Hate typing on your iPhone? Watch these 10 TIPS!

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Considering typing is such a fundamental part of your iPhone experience, I find it often gets overlooked in tutorial videos. So today, we're just going to talk about typing, specifically 10 Tips and Tricks to help you type faster, more accurately and more easily.
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Chapters;
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Choose your Keyboard
1:06 - Quick Language Selection
1:38 - Hold for Accents
2:25 - Full Stop & Caps Lock
3:13 - Finger Gestures
4:19 - Space Bar as TrackPad
4:45 - Easy Web Suffixes
5:10 - Swipe Keyboard
5:58 - Dictation
6:40 - Text Replacement
8:03 - End

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@gravyz2cute4u Жыл бұрын

FYI for those who use both iphone and non-iphone, a lot of the keyboard typing tricks also work on non-iphones such as: add additional language keybooards, left/right keyboard, full stop/caps lock, hold spacebar to control cursor, hold keys to display accents and other symbols and the swipe keyboard. Hope that helps :) Thanks for the tips btw!

@Leroyy536 Жыл бұрын

@cydkriletich6538 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was hoping he’d address a little more re: dictation. I didn’t know about full stop command. But I was wondering how to tell it to capitalize a word that may not usually be a proper noun. For instance: Chase Bank; I may not want to repeat both words and would like to have Chase capitalized; but, often when I use the word chase again, it doesn’t capitalize it. Or if I want to dictate something in all caps. (I don’t suppose yelling angrily would do the trick! ☺️) And if I’m using quotes, I’ve tried “open quotes”/“end quotes,” but it often types those exact word. Can you briefly explain? Thank you!

@gravyz2cute4u Жыл бұрын

@@cydkriletich6538 Have a look at this video: Voice Dictation 101 For Android & iOS - Capitalizing And Starting A New Line by The Blind Life

@gravyz2cute4u Жыл бұрын

@@cydkriletich6538 Try saying 'open quote word end quote' which will result in "word" being displayed. Works on both iphones and non-iphones as well :)

@MarkHarmer Жыл бұрын

@@cydkriletich6538 just say “quote” [whatever word or phrase you want to be in quotes] “unquote”

@bk6fan589 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone who ever makes a how-to video should watch this. It sets the standard for others to reach for! You'll hear instructions that everyone can follow. You'll see a clear visual that illustrates every step along the way. You won't have to google strange phrases or acronyms in tech-speak, but the content won't be "dumbed down" insultingly. And kudos and extra stars for concentrating on the subject without subjecting viewers to self-serving and irrelevant blather. Thank you so much.

@randallorchard939 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank yiou...This "Boomer" can appreciate some straight shooting instruction that is old school 101 education principles and practices. The world has changed indeed.

@itschelseakay 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Then he has KZfaq chapters and a “table of contents” in the description which makes it even easier to use. This was great!

@barrysrcdump3557 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. The facts and nothing but the facts. 👌👏

@tiffcat1100 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree!

@barryshafer Жыл бұрын

I only discovered this KZfaq channel last week and I fully agree with your comments. This should be the standard tutorial prototype, as it is about perfect!!!

@suzaynnschick158 Жыл бұрын

The ability to put the insertion point exactly where I want it has probably given me back a year of life that would have otherwise been lost to frustration and rage. THANK YOU!

@swisstrader Жыл бұрын

Yes, just crazy that Apple hasnt figured this out after all these years

@ericrawson2909 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, this is the biggest thing I learned here. I hate that you cant delete either forward or backward from the cursor like on a laptop, one way only, and also the cursor is drawn to some places like a magnet and it is impossible to select a point on the screen by touching, no matter how many times you try.

@jayceepie Жыл бұрын

Also an android user here.. I hope iPhone also puts the numbers on the keyboard just like my android. The numbers are placed above the letters.

