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[] MASTER 3D TOUCH SHORTCUTS ON IOS01
PEEK AND POP
In many apps, pressing lightly on an item
(say, a message in a mailbox in Mail or a
link in Safari) peeks at that content. Let go to close
it, or press harder to pop it open. You can swipe up
from a light press for available actions.
01
MOVE WITHIN TEXT
To select a range of text, press firmly on
the on-screen keyboard and its keys will
go blank. Keep your finger on the screen and slide
it around to reposition the insertion point in the
document, relative to your movements.
03
LIVE PHOTOS
If you take or receive a Live Photo (with a
short amount of video either side of a still
image), you can tell it apart from regular pics by an
icon of concentric circles when editing. Apply 3D
Touch to a Live Photo to play it.03
BIGGER SELECTION
Position the insertion point, press firmly
twice in quick succession to select the
sentence; slide your finger to extend the selection
a sentence at a time. Or press three times to select,
then grow your selection in paragraphs.02
NOTIFICATIONS
Tapping a notification’s banner takes you
to the relevant place in an app, but you
can deal with an item by pressing firmly on it, then
swipe down to clear it. This also works at the Lock
screen and in Notification Centre.02
START A SELECTION
After positioning the insertion point,
keep your finger on the screen, press
firmly again to select the word. Slide your finger
to add more words. After lifting your finger, you can
access options by tapping your selection.OTHER 3D TOUCH SHORTCUTS
A few more useful places you can press firmly.3 D Touch can help you in even more ways in iOS and many third-party apps. On the Home
screen, a firm press on a folder reveals a shortcut to rename it and direct routes to apps inside
that have notifications waiting. 3 D Touch the cross to the right of a heading in Notification
Centre for a shortcut to dismiss all items. In Reminders, press on an item to set a location
or time at which to be nudged about it. When restoring from a backup or downloading
several apps, press on an app’s Home screen icon to pause or resume, cancel or prioritise
its download.[STEP BY STEP]
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WORK WITH TEXT USING 3D TOUCH