Although the ability that we have developed in recent years when typing with the virtual keyboard of our iPhone is amazing, there are still certain cumbersome tasks that we must face when it comes to typing quickly and effectively, but the keyboard of our iPhone hides tricks and keyboard shortcuts that make the task of writing much easier and more enjoyable, whether you are an expert or a newcomer, you should review this list of 10 tricks to write more efficiently on your iPhone, or any other iOS device.
1. Shake to undo
This is one of the functions that can save your life on occasion, the function shake to undo, Linked to writing, it allows us to delete the last thing we have written in one go, without having to hit the delete button on the keyboard. It does not matter if it is a word that you have misspelled or a whole speech of more than 500 words, if you do not like it, you just have to shake the iPhone and confirm the deletion of the text. If you later regret it, you just have to shake it again and undo the deletion, you will have everything exactly the same as before.
Bonus: Shake to undo can be applied to many other iOS actions, for example, if you delete an important email, you just have to shake your iPhone to get it back…
2. Add the domain of a website without having to write it
If you are browsing Safari and you want to enter the final part (.COM-.ES-.ORG….) you only have to press and hold the dot Sign, that you will see right next to the space bar, all the domains that you can enter will appear, you just have to slide your finger to the desired one so that it is written automatically.
3. Enter special characters to quote text
By default, to quote something on the iPhone, we put the text we want in quotes, but the iOS keyboard allows us to enter more symbols for this task, if we want to give our texts a different look, we just have to touch and hold down the key. the quotes to see new options.
4. Add currency symbols other than yours
If you live in Europe, by default, the keyboard of your iPhone will show the Euro symbol to express prices, but we do not always want to pass prices in our native currency, so you just have to press and hold the symbol that you have by default on your iPhone to be able to introduce another.
5. Add a quick followed period
If you like to write correctly, and you use punctuation, this trick will be very useful for you. iOS is able to insert a "." and followed only with double press on the space bar. When doing so, the system will introduce a point and write the next word with the first letter capitalized, as it should be….
To make sure that you have this option activated you must go to Settings/General/Keyboard, there you must make sure that you have the option checked Quick "."
6. Add accents
We write in Spanish, and it is important to do it well, adding accents to the words that carry them is a sign of culture and will make you understand better, it also costs very little, you just have to press and hold the vowel to which you want to add the accent and slide your finger to the correct symbol.
7. Lock caps
This is another option that you must configure in Settings/General/Keyboard, when you have it, if you want to write a whole word, or a sentence in capital letters, you can lock the keyboard so that it only writes that way. To do so, you just have to double-tap on the capital letters arrow.
8. Converts a text that you have written in lowercase to uppercase
If you have written a word in lowercase and want to convert it to uppercase, you just have to select it, double-tap the shift key, and select the conversion in the writing options.
If you want to do the opposite, convert a word from uppercase to lowercase, all you have to do is select it and choose the correct one in the writing options.
9- Enter numbers and punctuation symbols without changing the keyboard
This is a very useful function to type faster on your iPhone, if you want to enter a single number, or a punctuation mark, you just have to touch and hold the key that changes the keyboard to access them, without lifting your finger from the screen, slide it to the character you want to enter, once you get there, lift your finger, the number or punctuation mark will be written and the keyboard will automatically return to the letters.
10. Different types of dashes and dots to make lists
If you want to make lists with signs other than the hyphen of a lifetime, you can do so by holding down that key, so you'll unlock more types of hyphens and a period, it's worth it to give a special touch to what you write.
And this is all, they are 10 tricks to write more efficiently with your iPhone, but surely you know more, can you tell us in the comments?