@rollforever_85 Жыл бұрын

Yup.. that’s been my biggest problem coming from android

@MarieJackson-sp3be Жыл бұрын

The keys are too small for me on iPhone, so I use my iPad to text. I recently got a new iPad (Mini 5). Apple disallows texting to a non- iPhones from this ipad. Half of the people I text to do not use iPhones. So I can no longer group text to sets of friends or to my whole family. SHAME ON YOU APPLE. I also needed a new laptop. So I bought a Lenovo PC-my first step in totally leaving Apple.

@Franziska_Nerlich Жыл бұрын

The press down space to get a free curser tip … mind blowing! Thanks

@railfanningstuff8333 Жыл бұрын

if my fingers would shrink 30% all my typing problems would be solved on phones

@calicatus7556 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a middle aged woman who tries very hard to keep up with technology. Still, there was a lot here I didn't know. I sent this to older family members and friends who were very grateful. Thank you for doing this and being thorough, and for not being condescending. Very kind of you. God bless.

@deefee701 Жыл бұрын

I agree, so thank you!!

@lorijones5537 Жыл бұрын

100%

@cakehole53 Жыл бұрын

Middle aged? I’m sure you’ve developed good skills.

@Abdullaandmansoorbf1md Жыл бұрын

Your 50!!! Already?? Did you enjoy ww2?

@completesalvation1755 10 ай бұрын

I agree with you. One thing about technology is continuing education. I’m constantly learning otherwise it becomes a kind of handicap. I often meet older people like myself that can’t use a computer or even a smartphone so they have to depend on someone else for help or they do without services easily available on line. For many many years my sister wouldn’t make the effort to learn how to use Amazon. Now she loves the delivery and uses it all the time instead of having to go shopping every time she needs something.

@karlsangree4679 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice! My big takeaway was the cursor placement. The "Hold down space and you get a trackball" tip was worth its weight in gold. Thanks!

@dr8nkw0t8r Жыл бұрын

Yes! No more frustrating misplacement of the cursor! So easy to get it right in the middle of a word!

@armeetindergill Жыл бұрын

Interestingly it's just not the space bar but the whole keyboard.

@LeCrenn Жыл бұрын

Agreed. That’s the one that stood out for me.

@raybear0801 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I've been using iPhones for a pretty long time, and I never knew this trick for the cursor placement. So pleased to find this out today.

@billneo Жыл бұрын

@@armeetindergill Yes, on the iPhone, but on the iPad it's only the space bar OR 2 fingers on the keyboard.

@nanetterodriguez8989 Жыл бұрын

This was extremely helpful to me being older, not elderly. I don’t think I knew any of these tips. Your explanation and demo was really easy to follow. Thank you.

@MarkGormanNOLA Жыл бұрын

This is the most helpful video of this type that I’ve seen. Very well-organized, no wasting of time, yet giving all the details necessary for each function. You are a natural teacher. Excellent. Thank you.

@meeluanistyn1644 2 жыл бұрын

Clear instructions with examples to show exactly what each tip looks like in real life. For me, this is what I love about this channel. Many thanks!

@ProperHonestTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ferminiturbide4390 2 жыл бұрын

If you go into the “tips” native app in your iPhone or iPad, you’ll find what you’re looking for.

@biaberg3448 2 жыл бұрын

Now I know how to change language for the auto correct, Hurray!!

@BellaBagsPDX 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best technique videos I’ve ever seen. I’m going to have to watch it several more times to get everything into my head. Thanks so very much for it!

@kimcuret4800 Жыл бұрын

OMG! You have just changed my life with this swipe typing!!!! I have fumble fingers and constantly click the wrong key. No longer! This is the best thing ever! Thank you!

