Finding Accented Letters
When you have to type an accented letter, such as ‘é’ or
‘ö’, you can easily do so by simply pressing and holding
the letter you wish to type in an accented version until a
pop-up window appears, as shown here for the letter ‘a’.
Now just tap on the version of the letter you wish to use.
Add a New Keyboard
To add a new virtual keyboard to your iPad, which can then
be accessed by holding the globe-key, go to Settings >
General > Keyboard > Keyboards, then tap ‘Add New
Keyboard’. You can then add a foreign language keyboard
or one you’ve bought on the App Store.
Auto Punctuation
Some punctuation is added automatically. If you wish to
add (for example) an apostrophe to form a contraction
such as “I’m”, simply type “Im” and the iPad does the
rest. It’s a very useful feature and greatly increases your
typing speed when you’ve had a little practice.
Keyboard as a Trackpad
For more precise control over where you put the cursor,
either place two fingers on the keyboard and hold them
there or touch and hold the Space Bar. When the keys go
blank, as seen here, you can drag the cursor around the
screen, using the keyboard as if it was a trackpad.
Split, Floating, Undocked and Swipe Keyboards.
1
Tap and hold the keyboard key in the bottom right
for a pop-up menu. Select Undock to move the
keyboard up and down the screen. Choose Split to get
this two-part keyboard; designed to be used by your
thumbs. The Floating option gives a single keyboard
about the size of the iPhone’s keyboard, and you can
drag it around by holding the grey line at the bottom.
2
When using the iPadOS floating keyboard, you can
type by swiping your finger over the keys instead of
tapping them; drag your finger from one key to another
without lifting it. To return to a normal keyboard, tap and
hold the bottom right key again to access the menu from
the previous step, or do a two-finger spread on a floating
keyboard to resize it.
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