Hi Jen, Kimber, Rob, and Others, To type upside down question marks and exclamation marks, and a number of other special characters, try using a double tap and hold pass through gesture when focus is on the question mark or exclamation mark character. You should hear "alternative characters available; drag left or right to select a character". If you move your finger to the right, while still keeping contact with the screen, you'll hear "inverted question mark", and if you don't lift your finger, but move it back again to the left, you'll hear "question mark". Lift your finger once you hear the character that you want.
Here are some of the alternative characters available from the first "more numbers" screen of a U.S. keyboard. For keys on the right side of the screen move to the left for the alternative characters. top row: 0 key, degree sign second row: - key, en desh, em dash, bullet $ key, yen sign, euro sign, dollar sign, cent sign, pound sign, won sign " key, double quotation mark, left double quotation mark, double low quotation mark, right double arrows, left double arrows bottom row: . key, ellipsis ? key, inverted question mark ! key, inverted exclamation mark ' key, single quotation mark, left single quotation mark, accent It's actually easier to type some of these characters, such as currency symbols and the bullet directly from the keys on the "more symbols" screen, which also has the same options for the bottom row of characters. The top row of that screen also has the per mil sign (used by Europeans) on the the % key. There are similar alternative key options for accented characters on the "letters" screen if you use the same pass-through gesture on any of the vowel keys, or the "n" or "c" key for n tilde or c cedilla. This feature is similar to the ability to get the dot com, dot edu, and other such domain options as alternative options when you use this pass-through on the period key in the bottom row of the letters keyboard when composing mail. I find it easier to type many of these special characters on a Bluetooth keyboard with option key combinations. If you want a more comprehensive list of how to type these special character options on an iPhone or on a Mac, there are several of my posts floating around the macvisionary list and the mac-access list. Here's a link to one of the mac-access list posts from a year and a half ago: • Special Symbols and Characters on the regular Mac Keyboard (current master list) http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/2011-May/012345.html If I'm typing many accented or special characters in a language other than English, I use an app called "TextExpander Touch" that allows you to customize your own shortcut snippets. But I'm still using an iPhone 4, and I got TextExpander Touch 3 years ago. You can alternatively use dictation options or Siri. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 23, 7:57 am, Rob Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't find a way into an extended character set with those peculiar > characters in; sorry. > R! > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jen Colley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 2:22 PM > Subject: Re: Is the anpercent the same as the and sign in the symbols area? > > Where would one find the rest? > All I have seen are the 2 screens of them. > Jen > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Harris > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 9:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Is the anpercent the same as the and sign in the symbols area? > > yes to the first bit, more symbols is as good as it gets, though think > there's more to it hwich could give you that; but they are obscure symbols, > so are going to take some digging. > > RobH, not helped a lot, but still trying,... your patience probably! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jen Colley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 12:57 PM > Subject: Is the anpercent the same as the and sign in the symbols area? > > Hi, > Is the an percent the same as the and sign in the symbols area on the 4S? > Also, how do you make upside down question and exclaimation marks? > Have a friend who wants to know this info. I�ve tried to help but am having > no success. > Jen > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
