Keyboard & Typing

Cut and paste, use speech-to-text, and access keyboard settings.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

Select a text field to see the onscreen keyboard, and then select letters to type.
Note: If you touch the wrong key, you can slide your finger to the correct key.
Select and hold the text until the highlight with two end points appears and then expand/reduce selection by dragging, then select Copy.
Note: Copy and paste is as simple as creating an insertion point, making a selection, copying the information, and then pasting it in the desired location.
To paste, select the cursor in the desired text field, then select Paste.
Select Shift to type uppercase, or select the Shift key and slide to a letter.
Double-select Shift for caps lock.
To enter numbers, punctuation, or symbols, select the Number key 123.
For more symbols, select the Symbol key #+=.
For Emojis, select the Emoji key.
Note: Learn more from Apple support article: Use emoji (emoticons) on your iPhone.
To use speech-to-text, press the Microphone key, then speak the desired phrase.
To quickly end a sentence with a period and a space, double-select the space bar.
As you write, QuickType uses predictive text to anticipate your next word. Select a word to choose it.
Accept a highlighted prediction by entering a space or punctuation.
Reject a suggestion by selecting your original word (shown as a QuickType option with quotation marks).
Note: If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it. If you see a word underlined in red, select it to see suggested corrections. If the word you want doesn't appear, type the correction
To set options for typing, from the Home screen, select Settings > General > Keyboards > edit Keyboard settings as desired.
Note: Learn more from Apple support article: Get help with your keyboard on your iPhone.