If you spend most of your day typing on your iPhone, there are a few tricks
to help you type even faster. The best part is that you dont even have to
download a miraculous app or anything like that. Its all built-in in your
phone.
There are a few ways to improve your typing experience that will really help
when sending long iMessage texts or just being a good person and avoiding
audio recording.
How to type faster on your iPhone
First of all, you can check your keyboard settings on the iPhone. Go to
Settings, General, Keyboard, and take a look at which function you think
will help. For me, I dont like Auto-Capitalization, but I love Slide to
Type and . Shortcut.
If you speak more than a language, go to Keyboards, then the keyboard
settings, and add the languages youre familiar with. Now, lets go with the
tips.
* Predictions/QuickType: When youre typing, youll find a prediction
bar along the top of the keyboard. If you are not the fastest typer, just
look at it and see if the word you want to write is already there. With
time, QuickType learns the things you write all the time and gets really
smart.
* QuickPath:
<https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/05/quickpath-ios-13-keyboard/> slide to type.
Thats a feature thats been available for a long time for Android users and
not that many for the iPhone ones. Just slide from character to character
and see QuickPath forming words. The good part is that when you finish a
word, you can start another one because the space bar is pressed
automatically.
* Text Replacement: remember when I told you to check your keyboard
settings? Go there and click on Text Replacement. You can add that every
time you write O M W it replaces for On my way! Its a great tip you are
used to writing long words or long terms every time.
* Undo typing: this one is just a gimmick, but worth a try. When you
write something you dont like, just shake the phone to undo typing. You can
also slide three fingers to the left to undo or three fingers to the right
to redo.
* Move the cursor: if you want to add a word in the middle of a
sentence, you can just click where you want to put it. But if you want to go
faster. Press and hold the space bar, then move your finger on the keyboard
to select exactly the place where you want to correct a word or write a new
one.
* Quick access to numbers: on the left bottom of your phone, theres a
123 bar that you can access numbers and symbols. But did you know that if
you keep the bar pressed and select a number, it will automatically go back
to the QWERTY keyboard.
* One-Handed Keyboard: if you love big phones, like the iPhone 12 Pro
Max, but have tiny hands, you can press and hold the world bar on the left
bottom corner of your iPhone and select a keyboard that is more to the left
or to the right. It will help you to write with just a thumb, for example.
About the Author
<https://9to5mac.com/author/joseadorno/> José Adorno
Brazilian tech Journalist. Author at 9to5Mac. Previously at Rede Globo, the
main TV broadcaster in Latin America.
<https://9to5mac.com/author/joseadorno/> José Adorno
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