@vickifrench1913 Жыл бұрын

I only wish I had found you, Proper Honest Tech, so much earlier! I’ve just watched 3 of your easy to follow videos and have learnt heaps of information on the many operations of my iPhone. Your calm explanatory manner and the screens you show are extremely informative. Thanks for helping us older people out with the ins and outs of todays technology. Needless to say I am now a subscriber but also need to know how to get your free weekly email into my inbox. Once again, Thank you so much. Your’e an absolute legend!!!! ❤

@meilin4man596 2 жыл бұрын

As a senior who just discovered your channel, I have to tell you I am sooo happy I did! I’m on my 3rd iPhone (now IPhone 13), 1st iPad (Mini 5 for travelling) and 3rd MacBook Pro, and am staggered at how much I DIDNT know about these devices.🙄In just the first of your videos that I’ve viewed I’ve learned so much.👍🏻Love your tutorial style: you don’t speak too fast or too slowly, your explanations are clear and concise. Thank you! I’m subscribing and telling everyone I know about you. Cheers from a new Canadian 🇨🇦 fan!

@ProperHonestTech 2 жыл бұрын

I love to read comments like this, thanks so much, and I'm glad you're finding value in the content!

@makingitthrough190 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, wonderful presentation. Clear, no waffle! No bothersome background music. And I really learned some helpful stuff.

@fingerriddles Жыл бұрын

Not bothersome, but I can hear background music.

@vickiego1 Жыл бұрын

No talking to stupid animated characters! That’s such a big thing in videos that I watch & it’s so annoying. This was great! New subscriber here. 👍

@nickwhite2996 Жыл бұрын

@@fingerriddles No, its not bothersome, but why have it?

@kbsokolan Жыл бұрын

Love watching and learning from you, Proper!

@CreatedbyRuby Жыл бұрын

Fab tutorial. No extraneous stuff! Holding down the space bar for the cursor will be so helpful. Thank you 😊

@ruthterry9557 2 жыл бұрын

Wow…my old brain needed this! Thank you so much for helping me finally learn these shortcuts. It’s a little fast, but definitely useful!

@gypsybelle4757 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing this useful advice.

@drivingparadox Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative and well put together.

@PePe_LePew Жыл бұрын

This is this best tip video I’ve watched on KZfaq. Great video. 👍

@leliad7602 Жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial on any topic I have ever seen. You are organized, clear, understandable, and personable. I thought I knew everything about dictating text on an iPhone, but you surprised me and I am grateful for the tips. But there were numerous things I didn’t know about the keyboard. Thank you! You are going to save me a lot of time.

@donnaw.8607 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips! Love the space bar/track pad tip. I always need that one. Thank you.

@mh017509 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video. Thank you for clear and informative presentation.

@elisabethlafontaine8979 2 ай бұрын

This is one of the best, and most useful videos I have ever watched. I learned so many useful typing tips and I’ll be referring back to it often until I memorize them! Thank you Proper Honest Tech!

@thomasswanson7162 2 жыл бұрын

Just one cool one that I recently learned that wasn’t in this video. If you hold the punctuation key and slide to your selection (period, comma, quotes, etc) and release, it takes you instantly back to the keyboard to continue with letters. Still becoming muscle memory for me but the constant tapping for symbols was the hardest part of the iOS transition for me. Wish I would have known sooner!! Love the content, especially notes and reminders tips!

@AzizLomigora 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I don’t get this one. Can you please provide a bit more detailed explanation or an example how to do that? Thanks 🤓

@thomasswanson7162 2 жыл бұрын

@@AzizLomigora you know how on the stock iOS keyboard you have to click the “123” button to get to all your punctuation, number line, etc? But then you have to click is again to get back to letters. It’s a lot of extra tapping if you have parentheses or several commas. But if you press and hold “123”, then slide to the comma, period, exclamation, but don’t lift your finger until you’ve reached the proper button. Once you lift up, the symbol will be applied and the keyboard instantly switches back to letters so you can continue typing. Hopefully that makes it a little more clear?

@AzizLomigora 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasswanson7162 Got it! Thank you so much! 🙌

@patriciaenglish1027 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasswanson7162 thank you! That’s a big help

@JorgeSilvestrini 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasswanson7162 Thanks Thomas - learned this one!

