Five Quick Tips to Ease iPhone and iPad Text Editing and Amaze Your Friends

People are always astonished when they see someone using trackpad mode to edit text on an iPhone or iPad. So, even if you already know these tips, do your friends a favor and show them how to get the flashing cursor exactly where you want it with almost no effort:

• Tap once to position the insertion point at the start or end of a word.
• Touch and hold to reveal the magnifier and move the insertion point within words ➊.
• Touch and hold the Spacebar to turn your entire keyboard into a virtual trackpad that lets you move the insertion point above as if you were using a MacBook Trackpad. Release your finger to drop the insertion point with razor-sharp precision ➋. On iPad, you can do the same thing or you can touch and hold with two fingers anywhere on the keyboard.
• Double-tap to select an entire word; to select multiple words, don't lift your finger after the second tap and drag your finger across more words ➌.
• Triple-tap to select an entire paragraph.

(Featured image by Adam Engst with keys from MXW Photo)