2-6. (You can use this tool to either get a definition of a word or copy it.)
Press and hold your finger on a link or an image.A menu appears (shown in Figure 2-7) with commands that you select to open the link or picture, open it in a new tab, add it to your Reading List (see Chapter 12), or copy it. If you press and hold an image, the menu also offers the Save Image command.Tap outside the menu to close it without making a selection.
Position your fingers slightly apart on the screen and then pinch your fingers together to reduce the page; with your fingers already pinched together on the screen, move them apart to enlarge the page.
Press the Home button or swipe up from the bottom of the screen (iPhones without a Home button) to go back to the Home screen.
Introducing the App Library
The App Library is a brand new organizational tool in iOS 14. Prior to iOS 14, any apps you installed on your iPhone had to reside somewhere, typically directly on a Home screen or within a folder. The more apps you had, the more Home screens you were likely to have, and sometimes that meant a lot of swiping to find the app you needed. The App Library houses every app on your iPhone and organizes them automatically according to categories (defined by Apple). This allows you to completely hide apps from your Home screens, reducing the amount of them you have to scroll through to find an app. You can even hide entire Home screens too! And of course, if you want to show the apps or Home screens again, it’s simple to do so. Follow these steps to get around in App Library:
1 Swipe from right to left on any Home screen. The App Library (shown in Figure 2-8) always resides on the screen immediately following the last Home screen you have.
2 The App Library organizes apps according to categories, such as Suggestions, Recently Added, Social, Utilities, Information & Reading, and more. Note that each category displays three larger app icons (which you can tap to open the app) and four smaller app icons, which you can tap to expand the category, then tap the app you want to open (refer to Figure 2-8). Tap near the top or bottom of the screen when viewing an expanded category to return to the App Library’s main screen.FIGURE 2-8
3 Tap the Search field at the top of the App Library to see all of your apps listed alphabetically (shown in Figure 2-9). Use the keyboard to type the name of an app, too.FIGURE 2-9
4 Quick actions can be performed on the app icons in the App Library. Press and hold an app icon to open the quick actions menu, the contents of which will vary depending on what options the app offers. For example, Figure 2-10 shows the Instagram quick actions menu, which offers options that aren’t available in the Camera app’s quick actions menu.FIGURE 2-10
5 Quick actions also allow you to remove an app from your Home screen (leaving it in the App Library) or delete it from your iPhone. Press and hold an app’s icon on the Home screen until the quick actions menu appears. Tap Remove App and then tap one of the selections shown in Figure 2-11. Tap Delete App to delete the app from your iPhone altogether, or tap Move to App Library to remove the app from the Home screen but retain it in the App Library.
6 You may also hide entire Home screens, keeping the apps in the App Library, and show them again if you’d like to. Press and hold any area on a Home screen until all the icons begin to jiggle. Tap the small white dots just above the Dock to view thumbnails of each of your Home screens (shown in Figure 2-12). Tap the circle below a Home screen to hide or show it. A visible Home screen displays a check mark in the circle. Tap Done when you’re finished.
Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard
The built-in iPhone keyboard appears whenever you’re in a text-entry location, such as a search field or a text message. Follow these steps to display and use the keyboard:
1 Tap the Notes icon on the Home screen to open the Notes app.
2 Open a note to work in:Tap the note page.If you’ve already created some notes, tap one to display the page, and then tap anywhere on the note.
3 Type a few words using the keyboard, as shown in Figure 2-13.FIGURE 2-13 To make the keyboard display as wide as possible, rotate your iPhone to landscape (horizontal) orientation. (If you’ve locked the screen orientation in Control Center, you have to unlock the screen to do this.) QuickType provides suggestions above the keyboard as you type. You can turn this feature off or on by tapping and holding either the emoji (the smiley face) or International icon (looks like a globe) on the keyboard to display a menu. Tap Keyboard Settings and then toggle the Predictive switch to turn the feature Off or On (green). To quickly return to Notes from Keyboard Settings, tap the word “Notes” in the upper-left of your screen.
Keyboard shortcuts
After you open the keyboard, you're ready to use it for editing text.
You'll find a number of shortcuts for editing text:
If you make a mistake while using the keyboard — and you will, especially when you first use it — tap the Delete key (it’s near the bottom corner, with the little x on it) to delete text to the left of the insertion point. To type a period and space, just double-tap the spacebar.
To create a new paragraph, tap the Return button (just like the keyboard on a Mac, or the Enter key on a PC’s keyboard).
To type numbers and symbols, tap the number key (labeled 123) on the left side of the spacebar (refer to Figure 2-13). The characters on the keyboard change (see Figure 2-14).FIGURE 2-14If you type a number and then tap the spacebar, the keyboard returns to the letter