@kalaskrille 2 жыл бұрын

Really chuffed to see you're gaining a lot of subscribers mate. Great video, as per; I knew I was in for a treat seeing how I normally never type on my phone unless I really, really have to (I've always been a mechanical keyboard kind of guy). The three finger gestures were an absolute mindblower.

@ronwloutzenhiser5953 Жыл бұрын

Very Informative!!! Thank you!!! Good voice pacing and volume & GOOD instructions!!!

@rhondathacker5814 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the tips. Very helpful

@scott5x5 2 жыл бұрын

Great video because it made me feel smart about all the ones I already knew, and then really glad to learn about the ones I didn't. :)

@peggybutler3146 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a helpful and well done video….. all of them, however, it’s overwhelming for me with so many wonderful tips so I’ll be saving all of them as I’m excited to try new things! Thank you!

@Scarper66 Жыл бұрын

Such fun trying out these tips! Thank you 😊

@Iamedsmum Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these amazing tips.

@pollypocket2282 Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I found your channel. Some of these, especially the transfer to iPad, were mind blowing. I’m a fast keyboard typist, but a one finger iPhone Typer, which is soooo annoying. I do use dictation quite often, but sometimes it doesn’t capture the correct word! I’ll be trying the swipe method, just need a LOT of practice. My sister has been using it for years, but I’ve never picked it up. Looking forward to going thru your other videos !

@jeanjaz Жыл бұрын

The more you use swipe, the more your phone gets used to your vocabulary. Take the time to correct the words it gets wrong, then, even though the right word is already there, select it in the predictive text, or tap the checkmark (that's what I have on my android phone). It will learn what word you meant and get better and better at putting in the correct words. I just upgraded to a new, and different brand, android phone. I forgot what the "training period" was like. My old phone knew my vocabulary so well, it seemed like I only scribbled around on my screen and it knew what I wanted typed. Lol

@javtimestwo 2 жыл бұрын

These were fantastic tips. Very easy to follow the video. I did already know these all but I should use some of them more often. Keep up the great work! By the way, using the spacebar as a trackpad is so easy and something I practice quite a bit.

@jeenamariamascarenhas7118 Жыл бұрын

Always enjoy the tips you give. Merci beaucoup. Keep them coming

@clti8786 Жыл бұрын

Really great video. Clear voice and everything explained really well. 👍 thanks for the tips

@marybrewer739 2 жыл бұрын

OMG MAHALO where have you been all my life? I will have to watch several times to absorb all the new tips, but I REALLY needed this!

@puggirl415 Жыл бұрын

That was fun. I loved learning about the swipe typing, the cursor/trackpad ability and adding more keyboard languages. I'm moving to SE Asia and just put the Vietnamese keyboard on my phone. They use the roman alphabet but they have tons of unusual combined accent letter combos that really mean something when trying to communicate in that language. Thanks for the fun and informative video. Subscribed!

@sunnisun398 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this session. Very handy.

@PamelaS.H. Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! The swipe type function change my life! Thanks so much:)

@Angel-HC Жыл бұрын

One of the most useful changes I made wasn't even a keyboard setting, but it made using the keyboard much more pleasant. I have a 13 Pro Max and I came from similar sized Android phones where I had a lot of control over my keyboard layout. I've always found the Apple keyboard a bit on the small/short side. I enabled display zoom mode which scaled all the display elements up a bit, but this also made the keyboard taller to my liking. Because this phone is really tall AND quite heavy, I always found it to be a little unwieldy when typing with the keyboard ALL the way down at the bottom of the display. Now I have to hold my hands a little bit higher in order to type making it feel more secure in my hands. The extra roominess of the keyboard was a welcome change, too!

@nedo121 2 ай бұрын

I have tried this option on my iPhone 13 mini and whaloaaa it works like a charm! Thanks!

@Tedvirgeliz19 2 жыл бұрын

The ° and ¢ were worth the whole 8 minutes. I’ve been a swipe typer since moving over from Samsung. I loved your presentation and am sharing with friends. Many thanks.

