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Help Swype Grype

bigbadwulff

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Jun 15, 2010
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One, I really, really like Swype. BUT I wish they'd update the portrait keyboard and move the microphone away from the period. I bet I hit that in one out of every 4 texts. What a PIA!
Come to swype in landscape just to avoid that.

That is about my only gripe with Swype.
 
I can't say that I've ever accidentally hit the microphone button, and I'm not all that accurate. Do you guys tap the period key, or do you swype from the period to the space? I always swype from the period to the space key.
Same thing here. Never get the mic to come up on accident and I swype from the period to the space.

Everyone should watch the swype tutorial videos at least once if you haven't before.
 
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Thanks for the period-to-space bar Swype tip.. However, it's giving me two periods sometimes. What I'd like to know is how to disable the pop-up tutorials. I have checked the settings and they should be turned off, but the one for "hidden words" keeps popping up. When I'm in a hurry, I don't care about making any editorial changes. Just let me Swype the message and keep the tutorials quiet.
 
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Does anyone else get "rfd" instead of "the"? I have tried highlighting and deleting "rfd", but it keeps coming back. I never use those initials and don't know how they ended up in my dictionary. Having to correct the word "the" really slows down Swyping. Pre-programmed keys for frequently used words like "the" and "and" would be helpful.
 
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