How to delete words from the Swype dictionary

We recently looked at how to add words to the Swype dictionary, it's only logical now to explain how to delete words from the Swype dictionary. I'm sure we've all managed to accidentally add words that we don't really want in the dictionary (such as "xxc" that I had typed when trying to type "xxx").

To delete the word you will need to type it by Swyping it, then highlight it (hold on it and then choose "Select word") and press on the "Swype button" (the button in the bottom left corner with a blue S and a finger). Pressing the "Swype" button will see a pop up on the screen asking if you want to "Confirm Word Deletion". If you are sure you want to delete the word press on "OK" and it'll be gone.

Of course you are able to re-add words if you delete a word that you do use, to do this you just need to follow the "add words to the Swype dictionary" guide linked to at the start of this guide.

How to add words to the Swype dictionary

We all have place names or real names that aren't included in the Swype dictionary. For example I used to live in a little known village called "Silecroft" and that's never going to be a in a dictionary, lets be honest. What we can do however is add words to dictionaries and with the Swype dictionary that is incredibly.

To add words to the Swype dictionary you first need to enter the word letter by letter. For example for "Silecroft" we would enter "S-I-L-E-C-R-O-F-T" pressing one after the other (note you do need to press them, do not Swype parts of the word). After typing the full word just press space and the word will be added to the Swype dictionary.

Hopefully this guide helps you get the most from Swype.

A secret trick for the Swype keyboard

 We've all made a mistake when using the swype keyboard and managed to spell the wrong word. On some phones using a trackball to navigate to the mistake and correcting it is simple, on other phones however you need to accurate press on the screen and move to the error, this can be rather fiddly.

A hidden feature on swype makes the accurate movement of the cursor much easier than using the trial error of pressing on the screen. In the image to the right hand side is an error (the "us" should read "is") so we have to correct this. To start we run a finger over the swype key (bottom left key) and the 123 SYM key. Just pretend these are two letters.
After doing that you will see the keyboard dramatically to resemble the image on the left here with a host of new and useful tools to allow you to accurately and swiftly navigate to the error and delete it (see the screen shot below).
By using the arrows and the delete key to delete the error and leave the cursor where the error was. If you then press on the ABC key at the bottom you will be returned to the keyboard to enter the correct text.


In the screen shot below you can see the corrected text as it was supposed to look when it was originally written.

How to access Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S2

The Swype app has become one of the more popular apps in recent times and the app actually comes bundled with the Samsung Galaxy S2. The idea of Swype is that instead of pressing the actual keys you "Swype" the letters from one to another and the system works out what word you are wanting to spell. The idea is like Marmite with some users loving it and some users hating it, though thankfully you can turn it off or on.

The big problem with the Swype application on the Smsung Galaxy S2 was that it's not actually that easy to find. You'd typically assume that pressing the menu button on the text screen (seen to the right) would do the job. Sadly it's not that logical, though thankfully it is very simple. On the image in the right you can see a section that says "Tap to enter message", hold your finger in this section to and you will open up a new

 in the screen which looks like the one on the left of this paragraph. From this little menu you need to click on "Input method" and you will open up another menu
that looks like the one on the right. Here you are able to select either "Samsung keypad" or that very well hidden "Swype" option.

Although not everyone is going to like Swype after using it it is easy to change back to the Samsung keypad by doing the steps above to open the menu.


If you select to use Swype you will notice the keyboard changes slightly (most obviously the addition of a "Swype" button and the symbols on the same keys as the letters) though the whole way you use the system is very, very different. I'd have to advise you to at least try it if you haven't before as it is very useable and smooth as well as responsive and different.