Blackberry I 4 Ios 71 User Guide

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Basics
Use apps
All the apps that come with iPhone—as well as the apps you download from the App Store—are 
on the Home screen.
Start at home
Tap an app to open it.
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Multitasking
iPhone lets you run many apps at the same time.
View your running apps. Double-click the Home button to reveal the multitasking display. Swipe 
left or right to see more. To switch to another app, tap it.
Close an app. If an app isn’t working properly, you can force it to quit. Drag the app up from the 
multitasking display. Then try opening the app again.
If you have lots of apps, you can use Spotlight to find and open them. Pull down the center of 
the Home screen...

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Change the screen orientation
Many apps give you a different view when you rotate iPhone. 
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To lock the screen in portrait orientation, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open 
Control Center, then tap .
The Portrait orientation lock icon  appears in the status bar when the screen orientation 
is locked.
Customize iPhone
Arrange your apps
Arrange apps. Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until it jiggles, then drag apps 
around. Drag an...

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Organize with folders
Create a folder. While arranging apps, drag one app onto another. Tap the name of the folder to 
rename it. Drag apps to add or remove them. Press the Home button when you finish.
You can have multiple pages of apps in a folder.
Delete a folder. Drag out all the apps—the folder deletes automatically.
Change the wallpaper
Wallpaper settings let you set an image or photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen or Home 
screen. You can choose from dynamic and still...

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Adjust the brightness
Dim the screen to extend battery life, or use Auto-Brightness.
Adjust the screen brightness. Go to Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness and drag the slider. If 
Auto-Brightness is on, iPhone adjusts the screen brightness for current light conditions using the 
built-in ambient light sensor. You can also adjust the brightness in Control Center.
Type text
The onscreen keyboard lets you enter text when needed.
Enter text
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Tap a text field to see the...

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Depending on the app and language you’re using, iPhone may correct misspellings and 
anticipate what you’re typing. Accept a suggestion by entering a space or punctuation, or 
by tapping return. To reject a suggestion, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few 
times, iPhone stops suggesting it. If you see a word underlined in red, tap it to see suggested 
corrections. If the word you want doesn’t appear, type the correction.
Suggested word
To set options for typing,...

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Save keystrokes
A shortcut lets you enter a word or phrase by typing just a few characters. For example, type 
“omw” to enter “On my way!” That one’s already set up for you—to add more, go to Settings > 
General > Keyboard.
Create a shortcut. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap Add New Shortcut.
Have a word or phrase you use and don’t want it corrected? Create a shortcut, but leave the 
Shortcut field blank.
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Dictate
On iPhone 4s or later, you can dictate instead of typing. Make sure Siri is turned on (in Settings > 
General > Siri) and iPhone is connected to the Internet.
Note:  Cellular data charges may apply. See Cellular settings on page 15 7.
Dictate text. Tap 
 in the onscreen keyboard, then speak. Tap Done when you finish.
Tap to begin dictation.
Your dictation is 
being composed.
Add text. Tap  again and continuing dictating. To insert text, tap to place the insertion point...

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Voice Control
Make phone calls and control music playback with Voice Control. (On iPhone 4s or later, you can 
also use Siri to control iPhone by voice. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page 41.)
Note:  Voice Control and Voice Control settings aren’t available when Siri is turned on.
Use Voice Control. Turn Siri off in Settings > General > Siri, then press and hold the Home button 
until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep, or press and hold the center button 
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Search
Many apps include a search field where you can type to find something that the app knows 
about. With Spotlight Search, you can search all the apps at once. 
Search iPhone. Drag down the middle of any Home screen to reveal the search field. Results 
occur as you type; to hide the keyboard and see more results on the screen, tap Search. Tap an 
item in the list to open it.
You can also use Spotlight Search to find and open apps.
Choose which apps and content are searched....