Keyboard & typing

How to use the keyboard, use speech-to-text, access keyboard settings, and more.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

Tap a text field to see the onscreen keyboard, and then tap letters to type.
Tap and hold the text until the highlight with two end points appears and then expand/reduce selection by dragging, the tap Copy. To paste, tap the cursor in the desired text field, then tap Paste.
Note: Copy and paste is as simple as creating an insertion point, making a selection, copying the information, and then pasting it in the desired location. (Requires iOS 3 or greater)
If you touch the wrong key, you can slide your finger to the correct key.
Note: You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter text.
Tap Shift to type uppercase, or touch the Shift key and slide to a letter.
Double-tap Shift for caps lock.
To enter numbers, punctuation, or symbols, tap the Number key 123 or the Symbol key #+=.
To quickly end a sentence with a period and a space, just double-tap the space bar.
As you write, auto-correct provides suggestions for incorrectly spelled words.
Accept an auto-correction by entering a space or punctuation.
Reject a auto-correction by tapping the X next to the suggested word.
Note: If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it. If you see a word underlined in red, tap it to see suggested corrections. If the word you want doesn't appear, type the correction.
To set options for typing, go to Settings.
Scroll to, then Tap General.
Tap Keyboard.