Starting with version 5.0 of the operating system iOS can be added to the normal keyboard present in the device to factory settings, international keyboards. Version 8.0 introduces a further possibility: that you download from the App Store and install on your iPhone or iPad new keyboards. How to do? It’s very simple.
At this point, in all programs that allow writing, you will see a button to the left of the spacebar depicting a stylized globe: by pressing it with a quick touch you can change at will the keyboard, while a longer touch will appear all available keyboards to choose from.
The keyboards are many: keyboards in other languages (greek, Chinese, Arabic …) to the Emoji emoticons. Some are free, others can be purchased. Some very famous Swype for example, the keyboard that lets you type by dragging your finger on the keys instead of touching them.
But before of all, you need to access the App Store, and choose to install the preferred keyboard. Then you must enable the following procedure:
- From the Home screen, open the application ” Settings “.
- Once you open a popup menu in which, with minor differences between successive versions. You can find by scrolling down the ” General ” ‘icon. We touch that icon.
- You will see a new menu choice: in this case, scroll down fi no to the ” keyboard. ” Pressing on the box containing the written, a next choice will open menu.
- From this menu, press on ” Keyboards “. At this point you will get a screen in which to display the keypads already present. Below there will be a button labeled ” Add New Keyboard “.
- If you press this button, it will open a long list with more keyboards. Touching that of our interest is added a new keyboards. So we return to the summary page of the keyboards.
To Delete one of the keyboards, the summary screen and press the ” edit ” button at the top right. At this point, a round red button with a white bar line appears next to the keyboard, next to the left. Just press it to remove the corresponding keyboard: after you press it, the right of the keyboard that you want to delete appears on the ” Delete ” button.