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iPad Keyboard Secrets

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JWKessler said:
This answered several questions I've had, but there are still a few things I can't seem to figure out. One is the back delete feature. How do you delete a character to the right of the cursor? Another is a lack of cursor movement keys. There have been cases where I simply couldn't figure out how to get the cursor to a spot I needed it to get to and where a simple set of arrows would have been very handy. Perhaps the only way to do this is to connect to a hardware keyboard.

Just touch and hold the screen where you want the cursor......if it's not in exactly the right place just keep holding and drag it.

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JWKessler said:
This answered several questions I've had, but there are still a few things I can't seem to figure out. One is the back delete feature. How do you delete a character to the right of the cursor? Another is a lack of cursor movement keys. There have been cases where I simply couldn't figure out how to get the cursor to a spot I needed it to get to and where a simple set of arrows would have been very handy. Perhaps the only way to do this is to connect to a hardware keyboard.

Tap and hold in an area you want to modify, a magnifying glass will pop up. Keeping your finger on the screen slide it to the exact position you want.
 

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I've seen that magnifying glass but never took the time to figure out exactly what It was doing. I thought it was related to selecting text for copying. Now that I have tried this out, it's so simple! No need for cursor keys. The back delete would still be nice, but I can live without it.

Thanks for both replies to this.
 

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JWKessler said:
I've seen that magnifying glass but never took the time to figure out exactly what It was doing. I thought it was related to selecting text for copying. Now that I have tried this out, it's so simple! No need for cursor keys. The back delete would still be nice, but I can live without it.

Thanks for both replies to this.

You will find it extremely precise in a short time. Enjoy your iPad...
 

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I will say though that some of these tricks are hard for me to reliably get to work. Its the "flick up" commands that get me - like trying to get an apostrophe by just flicking up on the exclamation/period key. Thats a bugger I tell ya! Still - great tips.
 

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Instead of flicking up on the , ! Key to get the apostrophe I just touch and hold for a second. The apostrophe appears with a blue background. When I release the key I get the apostrophe. That was easier for me.

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Wow! Thanks for that tip Fid....MUCH easier than 'flicking' (also discovered you can hold down the .? key to get speech marks!)
 

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You're welcome. Another one is touch the right hand side shift key and slide to the period/question mark key to get a question mark, or further to get the exclamation mark! It works better for me than the tap on the shift then tap on the question mark.

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