A New Year’s Gift from me to you.
We’ve all done it, certainly.
You are texting someone on your phone. You need to tell them that Gertie was stung by a bee and had a highly allergic reaction. But, you type in the text:
“Luckily, someone found her deep penis.”
And then you text:
“Oh shit. Not penis. Epic penis.”
And then, you try again.
“Oh, for crying out loud. Someone found her EPI Pen.”
That damn autocorrect. Can’t live with it. Can’t live with it. Can’t live with it.
Well, there is a way to turn it off altogether on your iPhone if that is what you use. Here’s how it goes.
In the Settings app (that’s the silver thing that looks like a gear),
go to “General.”
Then find “Keyboards”
Once you click on Keyboards, you should see the Auto-Correction feature. Just toggle it to the off position.
You can also block spell-check and auto-capitalization if you’ve really had enough.
If you really want to get deeply involved, you can set up the Text Replacement feature, which is typically more involved. Go here for all the advanced use. [https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT207525]
Here’s one more little trinket for you.
The Emoji Keyboard
Sometimes, words are not enough, and we need to express ourselves with that little poop pile emoji or the aardvark. No matter the topic, there might be an emoji for you or me.
You can call on them anytime when you are on your computer.
WINDOWS. To access your emoji keyboard, press the Windows Key +. (period) or Windows + ; (semi-colon) on Windows.
MAC. Cmd + Control + Spacebar on MacOS.
You can scroll through all the available emojis or search through the complete list of emojis from the search box at the top of the window.
So there it is. A couple of Happy New Year Tips from me to you!
Ring it in, baby. Ring it in.
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“Do what you want that works.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
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“We are surrounded by forces that technology cannot yet measure.”
― Charles Dowding
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“Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.”
― Lemony Snicket
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New Year Tippy Tips for You!
