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With the availability of the October 2018 release of Windows 10, SwiftKey is now the keyboard technology incorporated into Windows softkeyboard.

PREDICTION TYPING… NOW AVAILABLE FOR PHYSICAL KEYBOARDS
One of the things that Richard Hay of the ObservedTech podcast highlighted however is that even if you’re not using the SwiftKey-powered softkeyboard to type on Windows 10, (i.e. you’re using a physical keyboard) you can still take advantage of SwiftKey’s AutoComplete suggestions & AutoCorrect spelling.

When AutoComplete & AutoCorrect are manually enabled for hardware/physical keyboards, suggestions for your next word will appear next to your newly typed words on the screen – just as Swiftkey for iOS/Android does on mobile devices. Additionally, misspelled words will automatically be corrected as you type.

TURNING ON AUTOCOMPLETE & AUTOCORRECT
If you have upgraded your system to Windows 10 release 1809, you need to turn on both AutoComplete suggestions & AutoCorrect spelling for hardware keyboards to take advantage of typing prediction.

1. Go to Settings – Devices – Typing
2. Scroll to the bottom & find “Hardware keyboard”
3. Turn on “Show text suggestions as I type”
4. Turn on “Autocorrect misspelled words I type”

When you go to anywhere in the operating system and you begin to type into your physical keyboard, you’ll see both AutoComplete & AutoCorrect kick in:

• providing AI-derived hints about what the next word is you’ll want to enter in a bubble near your cursor
• autocorrecting your spelling as you type in any application (not just Word or PowerPoint) or presenting you with the correct spelling of the word in a bubble near your cursor

TYPING INSIGHTS
Additionally, if you’re interested in the impact that Swiftkey AutoComplete & AutoCorrect is having on your time & accuracy, there is a linked called “Typing Insights” that provides you with statistics on how often SwiftKey has helped you.

1. Go to Settings – Devices – Typing
2. Click “Typing Insights”