User Guide

Switch keyboards when you’re typing: Tap . When you tap the symbol, the name of

the newly activated keyboard appears briey.

You can also touch and hold to display a list of available keyboards. To choose a

keyboard from the list, slide your nger to the name of the keyboard, then release.

Tap, or touch and

hold, to switch

keyboards

Edit your keyboard list: Choose General > Keyboard > International Keyboards, then

tap Edit and do one of the following:

Â To delete a keyboard, tap , then tap Delete.

Â To reorder the list, drag next to a keyboard to a new place in the list.

Type letters, numbers, or symbols

that aren’t on the keyboard

Touch and hold the related letter, number, or symbol, then

slide to choose a variation. On the Thai keyboards, for

example, you can choose native numbers by touching and

holding the related Arabic number.

Enter Japanese Kana Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more syllable

options, tap the arrow key and select another syllable or word

from the window.

Enter Japanese QWERTY Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for Japanese

syllables. As you type, suggested syllables appear. Tap the

syllable to choose it.

Enter Emoji picture characters Use the Emoji keyboard. Available only on iPhones purchased

and used in Japan.

Enter facemarks Using the Japanese Kana keyboard, tap the “^_^” key.

Using the Japanese Romaji keyboard (QWERTY-Japanese

layout), tap the Number key, then tap the “^_^” key.

Using the Chinese (Simplied or Traditional) Pinyin or

(Traditional) Zhuyin keyboards, tap the Symbols key,

then tap the “^_^” key.

Enter Korean Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul letters. To type

double consonants or compound vowels, touch and hold the

letter, then slide to choose the double letter.

Enter Simplied or Traditional

Chinese Pinyin

Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for Chinese

characters. As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear.

Tap a suggestion to choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to

see more options.

If you keep entering Pinyin without spaces, sentence

suggestions appear.

Chapter 3 Basics