Typing on the iPhone is faster than you'd think. By following a few tips you'll be surprised how fast you can move accurately.
- Double tap the space bar to add a period, space and start a new sentence with a cap. This is so useful that you'll miss it on your desktop.
- Instead of pressing Shift key, hold it and slide to the character you want on the numbers keyboard. This types the character and returns the keyboard to QWERTY.
- From the Number keyboard, a space automatically returns you to the QWERTY keyboard.
- The dictionary makes suggestions for mistakes and to complete words. When the suggestion is correct, press the space bar to accept. It will finish the word and add a space. Press the space bar twice to accept and it adds a period. If you don't like the suggestion, press the x to dismiss it.
- If you mistype a letter, with your finger still on the key, just slide it to the correct key.
- Type contractions without the apostrophe. The dictionary will suggest a correction for you. We'll and we're need the contraction added manually. To get to Hell (only literarily) touch the original word above the correction before typing the space.
- Delete deletes a character. Holding it deletes backwards through many letters. Holding it longer will start deleting words.
- For better accuracy, type normally with a fearless press of your finger. When you type hesitantly and daintily with the tip, you'll get more mistakes.
- Correct with the magnifier. Hold your finger over the mistake and the magnifier appears. Moving your finger moves the cursor.
- From the number keyboard there's a third keyboard available by pressing the #+= cursing key. These are the even lesser-used characters.
- Enable caps lock from Home>Settings>General>Keyboard>Enable Caps Lock. Caps lock shows as blue when you double-tap on the cap key.
- When the .com key is visible you can hold it down and .org, .net and .edu appear as a list. Slide your finger over the domain and let go to accept. This also works by holding the period on any alphabetical kb where the @ appears.
- Hold down the quote or apostrophe key for smart quotes.
- Benchmark yourself. This app will help you test your speed.
Eventually your cries for a Bluetooth keyboard will diminish, or be squelched out by your adeptness.
