My New iPad

Typing on a Virtual Keyboard

Typing on the virtual keyboard is nearly identical to typing on a physical keyboard. The main difference is that the virtual keyboard does not offer any arrow keys. (You have to touch the screen to move the cursor.) In addition, if you type part of a word, the virtual keyboard may display the correct and complete spelling of that word, which you can choose by pressing the spacebar.

Typing Text

To create text, you can type it yourself or let the virtual keyboard suggest and automatically type any words that you've partially typed. To see how typing on the virtual keyboard works, follow these steps:

1. From the Home screen, tap Notes. The Notes screen appears.

2. Tap anywhere on the right side of the screen that looks like a yellow ...