Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Decline incorrect suggestions (by tapping the characters you typed as opposed
to the suggested words that appear beneath what you've typed). This helps your intelligent
keyboard become even smarter.
It reduces the number of mistakes you make as you type by intelligently and dynamically res-
izing the touch zones for certain keys. You can't see it, but it is increasing the zones for keys
it predicts might come next and decreasing the zones for keys that are unlikely or impossible
to come next.
Discovering the special-use keys
The iPad keyboard contains several keys that don't actually type a character. Here's the scoop on
each of these keys:
Shift:
If you're using the alphabetic keyboard, the Shift key (arrow pointing up)
switches between uppercase and lowercase letters. You can tap the key to change the case, or
hold down Shift and slide to the letter you want to capitalize.
Caps Lock:
To turn on Caps Lock and type in all caps, you first need to enable
CapsLock(ifit'snotalreadyenabled).YoudothatbytappingtheSettingsicon(usuallyfound
on the first Home screen) and tapping General
⇒
Keyboard. Tap the Enable Caps Lock item to
turn it on. After the Caps Lock setting is enabled, double-tap the Shift key to turn on Caps
Lock. (The Shift key turns blue whenever Caps Lock is on.) Tap the Shift key again to turn
off Caps Lock. To disable Caps Lock, just reverse the process by turning off the Enable Caps
Lock setting (tap Settings
⇒
General
⇒
Keyboard).
Typewriter:
Enable the Split Keyboard option (tap Settings
⇒
General
⇒
Keyboard), and you
can split the keyboard in a most thumb-typist-friendly manner, as shown in Figure
2-6
. When
you're ready to split your keyboard, press the Typewriter key, and tap Split from the menu.
