Instruction Manual
Chapter 2 Basics 23
As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or nger. If you touch the wrong
key, you can slide your nger to the correct key. The letter isn’t entered until you
release your nger from the key.
Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter.
Quickly type a period and space Double-tap the space bar.
Turn caps lock on Enable caps lock (see “Keyboard” on page 93),
then double-tap the Shift
key. The Shift key
turns blue, and all letters you type are uppercase.
Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock o.
Show numbers, punctuation, or symbols Tap the Number
key. Tap the Symbol key
to see additional punctuation and symbols.
Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the
keyboard
Press and hold the related letter or symbol, then
slide to choose a variation.
International Keyboards
iPod touch provides keyboards in multiple languages, and supports the following
keyboard formats: English, English (UK), Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French,
French (Canada), Italian, Japanese QWERTY, Japanese Kana, Korean, Norwegian
Bokmål, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Swedish,
Chinese (Simplied) Pinyin, Chinese (Simplied) Handwriting, and Chinese (Traditional)
Handwriting.
Turn international keyboards on or o:
1 In Settings, choose General > International > Keyboards.
2 Turn on the keyboards you want. Languages with more than one keyboard, such as
Japanese and Chinese, indicate the number of keyboards available. Tap to choose a
keyboard for that language.