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Enable or Disable Current Word Suggestions on HTC One M8

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to turn on or off the option to suggest options for the current word that you are writing on the HTC One M8.

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To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on top of the phone
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Once the phone is activated we will see the lock screen.

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To unlock the phone, press down on the screen and swipe up
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Once the phone has been unlocked we will see the home screen and at the bottom we will see 5 icons. We will first show how the function works. It allows the phone to suggestions options for us when we are currently writing a word. This option is already enabled because it is a default setting on the HTC One M8. Let's show you how it works.

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Tap on the Messages icon on the bottom
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It is a white text box with 3 green horizontal lines in the middle.
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Choose a message to use by tapping on it
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Tap on "Add text" in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen
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We're going to write "Morning"; after writing "Morn" it is already suggesting "Morning" for us
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It is suggesting words while we write. Some may like this or it may frustrate some, but we can turn this option on or off.

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To do that, tap the back arrow in the bottom left corner
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Press down on that multiple times until we get back to the home screen.
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We need to find the settings menu and to do that, we can swipe the notification panel down
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To do that, press and hold at the top of the phone, then swipe down. The notification panel will appear.

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We are looking for the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen
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This is our settings icon. Press down on it to open up the settings menu. It will say "Settings" in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
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Tap on "Language & keyboard"
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It will be in the "PHONE" section near the bottom. We will see a capital "A" inside of a 3D box.
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We want to tap on "HTC Sense Input - Keyboard options"
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This will open up the keyboard settings.
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Tap on "Advanced" with "More input settings" underneath of it
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Tap on the checkbox to the right of "Next word prediction - Suggest options for next word while typing"
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It is currently enabled, as we showed earlier. There is a green box with a white checkmark in it. Tapping on the checkbox will turn the option off.
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The checkmark has disappeared and the box is now white
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This means the option is off.
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Tap on the checkbox to turn it back on
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The box will turn green and have a white checkmark.
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This concludes the tutorial on how to turn on or off to suggest words for the current word that you are writing on an HTC One M8
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