@Beezer.D.B. Жыл бұрын

These were the *only* two tricks I knew, lol! My problems seem to be that I was a pretty decent typer, then suddenly I wasn’t. iPhone gives me good suggestions which I thought would help me correct this sudden ineptness, but won’t actually give me those words it offers me! I tap on them to insert them, but it then decides “nah, you don’t want that!” and changes it to something else! Yes, I did want that! 😂. Grown up arguing with a phone.

@ewtam24 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! These are great tips!

@barbaraspring3199 Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderfully helpful video. I only knew a few of these and am so appreciative of the ones I didn’t know. Thank you.

@mikkdoo 2 жыл бұрын

° was totally new, was looking for it for ages 😅 Thank you for this hint

@dr8nkw0t8r Жыл бұрын

New to me, too! I always used to type the word "degrees." No more! 😊

@carolynvines2027 Жыл бұрын

I'm loving the text replacement feature and the keyboard swiping is pretty cool too! In dictation, I use "period" and it works on my iPhone; but interesting to know that if it were to start spelling out period, I could use "full stop".

@gwenjones1913 8 ай бұрын

Carolyn, I noticed his keyboard said UK so maybe that’s why it’s accepts “full stop” and our US keyboard may not!? Just have to try it! To this day I don’t know how to UNDERLINE a word! Man, do I feel daft!!

@sandraperkins6559 Жыл бұрын

Great information. Very useful

@nallamotusandhya Жыл бұрын

So helpful!! Thank you so much. Knew a few, but learnt some nice new features I didn't know about as well.

@stevenwilgus8982 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative and helpful. A little fast for me, but I'll practice. I subscribed as a result of this vid

@cosmicpuma1409 2 жыл бұрын

Loving your vids. I personally type using “swipe” and have for ages. It was one of the features that iPhone initially didn’t offer out the box but having used it for so long, I struggle to type using my thumbs or ‘letter by letter’, when someone hands me their phone to type my Wi-Fi password, for example 🤣 There are so many great tips here, that I had no idea about and will definitely try and put to good use 🌟 Thanks so much again🙌

@richardrosenblum728 7 ай бұрын

I'm an older senior and always love good tips to make my life easier. Never thought about shrinking the keyboard since I'm left-handed and try practicing typing with one hand. Thanks.

@marinechapssemperfiout9939 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding presentation and commentary! Thank you.

@rhuckabe 2 жыл бұрын

Great and useful content. Certainly enjoyed all of you videos so far. You studio is very calming and inviting, so there’s a secondary benefit! I really miss the keyboard feature whereby one taps and holds a spot to get a magnifying lens then dragging you fingertip around to move and deposit the cursor wherever you want it. I always thought that was so clever and all of a sudden it was gone. ~with love from across the pond

@joeb.7791 2 жыл бұрын

I just switched to an iphone 11 from an 8+ which had the haptic sensors for pressure. You could just push down a little anywhere on the keyboard for the trackpad. The spacebar as trackpad tip just saved me so much frustration. I've got big fingers and have been dragging the cursor through the text getting annoyed because I could barely see around my finger.

@mikejohnson2638 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, learned so much.

@danam2744 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thanks

@petertaranscorsese2900 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video - that “Text Replacement” is a killer feature….which I wasn’t aware of …. thanks :- )

@Airship56 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I do wish Apple would add the ability to change the case of a word by selecting the word and toggling the shift key. It's such a pain to go back if you forget to capitalize the first letter of a title or name, e.g.

@irisyeo07 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks Daniel for this video - really useful for the last tip on creating a shortcut for our own residential address!!! 👍👍

@ScoutMum Жыл бұрын

Thank you for clear, informative tips. Appreciate that you keep it straightforward and professional!

@artfartzy 2 жыл бұрын

To move the cursor you can also move it simply by holding your finger on the cursor and move it around, but using space bar to move it also works great.

