If your Magic Keyboard doesn’t include accents and other diacritical marks for the language you’re typing, you can use an Option key modifier or the onscreen keyboard to enter those marks.

With the Option key on Magic Keyboard, you can select a mark after you add a keyboard for another language that supports diacritical marks, like Spanish (Mexico). Or you can use the onscreen keyboard to enter those marks for the related letter, number, or symbol.

Use the Option key to enter a diacritical mark for a character

To enter a character with a diacritical mark, you can press the Option key on Magic Keyboard to select a mark.

1. Do one of the following:
   • Add or remove a keyboard for another language that supports diacritical marks, then in an app, switch to that language keyboard.

     For example, add the Spanish (Mexico) keyboard, then in an app, press and hold the Control key on Magic Keyboard, then press the Space bar until you select Español (México).

   • Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard, then choose an alternative keyboard layout that supports diacritical marks.

     For example, if you have the English (US) language keyboard, tap English (US), then choose U.S. International — PC or ABC — Extended.

2. In an app, press and hold the Option key and then press a key that enters a diacritical mark.

   For example, the Spanish (Mexico) keyboard and the U.S. International — PC alternative layout support these diacritical marks:

   • Acute accent (for example, é): Option-E.
   • Grave accent (for example, è): Option-`.
   • Tilde (for example, ñ): Option-N.
   • Diaeresis or umlaut (for example, ü): Option-U.
   • Circumflex (for example, ê): Option-I.
3. Press the letter.

   For example, to enter ñ using the Spanish (Mexico) keyboard or the U.S. International — PC alternative layout, press Option-N, then type an n.

   Note: The ABC – Extended alternative layout also allows you to enter tone marks for typing Mandarin Chinese in Pinyin orthography. For example, to type ǚ in lǚxíng (“travel”), press Option-V, then type a v. In addition, the ABC – Extended layout allows you to type diacritical marks and letters from several different European languages, such as Czech, French, German, Hungarian, and Polish.

Use the onscreen keyboard to enter a diacritical mark

1. To show the onscreen keyboard, press the Eject key on Magic Keyboard.
2. On the onscreen keyboard, touch and hold the letter, number, or symbol on the keyboard that’s related to the character you want.

   For example, to enter é, touch and hold the e key.

3. Slide your finger to choose a variant.
4. To hide the onscreen keyboard when you’re finished, press the Eject key on Magic Keyboard.

In apps on iPhone, you can use gestures and the keyboard to select and edit text in text fields. You can also use built-in proofreading tools.

You can select a word, a paragraph, or a block of text, and then cut, copy, or paste the text you want to revise. You can also fix mistakes, undo or redo the last edit, place the insertion point, and move text without cutting or copying it.

Select, cut, copy, and paste text

1. To select text, do any of the following:
   • Select a word: Double-tap with one finger.
   • Select a paragraph: Triple-tap with one finger.
   • Select a block of text: Double-tap and hold the first word in the block. Drag the grab points.
2. After selecting the text you want to revise, tap the selection. Tap an editing option. You can also use these gestures:
   • Cut: Pinch closed with three fingers two times.
   • Copy: Pinch closed with three fingers.
   • Paste: Pinch open with three fingers.

Fix mistakes

If you spot a mistake while entering text, you can do any of the following:

• Undo the last edit: Swipe left with three fingers, then tap the Undo button or Undo at the top of the screen.
• Redo the last edit: Swipe right with three fingers, then tap the Redo button or Redo at the top of the screen.
• Correct spelling and grammar: Tap a misspelled or misused word (underlined in red), then either tap a suggested correction to replace the word, or type the correction.
• Undo autocorrect: As you enter text, misspelled words are automatically corrected and temporarily underlined so you know what was changed. To revert the autocorrection to what you entered, tap the underlined word, then tap your spelling (the first one listed and marked with the Undo button).

Turn on or off proofreading features

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap General, then tap Keyboard.
3. Turn on or off any of the following:
   • Auto-Capitalization
   • Auto-Correction
   • Check Spelling and Grammar

Place the insertion point

1. Do any of the following:
   • Tap where you want to add or edit text.
   • Touch and hold to magnify the insertion point, then drag it.

   

   Note: To navigate a long document, touch and hold the right edge of the document, then drag the scroller to locate the text you want to revise.

2. Enter the text you want to add.

Move the insertion point with a trackpad

To move and place the insertion point easily, turn the onscreen keyboard into a trackpad.

1. Touch and hold the Space bar with one finger until the keyboard turns light gray and the characters on the keys disappear—now it’s a trackpad.
2. Do either of the following:
   • Move the insertion point: Slide your finger around the trackpad.
   • Select text: Touch and hold the keyboard with a second finger and then adjust the selection by moving the first finger around the trackpad.

Move text without cutting or copying

1. Select the text you want to move.
2. Touch and hold the selected text until it lifts up and drag it to another location within the app.

   

If you change your mind while moving the text, lift your finger before dragging, or drag the text off the screen.

Quick tip: To paste something on iPhone that you cut or copy on another Apple device, use Universal Clipboard.