Apple ME179LL/A manual Auto-correction and spell checking, Shortcuts and your personal dictionary

Auto-correction and spell checking

For many languages, iPod touch corrects misspellings or makes suggestions as you type. When iPod touch suggests a word, you can accept the suggestion without interrupting your typing.

For a list of supported languages, see www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html.

iPod touch uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you’re typing. You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.

Suggested word

Accept the suggested word: Type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.

Reject the suggested word: Finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x”.

Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPod touch becomes more likely to accept the word.

iPod touch also underlines words you type that might be misspelled.

Use spell checking to replace a	Tap the underlined word, then tap a suggested correction. If none of the
misspelled word	suggestions is correct, retype the word.
Turn auto-correction or spell	Go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
checking on or off
Add a word to the dictionary	Go to Settings > General > Keyboard. Tap Add New Shortcut. Enter the
	word in the Phrase field, but leave the Shortcut field blank. This adds
	the word to your personal dictionary and it won’t be identified as being
	misspelled when you type it.

Shortcuts and your personal dictionary

Shortcuts lets you type just a few characters in place of a longer word or phrase. The expanded text appears whenever you type the shortcut. For example, the shortcut “omw” is expanded to “On my way!”

Create a shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap Add New Shortcut.

Add a word to your personal dictionary so iPod touch won’t correct it: Create a shortcut, but leave the Shortcut field blank.

Edit a shortcut In Keyboard settings, tap the shortcut.

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