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iPhone Keyboard Tips and Tricks


Every time you have a new technology, it requires you to learn how to use it. However, this can sometimes be extremely difficult, especially when there aren't many resources to help you learn new techniques. A great example of this is the new Apple iPhone. When you first purchase an iPhone, then you have probably spent many hours getting familiar with the various technologies inside this amazing cell phone. However, there are some tips that aren't learned by simply playing around with the phone. In order to learn about these tips, then you must first learn them, and one of the best tips concerns the keyboard.


When you have such a unique feature as the touch screen keyboard, then there are several tips that you must know in order to keep your messages flowing. When you follow these tips, then you will be able to type quicker and error-free, as well as being able to type easier than ever before. The first of these tips concerns actually typing the letters into the iPhone. When you want to enter a letter, you tap on it; however, the letter isn't placed onto the screen until you lift your finger off of it.

Thus, if you touch the wrong key, then you can simply fix this error by sliding your finger to the correct letter. Then when you have found the right letter or number, you can lift your finger and the letter will be placed onto the screen. This tip helps fix the majority of errors and will save you time.

Many people have found that the auto-correction feature within the keyboard is a great way to keep your writing clear and easy. However, it is very easy to accept a word that you didn't want to type. If you want to steer clear of this confusion, then you need to learn how to accept and reject a suggested word. When you want to accept a word, then you will want to tap either return, space, or tap a punctuation mark. However, if you want to reject a suggested word, then you will simply want to finish typing the word you want and then tap the completed word.

A reminder, if you write a full word out two different times and then tap on them both times, the iPhone will actually add the word to its dictionary. It takes a couple of weeks to store all of your most used words into the dictionary; however, once you have done this, typing on your iPhone will be extremely fast.

The last tip has to deal with the capitalization of words. If you want to capitalize the first letter of a word, you simply tap the shift key and then tap the letter you want capitalized. But what happens when you want to capitalize the entire word? This is very easy and doesn't require you to tap the shift key before each letter. You will want to go to settings and then tap general, after that tap keyboard. From there, you will tap "Enable Caps Lock," and then when you double tap the shift key, it will light up blue, and now you will be able to type in all caps.