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Double space on your phone gets you a full stop, new sentence!

144 replies

Lottle · 20/05/2021 19:48

Was it just me that didn't know this?! Feels particularly useful on an iPhone where the full stop seems to be in a different page of the menu. Too excited about this!

OP posts:
Toffeewhirl · 20/05/2021 21:45

Doesn't work for me (Android) 😔.

Souther · 20/05/2021 21:47

Hello what r yeah.

DreamingOfTheSouthOfFrance · 20/05/2021 21:47

This is. Great. I am old enough to still double space at the end of a sentence so may end up with very spacey sentencesSmile

Batinhernightdress · 20/05/2021 21:48

So. It. Does. I. Like. This

Can you help, do you know why my crappy phone changes my keyboard when I'm in chrome so that the space bar is tiny as there is a .com button.

MojoJojo71 · 20/05/2021 21:48

I. Did. Not. Know. That.

Thanks. O. P. Smile

Souther · 20/05/2021 21:48

@Souther

Hello what r yeah.
Doesnt work for me
Hm2020 · 20/05/2021 21:48

I. Did. Not. Know. This. Thanks. Op.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 20/05/2021 21:50

Ooooo.
Awesome.
Thanks OP.
🙌🙌🙌

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 20/05/2021 21:52

Ghbb

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 20/05/2021 21:53

Whoops sorry was messing with the space bar & posted random letters by mistake! 🤣

SpringLoadedJizz · 20/05/2021 21:55

@RickiTarr

one I learned a few months ago is that you can scan documents via the Notes app. So much easier for me to scan and email them where necessary now. smile

Oh! How?

Open a new note and hit the little camera icon. You get the option to scan documents in the menu that pops up.

I find it easier to scan one at a time and save them in separate files but you can also scan loads at once, one after the other. You just need the document flat and hold your phone steady over it while it scans but it's much faster.

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 20/05/2021 21:56

OMG just did the shaking thing too!!!

Best. Thread. Ever.

HeartZone · 20/05/2021 22:02

Oh. I do like this. A lot. 😃

RickiTarr · 20/05/2021 22:02

Oh thank you @SpringLoadedJizz (what a username! ShockGrin). I will try it.Smile

HeartZone · 20/05/2021 22:03

What’s the shaking thing 🤣

peridito · 20/05/2021 22:06

Donitta Thu 20-May-21 21:10:38
I thought everyone knew this. And shaking it gives you the option to undo typing

bestofme21 · 20/05/2021 22:08

Wow! Thank you 😊

PlantyPotts · 20/05/2021 22:16

Did you know you can set up 'Swype' on an iPhone? I had a Samsung years ago and swype was hands down the best thing about it.

So you can just swish your finger across the screen from letter to letter and the phone predicts the word. I do have to do a careful proof read in case it guesses a word horribly wrongly. But that's still quicker than stab typing.

CoffeethenCrochet · 20/05/2021 22:21

Mind. Blown. Thank you.

GoodSister · 20/05/2021 22:22

W. O. W.

OrangeSharked · 20/05/2021 22:24

Ooh. So it does. This is quite the revelation. And the hold the space bar to move the cursor!

Thisisjaaam · 20/05/2021 22:25

Didn’t work for me on iPhone 11

PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears · 20/05/2021 22:27

Oh man! The time I've wasted. I could have done something truly remarkable with my life, had I known!

Puffinhead · 20/05/2021 22:29

THANK YOU OP! I had no idea about this. Makes things so much easier.

Cocolapew · 20/05/2021 22:32

Ohhh. Works. On. My. Android