Lift your finger up when you’re above the number you’d like and it will be entered. Press the “123” button and keep it pressed, now slide over to the number (or punctuation). Enter numbers without switching to the numerical keyboardĪ nifty little trick, when entering text where you’d like to insert one or two numbers: Some example: When trying to type “ We’ll“, simply type “ Welll“. Of course, this is not always needed, as the auto-correct picks up certain contractions right away. The trick is simple: at the end of the contraction type the last character one extra time. Trick Auto-Correct to help with (English) word contractionsĮnglish word contractions (like You’ll, He’ll, I’ll, I’ve, etc.) can be entered easier when you trick the Auto-Correct of your iPad or iPhone. Note : I’m not sure, but it seems that newer iOS versions “learn” what profanity you like or not. Option 2: Add your “bad” language as a contact.Īdd a contact named as the profanity of choice. Simply set “ Phrase” and “ Shortcut” to the same word (ie. Option 1: Add your “bad” language to the “ Keyboard Shortcuts“. I’m sure quite a lot of people have ran into this issue: the undesired auto correct of profanity. IPad/iPhone – Auto Correct Options Teach you iPad/iPhone bad language

Settings General Keyboard Add New Shortcut… Tip : You can add Emoji emoticons to your shortcut! Once you type “jk” a popup, as seen with the spell checker, will appear showing you the text it would like to use as a replacement for your shortcut. A shortcut will automatically be replaced by what you’ve defined for your shortcut.įor example the shortcut “ jk” can be defined as “ Just Kidding!!“.

Your iPad and iPhone offers the definition of shortcuts, which can save you a lot of typing. Keyboard Shortcuts – Save yourself some typing This works in all apps that allow text entry. After using this trick, shaking the phone again will offer a “redo” for the typing that was just removed. Undo typing – Shake your phoneīy shaking you phone, once left and once right, a dialog will popup allowing you to “undo” what you have been typing. The available top-level domains are influenced by what international keyboard(s) you use. quickly by keeping the “.” (period) button pressed. Enter top-level domain quicklyĬertain Internet oriented applications, like Safari for example, allow you to enter top-level domains like. You could for example paste your symbol in the “Phrase” field and enter a desired shortcut for it.įor example: Phrase = “©” and Shortcut = “(c)”. IPad/iPhone – Glyphboard to enter special characters Create a Keyboard Shortcut for Special Symbolsįor symbols that you use often, consider creating a shortcut (see below: “ Keyboard Shortcuts – Save yourself some typing“). Tip : If you’re looking for so called glyphs, try this link on your iPhone or iPad (does not work as well on your PC): – keeping “ 0” (zero) pressed reveals the character for degree °, – keeping double quote pressed to select different quote types, – keeping “ $” pressed reveals other currencies like the €, ¥ and £, These special symbols can be found on the numerical keyboard (press the “123” button in the lower left corner). Next to those letters, also special symbols can be typed in the same manner. When trying to select special character: slide your finger to the one you need, do not lift your finger up until you are over the desired character.

If special characters exist (on your iPad or iPhone), a menu will open allowing you to pick a character. Press the letter you want and keep it pressed (see also the screenshots of the next tip). In languages other than English, often special characters are used, like those characters with an accent or an umlaut.Įntering these characters is actually easier than I expected. Settings General Keyboard Keyboards Add New Keyboard Entering Characters with Accents and Punctuations Toggling to a different keyboard, while typing, will also change the language of the spellchecker. If you’ve read the tip above, adding an Emoji keyboard, then you might have already seen the option to add keyboards for other languages. This is the place where you can also add multiple keyboards for other nationalities, which allows you to have for example an English, Dutch, French and Emoji keyboard which you can toggle when you’re typing messages. IPad/iPhone – Type Emoji Emoticons/Smileys Keyboards and spell checker for other languages

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