iPad Notes keyboard questions

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iPad Notes keyboard questions

I just got an iPad mini 5 and both my mini 4 and 5 have ios 15.5. On my mini 5 the keyboard automatically pops up when I go to Notes. I don't want it to pop up until I press on a word or line etc. It doesn't pop up on my mini 4. I just want to scroll around and look for something but I have to turn off the keyboard all the time. Is there a setting that's different?

Also now the regular keyboard shows the numbers across the top. Which is ok but how do you access them? Is there a way without tapping the 123 key? Or what's the purpose of the dim numbers and punctuations up there?

Posted on Jul 15, 2022 1:43 PM

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chrisky307

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Jul 15, 2022 6:28 PM in response to WhiteVolvo

Hi. Sorry I cannot answer your first question.

You can access whatever number or character you see dimmed on your keyboard by putting your finger on a key and pulling it down. That dimmed number should now appear in your note.

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WhiteVolvo Author

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Jul 16, 2022 9:06 AM in response to chrisky307

Thanks that helps. Finally got it to work. But it's going to take some time to get used to. How come I couldn't find any explanation how to do it? Didn't see it in the 15 os manual. It only says how to pick another accented letter etc by holding and sliding to the variant. Not anything about pulling down to get to the number or symbol.

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Jul 17, 2022 5:33 PM in response to WhiteVolvo

Glad I could be of help. It does take a bit of practice. This has been around for a while, but I can’t remember when it started. I also just tried to find it in the iPad User Guide, but could ‘t.

If I google the question, an answer does come up. Curious though.

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