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enter text, such as an email or a note, the iPad’s on-screen keyboard
appears. Here’s a guide on how to use this keyboard and all its features.
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Tap on any box or
screen where text can
be entered, and the virtual
keyboard appears as shown.
This is true for emails,
messages, search fields and
indeed any area of the screen
where you can enter text.
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The keyboard’s top bar
icons differ according to
the app you’re using. These
icons give access to the
Undo, Redo, and Paste
options, and open the
formatting window.
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As you type, suggestions
for the word you’re
currently typing appear here.
When one of them is correct,
you can tap it to automatically
complete the word, saving on
your typing.
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These three icons in
the top right of the
keyboard, let you take, or
choose, a photo to add to
the email, choose or scan
a document, or use the
Markup tools.
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This is the capitals and
caps lock key. Tap it to
make the next key you press a
capital, or double tap it to lock
the keyboard in caps mode.
When it’s locked in this way,
you can tap it once to go back
to normal typing.
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In iPadOS, a key’s
alternate characters, such
as punctuation or numbers, are
shown at the top of the keys. To
type a key’s alternate character,
drag it down instead of just
tapping it.
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Tap this key to switch to
the keyboard’s alternate
characters. After doing so,
you can press the key above
it (now labelled ‘#+=‘) for even
more character options, or
just tap this key again to
return to normal typing.
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Tap and hold this key for
a menu that lets you
access the Keyboard
Settings, emoji keyboard and
other installed keyboards,
such as foreign language
keyboards. Tap the key
without holding to toggle
through them instead.
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Tap this key and speak
into the iPad. Your words
appear in the text field, just as
if you’d typed them. The first
time you use this feature,
you’re asked to enable
dictation. You should do so.
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If you’re done with the
keyboard, tap this key
and it disappears again,
reappearing next time you tap
a screen or box that you can
type text into.
The Keyboard in Focus
Formatting
Window.
Tap the ‘Aa’ icon for iPadOS’s
formatting window, which
offers excellent editing and
formatting options such as
fonts, typography, and colours.
The Keyboard
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