How to Enable Text Suggestions in Windows 10

By: Waseem Patwegar

Windows 10 offers text suggestions for Touch screen and also for the hardware
keyboard on your computer. You will find below the steps to enable text suggestions
in Windows 10.

Enable Text Suggestions in Windows 10

Enable Text Suggestions in Windows 10

The �Text Suggestions� feature in Windows 10 is similar to the �Predictive Text�

feature as available on iPhone and Android Phones.

While the �Text Suggestions� feature was always available for the Touch Screen
Keyboard in Windows 10, it is now available as an opt-in feature for the Hardware
Keyboard.

Once Text Suggestions for the Hardware Keyboard is enabled, you will always see a
floating pop-up offering three text suggestions as you continue typing on your
computer.

This feature works in Google Chrome (and other Web browsers), Microsoft Word, Text
Editor and most other desktop programs and Apps on your computer.
1. Steps to Enable Text Suggestions in Windows 10

Follow the steps below to Enable Text Suggestions in Windows 10 for the hardware
keyboard on your computer.

1. Open Settings on your computer and click on the Devices icon.

Devices Icon on Windows Setting Screen

2. On the Devices screen, select Typing in the left pane. In the right-pane, scroll
down to �Hardware Keyboard� section and toggle ON Show Text Suggestions as I Type
option.

Enable Show Text Suggestions Option in Windows

Note: You can also enable Autocorrect misspelled words I type option, if you want
Windows 10 to correct typos automatically.

After enabling Text Suggestions, you will receive three floating text suggestions,
including emojis if it is relevant to what you are typing.

Select Text Suggestion in Windows

The easiest way to accept the suggested word is to simply select the right word
using your mouse.

In case of Keyboard, you can use the Up Arrow to jump to Text Suggestions and then
use the Left or the Right Arrow Key to select the suggested word, and press Enter
to insert.
2. Enable Multilingual Text Suggestions in Windows 10

If you type in multiple languages, you should enable �Show text suggestions based
on the recognized languages� option, located under �Multilingual text suggestions.�
section.
Enable Multilingual Text Suggestions in Windows

Windows 10 will automatically sense the language that you are typing in and offer
text suggestions based on that particular language.

Note: According to Microsoft, Text Suggestions for the Hardware keyboard in Windows
10 may not be available in certain languages.