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Tap and Hold in iOS and Lion reveals unexpected choices

Tap and hold a virtual key on iOS5 to see more options.

Tap and hold on a letter or symbol on an iOS virtual keyboard to see and select alternate characters while typing. Also tap and hold on the Delete key to quickly delete chunks of text. Here’s how. And as a bonus: find out what Lion does with Tap and Hold!

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TypeIt4Me

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TypeIt4Me is macro software that saves you from typing. Enter a few letters and they expand to whole words, sentences or even documents.

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Dead Keys

How to type European and other accents such as the grave, acute and umlaut. You probably need ‘dead’ keys to do it.

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