User's Manual

Chapter 3 Basics 28
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
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several keyboards, tap
to switch to the last one you used. Continue tapping to access other
enabled keyboards, or touch and hold
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Enter accented letters or other alternate characters. Touch and hold a key, then slide to choose
one of the options.
Hide the onscreen keyboard. Tap the Keyboard key
.
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 uses predictive text to anticipate your next word. Tap a word to
choose it, or accept a highlighted prediction by entering a space or punctuation. When you
tap a QuickType word, a space appears after the word. If you enter a comma, period, or other
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QuickType option with quotation marks).
Hide predictive text. Pull down QuickType suggestions. Pull them back up when you want them
to reappear.
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or , then slide to Predictive.
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Set options for typing or add keyboards. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter text. See Use an Apple Wireless
Keyboard on page 29. To dictate instead of typing, see Dictation on page 30.
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