Dwight Spivey - iPhone For Seniors For Dummies

To type a variation on a symbol or letter (for example, to see alternative presentations for the letter A when you press the A key on the keyboard), hold down on the key; a set of alternative letters or symbols appears (see Figure 2-14).

FIGURE 2-14

Tap the smiley-faced emoji key to display the emoji keyboard, which contains illustrations that you can insert, including numerical, symbol, and arrow keys, as well as a row of symbol sets along the bottom of the screen. Tapping one of these displays a portfolio of icons from smiley faces and hearts to pumpkins, cats, and more. Tap the ABC key to close the emoji keyboard and return to the letter keyboard.

If you’ve enabled multilanguage functionality in iPhone Settings, a small globe symbol will appear instead of the emoji key on the keyboard.

QuickPath allows you to zip your finger from key to key to quickly spell words without lifting your finger from the screen. For example, as shown in Figure 2-15, spell the word path by touching p on the keyboard, and then quickly moving to a and then t and then h. Tada! You’ve spelled path without your finger leaving the screen.

FIGURE 2-15

The Search feature in iOS helps you find suggestions from the web, Music, iTunes, and the App Store as well as suggestions for nearby locations and more. Here's how to use Search:

1 Swipe down on any Home screen (but not from the very top of the screen) to reveal the Search feature (see Figure 2-16).

2 Begin entering a search term.In the example in Figure 2-17, after I typed the word carpe, the Search feature displayed links and other search results. As you continue to type a search term or phrase, the results narrow to match it.

3 Scroll down to view more results.

4 Tap an item in the search results to open it in its appropriate app or player.

FIGURE 2-16

FIGURE 2-17

Widgets are snippets of information, such as the weather and calendar appointments, that are provided at a glance so that you don’t have to open individual apps. You can add widgets to any Home screen.

To add a widget:

1 Press and hold down on any Home screen until all the icons are jiggling.

2 Tap + in the upper-left corner of the screen.

3 Scroll through the list of widgets and tap the one you want to add, or use the Search Widgets field to find a specific widget.

4 If the widget has several styles (as indicated by dots at the bottom of the screen), like Weather Forecast in Figure 2-18, swipe right or left to see those styles. Then tap to select one.

5 Tap the blue Add Widget button.You can move your widget by dragging it, or remove it and start over by tapping the – button in the upper left of the widget.

6 When you’re finished, tap Done in the upper right.

FIGURE 2-18

Chapter 3

IN THIS CHAPTER

Update the operating system

Learn App Switcher basics

Examine the iPhone cameras

Discover Control Center

Take a Look at Face ID

Understand lock screen rotation

Explore the status bar

Take stock of preinstalled apps

Lock, turn off, and unlock iPhone

Now it’s time to get into even more aspects of using the iPhone and its interface (how you interact with your device).

In this chapter, you look at updating your iOS version (the operating system that your iPhone uses), multitasking, checking out the cameras, discovering the apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone, and more.

This book is based on the latest version of the iPhone operating system at the time of this writing: iOS 15. To be sure that you have the latest and greatest features, update your iPhone to the latest iOS now (and do so periodically to receive minor upgrades to iOS 15 or future versions of the iOS). If you’ve set up an iCloud account on your iPhone, you’ll receive an alert and can choose to install the update or not, or you can update manually:

1 Tap Settings.Be sure you have Wi-Fi enabled and that your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network to perform these steps.

2 Tap General.

3 Tap Software Update (see Figure 3-1).Your iPhone checks to find the latest iOS version and walks you through the updating procedure if an update is available.

FIGURE 3-1

You can also allow your iPhone to perform automatic updates overnight when one is available. Go to Settings ⇒ General ⇒ Software Update ⇒ Automatic Updates and toggle the Download iOS Updates and Install iOS Updates switches on (green). Your iPhone must be connected to Wi-Fi and its charger to automatically update.