Keyboard & typing
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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.
- Tap the Shift icon to capitalize the next character entered.
- Double-tap the Shift icon to enable caps lock.
- To access numbers and symbols, tap the .?123 key.
- To access additional characters, tap the #+= key.
- To return to the alphabet, tap the ABC key.
- To copy and paste, tap and then touch and hold the desired text.
- Touch and drag the Text Selection handles to highlight the desired text.
- Tap Copy.
- Touch and hold the text field, then drag to select the desired location.
- Tap Paste.
- To access the keyboard settings, from the home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap General.
- Scroll to, then tap Keyboard.
- Tap to toggle the desired settings.
