenagain,
Androidissoflexiblethatthereisa
way you can set up your phone so
that disabling prediction is easy.
Thetrickistoinstallasecond
keyboardwhichallowsyoutoturn
off prediction; once done, you will
have all you need to effectively
disablepredictionwhenyouare
communicatingwithyourfriends.
Ifyouareusingthedefault
keyboard to talk to friends, you can
pull down the status bar at the top
andthentaptheoptiontoswitch
A
When you are typing, you should see a
small keyboard in the status barPull the status bar down and tap Select
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