iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch Tips & Tricks

Typing & Working with Text

Task

Action/Gesture

Easily type a period at the end of a sentence

Double-tap the Spacebar (or press the Spacebarwith two fingers at the same time).

Turn on Caps Lock

Double-tap the Shift key. The key turns blue to indicate it is locked.

Open Magnifier (Loupe)

Tap and Hold on text.

Type a different domain suffix

Hold down the .com button. A popup will appear with .net, .edu and .org buttons. Slide your finger to one and then release.

Type alternate character (such as é or ñ)

Hold down a letter on the keyboard. A popup will appear with various versions of the character. Slide your finger to one and then release.

Quickly type a single character found on the numeric keyboard

Normally you switch keyboards by tapping the.?123 button, typing the number/punctuation and switching back to the alphabet keyboard by tapping the ABC button. But there’s a faster way! Instead of tapping the .?123 button, press andhold it, then slide your finger to the desired character and release. You’ll be automatically switched back to the alphabet keyboard instead of remaining on the numeric one.

Undo Typing

Shake the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Safari (Web Browsing)

Task

Action/Gesture

Quickly get address bar back, or quickly scroll to top of page

Tap the Status bar at the top of the screen. (Works in other apps, not just Safari.)

Zoom In

Double-Tap or Pinch Open

Zoom Out

Double-Tap or Pinch Closed

Save images

Tap and Hold an image until some buttons appear. Tap Save Image. The downloaded image can be found in Photo app’s Camera Roll.

Call a phone number from Safari

Tap the phone number and it will dial it.

Get URL Hint

Tap and Hold a link to see the actual URL and the page title of the linked page.

Scrolling webpages

Use one finger to scroll the entire webpage. Use two fingers to scroll a frame on a webpage.