User's Manual
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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 or the Symbol key
. If you haven’t added any keyboards, tap to switch to the emoji keyboard. If you have
several keyboards, tap to switch to the last one you used. Continue tapping to access other
enabled keyboards, or touch and hold , then slide to choose a dierent keyboard. To quickly
end a sentence with a period and a space, just double-tap the space bar.
To type an alternate character,
touch and hold a key, then slide
to choose one of the options.
To type an alternate character,
touch and hold a key, then slide
to choose one of the options.
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.
As you write, QuickType suggests up to three words and highlights the word it anticipates will
be your next word. Accept a highlighted suggestion by entering a space or punctuation. Reject
a suggestion by tapping the word you’ve typed (shown as a QuickType option with quotation
marks) rather than the highlighted word. To turn o QuickType, touch and hold or , then
slide to choose Predictive: O.
If you have Predictive Text turned o, iPhone may still correct misspellings and anticipate what
you’re typing. Accept a suggestion by entering a space or punctuation, or by tapping return.
To reject a suggestion, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops
suggesting it.
QuickType suggestions
QuickType suggestions
To set options for typing, go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter text. See Use an Apple Wireless
Keyboard on page 26. To dictate instead of typing, see Dictate on page 27.
Edit text
Revise text. Touch and hold the text to show the magnifying glass, then drag to position the
insertion point.
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