iPhone The Missing Manul- P2

iPhone The Missing Manul- P2:Apple’s iPhone is a breakthrough in design, miniaturization, and elegantsoftware. This stunning, sleek, black-and-chrome touchscreen machinecomes with cellphone, iPod, Internet, and organizer features—justabout everything you need except a printed manual. Fortunately,David Pogue arrives just in time with iPhone: The Missing Manual: a witty,authoritative, full-color guide to unlocking the iPhone’s potential.
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iPhone The Missing Manul- P2Double-TapDouble-tappingisactuallyprettyrareontheiPhone.It’snotliketheMacorWindows, where double-clicking the mouse always means“open.” BecausetheiPhone’soperatingsystemisfarmorelimited,youopensomethingwithone tap.Adoubletap,therefore,isreservedforthreefunctions: • InSafari(theWebbrowser),Photos,andGoogleMapsprograms,double- tappingzoomsinonwhateveryoutap,magnifyingit. • Inthesameprograms,aswellasMail,double-tappingmeans,“restoreto originalsize”afteryou’vezoomedin. • Whenyou’rewatchingavideo,double-tappingswitchesaspect ratios (videoscreenshape);seepage83.Two-Finger TapThisweirdlittlegesturecropsuponlyinoneplace:inGoogleMaps.Itmeans“zoomout.”Toperformit,youtaponceonthescreen—withtwo fingers. The guided Tour 19 The Keyboard VeryfewiPhonefeatureshavetriggeredasmuchangst,hope,andcriticism astheon-screenkeyboard.It’strue,boysandgirls:theiPhonehasnophysi- calkeys.Avirtualkeyboard,therefore,istheonlypossiblesystemforentering text. Thekeyboardappearsautomaticallywheneveryoutapinaplacewheretyp- ingispossible:inanoutgoingemailortextmessage,intheNotesprogram,in theaddressbaroftheWebbrowser,andsoon. Justtapthekeyyouwant.Asyourfingertapstheglass,a“speechballoon” appearsaboveyourfinger,showinganenlargedversionofthekeyyouactu- allyhit(sinceyourfingerisnowblockingyourviewofthekeyboard). Indarkergray,surroundingtheletters,you’llfindthesespecialkeys: • Shift (L). Whenyoutapthiskey,itglowswhite,toindicatethatit’s ineffect.Thenextletteryoutypeappearsasacapital.ThentheLkey automaticallyreturnstonormal,meaningthatthenextletterwillbe lowercase.20 Chapter 1 The iPhone has a Caps Lock feature, but you have to request it. in the Settings  program, turn on “enable caps lock” as described on page 252. From now on, if you double-tap the L key, the key turns blue. You’re now in Caps  Lock mode, and you’ll now type in aLL CaPiTaLS until you tap the L key again. (if  you can’t seem to make Caps Lock work, try double-tapping the L key fast.) • Backspace (V). Thiskeyactuallyhasthreespeeds. Tapitoncetodeletetheletterjustbeforetheblinkinginsertionpoint. Holditdownto“walk”backward,deletingasyougo. Ifyouholddownthekeylongenough,itstartsdeletingwords rather thanletters,onewholechunkatatime. � . Tapthisbuttonwhenyouwanttotypenumbersorpunctuation. „ Thekeyboardchangestoofferapaletteofnumbersandsymbols.Tap thesamekey—whichnowsaysABC—toreturntotheletterskeyboard. (Fortunately,there’samuchfasterwaytogetaperiod;seepage24.) Onceyou’reonthenumbers/symbolspad,anewdarkgraybuttonap- pears,labeled=.Tappingitsummonsathird keyboardlayout,contain- ingthelessfrequentlyusedsymbols,likebrackets,the#and%symbols, bullets,andmathsymbols. • Return. Tappingthiskeymovestothenextline,justasonareal keyboard. There’s no Tab key in iPhone land, and no enter key.Making the Keyboard WorkSomepeoplehavenoproblemtappingthosetinyvirtualkeys;othersstrugglefordays.Eitherway,herearesometips: • Don’tbefreakedoutbythetinynarrowkeys.Appleknows thatyour fingertipisfatterthanthat. Soasyoutype,usethewholepadofyourfi ngerorthumb.Goahead— tapasthoughyou’retryingtomakeafi ngerprint.Don’ttrytotapwith onlyaskinnypartofyourfingertomatchtheskinnykeys.You’llbesur- prisedathowfastandaccuratethismethodis.(Tap,don’tpress.) The guided Tour 21 • ThismaysoundlikeCaliforniaNew-Agehooey,buttrust thekeyboard. Don’tgethunguponindividualletters,pausingtochecktheresult,and soon.Justplowon. • Startoutwithone-fingertyping.Two-thumb,BlackBerry-styletypingusu- allycomesmuchlater.You’lldriveyourselfcrazyifyoustartoutthatway. • Ifyoumakeamistake,don’treflexivelygofortheBackspacekey(V). Instead,justbeneaththewordyoutyped,you’llfindtheiPhone’spro- posedreplacement.Thesoftwareanalyzesthelettersaround theone youtypedand,moreoftenthannot,figuresoutwhatyoureallymeant. Forexample,ifyouaccidentallytypeimsame,theiPhonerealizesthat youmeantinsane, andsuggeststhatword. Toacceptitssuggestion,taptheSpacebaroranypiec ...