User Guide

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Depending on the app and language you’re using, iPhone may 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. 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.
Suggested word
Suggested word
To set options for typing, go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
Edit text
Revise text. Touch and hold the text to show the magnifying glass, then drag to position the
insertion point.
Select text. Tap the insertion point to display the selection options. Or double-tap a word
to select it. Drag the grab points to select more or less text. In read-only documents, such as
webpages, touch and hold to select a word.
You can cut, copy, or paste over selected text. With some apps, you can also get bold, italic, or
underlined text (tap B/I/U); get the denition of a word; or have iPhone suggest an alternative.
Tap to see all the options.
Undo the last edit. Shake iPhone, then tap Undo.