@NewYorkActingCoach 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent videos. Brilliant. ONe question. I am about 100 years old and my fingers are a bit think, so I hit half the letters I want wrongly. Do I need that tool to use instead of my thumb, or a bigger keyboard? Please. Your videos are more clear than mine even. Well done! John.

@Susan-ie5nq 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your detailed, but easy to understand, videos. Where have you been all my life?!😊. So delighted to have found you.

@theberadise1960 Жыл бұрын

You’re videos are very informative to be honest this is my GO TO CHANNEL ( I used one of the the tips you mentioned in this video amongst others ) . Thanks brother.

@diannadarling699 2 жыл бұрын

Learned a few things… also, in the US we say “period” at the end of a sentence… I wish we could say “full stop” tho… It took me ages to figure out “new line”- I had to google it- I was saying “carriage return” cause I’m …not young lol. Thanks for the tutorial…your channel is great Cheers

@tracylee4442 Жыл бұрын

Actually, full stop did put in a period, and I live in the US too… I didn’t know we could say it too

@esalenchik Жыл бұрын

Loving your tech explanation style, and no extra jibber jabber! Thanks for all the great tips. I tried the left/right keyboard option, but those 3 icons don’t show up for me, and I can’t see options in keyboard settings to add them. Is there some setting that I’m missing? Edit: Found the solution… I had my phone set to ‘zoomed’ in Display & brightness. Set it to standard, and the L/R keyboards show up as shown in your video.

@shirleyvaughn3231 8 ай бұрын

I have the same problem and tried your solution, but the L/R keyboards still don't show. I'm wondering if it's because I have an iPhone mini model. Maybe Apple thinks that feature isn't necessary on a mini!???

@McCulleyJr Жыл бұрын

Best tutorial I've seen for typing, thank you!

@thomastaft3954 Жыл бұрын

So helpful! And very clear!! Thank you.

@TessaOswin Жыл бұрын

A extra note for text replacement, you can add sub and super script to the text replacement menu. I have all the numbers in sub and super script saved as ‘\2’ and ‘^2’ respectively. I use them to write science note a lot, the symbols before the numbers were pick to be easier to get to on my keyboard and not used in my normal writing. This save me having to copy from google every time I need them.

@anonymousdonor8084 6 ай бұрын

EXCELLINT! THANK YOU!

@RobWhittlestone 2 жыл бұрын

Dictating "with ease" at 6:32 *made iPhone recognize "with these"* which is NOT what you wanted. Nevertheless, not your fault! Useful video! Thumbs up! All the best, Rob in Switzerland

@cydkriletich6538 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you!

@nunyabitnezz2802 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Great tips. Great delivery!

@wickedcabinboy 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips. I've discovered a number of these myself simply by accident, the most recent of which was using the space bar as a track pad, which is remarkably useful. But some of these I didn't know existed. I find the dictation frustrating to use as there are many, many times it mistranscribes my words. I have stopped using it as I spend too much time trying to correct it. Still, many of these tips are very useful. Thanks.

@baanman Жыл бұрын

The trick to it is......absolutely no background noise.

@wickedcabinboy Жыл бұрын

@@baanman - I've found that better enunciation with pauses between words works but it's very awkward as I have an accent that interferes with the transcription.

@baanman Жыл бұрын

@@wickedcabinboy Very true, talk very slow and clear.

@geoffmiles4104 2 жыл бұрын

It would be very useful to have customisable date and time stamps as Text Replacement options.

@leeclaire9898 Жыл бұрын

Great Suggestions !

@elisabethvismans Жыл бұрын

Wow. Amazing tips. Never heard of most of them. That’s amazing. Just trying the swiping now. So cool

@fmaiabatista 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Another useful tip, not included in the video, is that if you tap and hold the “123” keyboard, slide your finger to a character and then release, it will type that character and immediately switch back to the “abc” mode. Very useful for one off punctuation and numbers!