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      1 Tap the Notes icon on the Home screen to open the Notes app.

      2 Open a note to work in:Tap the note page.If you’ve already created some notes, tap one to display the page, and then tap anywhere on the note.

      3 Type a few words using the keyboard, as shown in Figure 2-13.FIGURE 2-13 To make the keyboard display as wide as possible, rotate your iPhone to landscape (horizontal) orientation. (If you’ve locked the screen orientation in Control Center, you have to unlock the screen to do this.) QuickType provides suggestions above the keyboard as you type. You can turn this feature off or on by tapping and holding either the emoji (the smiley face) or International icon (looks like a globe) on the keyboard to display a menu. Tap Keyboard Settings and then toggle the Predictive switch to turn the feature Off or On (green). To quickly return to Notes from Keyboard Settings, tap the word “Notes” in the upper-left of your screen.

       If you make a mistake while using the keyboard — and you will, especially when you first use it — tap the Delete key (it’s near the bottom corner, with the little x on it) to delete text to the left of the insertion point. To type a period and space, just double-tap the spacebar.

       To create a new paragraph, tap the Return button (just like the keyboard on a Mac, or the Enter key on a PC’s keyboard).

       To type numbers and symbols, tap the number key (labeled 123) on the left side of the spacebar (refer to Figure 2-13). The characters on the keyboard change (see Figure 2-14).FIGURE 2-14If you type a number and then tap the spacebar, the keyboard returns to the letter keyboard automatically. To return to the letter keyboard at any time, simply tap the key labeled ABC on the left side of the spacebar.

       Press the Home button or swipe up from the bottom of the screen (iPhones without Home buttons) to return to the Home screen.

       If you own an iPhone 6s Plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 Pro, or 12 Pro Max, you can use a wide screen. Turn the phone to horizontal orientation. Tap Notes and then tap in a note to display the onscreen keyboard, which now takes advantage of the wider screen and includes some extra keys, such as Cut, Copy, and Paste.

       Tapping the Shift button once causes only the next letter you type to be capitalized.

       Double-tap (rapidly tap twice) the Shift key to turn on the Caps Lock feature so that all letters you type are capitalized until you turn the feature off.

       Tap the Shift key once to turn off Caps Lock.You can control whether Caps Lock is enabled by opening the Settings app, tapping General and then Keyboard, and toggling the switch called Enable Caps Lock.

       To type a variation on a symbol or letter (for example, to see alternative presentations for the letter A when you press the A button on the keyboard), hold down the key; a set of alternative letters/symbols appears (see Figure 2-15).