MacLife - USA (2020-03)

Move the cursor

To move the cursor, tap and

hold it and it should increase in size.

Keep your finger on the screen, then

move it to where you want the new

insertion point to be. Release your

finger and the cursor drops into place.

Touch options

If your device supports 3D

Touch, deep press anywhere on the

keyboard and it’ll turn into a trackpad

to move the cursor. On Haptic Touch

devices, press and hold the Space bar.

On iPadOS, tap and hold two fingers.

Grab the scrollbar

If you’re editing a large

document, you can quickly zip through

it with the scrollbar. When the bar

appears, tap and hold it with one

finger. Keep your finger on the screen,

then drag up or down to speedily scroll.

SELECTING AND EDITING text

has always been a bit easier

on the Mac than on iOS thanks

to the keyboard shortcuts you

have at your disposal. However, with iOS

13, Apple has worked hard to introduce

new gestures that should help close the

gap between your mobile devices and your

Mac when it comes to text editing.

All of these iOS gestures also work on

iPadOS, the new dedicated operating

system for the iPad, and there are even

some unique gestures designed purely

Speed up your workflow with these handy text swipes

for iPadOS. And if you have an Apple

Pencil, you can perform a number of

text–editing gestures using that instead

of your Ľngers, which can help speed up

your workľow.

If you have an external keyboard for

your iPhone or iPad, things become a lot

easier. What if you don’t but you still

want to be able to select and edit text with

minimum hassle? That’s where the new

gestures come in. Learn them and text

editing will become noticeably quicker

and easier. ALEX BLAKE

REQUIRES

An iPad with iPadOS, or an

iOS device with iOS 13

YOU WILL LEARN

All of the new text–

editing gestures in iOS 13

and iPadOS

IT WILL TAKE

5 minutes

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Text–editing gestures