puzzling email

[tess]

I wonder if anyone else is having this problem? When I write an email, I find quite often, and quite annoying, the faCT that a number of words are not entering the corresponding way I type them. Sometimes, the word will actually change while I am in the process of typing it, as if it is queuing or on some auto complete. Consequently, I have to check each letter before I send it or I look like a bumbling idiot........well, more often than I usually do. Do I just need to change a setting?Thank you so much.

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[janner43]

You sound as if you are describing typing lag - would that be correct?

Or are you saying that tapping "a" brings up "b"?
Oh, and are we talking docking keyboard or screen keyboard & if the latter, then which one?

[mrumm49]

It sounds like you are describing "auto correction". You type in a certain word and another word is put in it's place instead. I know what you are saying. It makes you look like a bumbling idiot if you don't watch what word accidentally gets typed. This drives me crazy too (and probably the people I'm e-mailing.) I'm sure there must be a setting to turn this off but have been too lazy to look.

[tess]

Hi, yes this is exactly what I am saying. You might type in " going around " and if you look back, it has chosen to put in " gone aground ". Obviously, this can make a letter quite unpredictable. It has to be a setting, but I have not found it yet.

[leeshor]

I had that problem when I turned on auto correct on the keyboard I use. It was so bad I turned it off within a day. It was difficult to correct after the fact.

[Frederuco]

Check the keyboard settings in the Settings - language & input section.

There may be some settings for auto-correct and how aggressive it is, and also some keyboards have word prediction to try to help predict what you are going to type....

[janner43]

Now I never stand

- Which is what got shown when I typed - "now I understand" - but my fingers hit the wrong keys & autocorrect changed it to the closest it could find.

So, you are not alone Tess - it happens to all of us...

[tess]

Check the keyboard settings in the Settings - language & input section.

There may be some settings for auto-correct and how aggressive it is, and also some keyboards have word prediction to try to help predict what you are going to type....

Thank you so much Frederuco and everyone else. I will check in "language and input.