Meet the iPad 2 - The iPad 2 - page 18

If the feature is getting in your way, go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
While there, you can also disable Auto-Capitalization, which automati-
cally enables the Shift key after you've applied punctuation.

Select text
On a computer, selecting text is easy: You position your mouse pointer,
then click and drag to select the text you want. The iPad has no mouse
pointer, so the process of selecting text is slightly different.

1. Within any range of text (not just in text-entry fields), touch and

hold where you want to start selecting. A magnified view of the area
appears above your finger ( Figure 1.8 ).

Figure 1.8
Select text with
magnification.

2. Position the insertion point and release your finger. As you'll see in a

moment, you don't need to put the insertion point at the exact start
of your selection.

3. In the pop-up that appears, choose Select to highlight the closest

word; or, tap Select All to highlight a full sentence.