I
often create emails on my iPad and my emails often need to contain foreign
characters and currency symbols other than dollars. I can’t find an easy way to
insert these characters into my emails, and I’m really frustrated. Is there
some trick I’m missing?
If you find yourself using
non-English characters more often than not (if, for example, you’re actually
typing in French, or Arabic, or Chinese, for example), you’ll want to install a
separate keyboard for that language. To do this, in the Settings app, select
General, then Keyboard, then Keyboards, and Add New Keyboard. This option
allows you to select any of the many specific-language keyboards available in
iOS. Once you have added the keyboard you need, you can select it while typing
by tapping the globe icon in the lower-left corner of the iPhone or iPad
keyboard.
If, on the other hand, you’re
generally typing English words but just need to include an accented character
once in a while, adding a new keyboard is seriously overkill. There’s a really
simple solution, but it’s not one that you would find on your own. The answer
is to find the English character most like the one you want to enter, and then
press and hold the key until you see a list of options for the character. For
example, press and hold the “o” key, and you’ll see many different versions of
the “O” character, including “Ò” and other variations on the character.
The same technique works for all the vowels. Press and hold “s”, and you’ll
find variations on “s” including the German “ß” character. Press and hold the
“$” key, and you’ll find options for multiple currency symbols, including
Japanese Yen and British Pounds. With the extra characters displayed, slide
your finger to the one you need, and release—iOS inserts the character you
selected into the text you’re typing.
Give it a try! When creating an
email on iOS, try pressing and holding all the different characters to see what
they do. Some do nothing (the “f” key, for example) but many supply multiple
options, making it easier for you to insert foreign characters easily into the
text you’re creating.
http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/08/19/speed.up.typing.on.the.big.ios.fondleslab.130020/
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