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.