iPhone and iPad offer the ability to copy, cut and paste text. However, in order to copy or cut text, it will first be necessary to select the word, phrase, or paragraph that you precisely want to copy, paste or even modify or delete. Although deselecting the action is relatively simple, the truth is that if you are not familiar, this can become an annoying or even frustrating problem.
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Also, it may be that until now when you have wanted to select text you have done so by holding down the text and in the options menu mark the option: Select. Subsequently dragging the cursor until all the desired text is selected before using the Copy, Delete or Cut menu functions.
However, what many users do not know is that there is a much easier way to select text through gestures on the screen of your iPhone or iPad. That said, below we show you in detail how to select text on iPhone through gestures so that later you can copy, cut, modify or delete it:
How to select a word, phrase or paragraph on iPhone or iPad using gestures
First of all, the first thing you will have to do is go to any app in which text is displayed and that therefore we can copy, cut, delete or modify. These apps include: Safari, Mail, Messages, Notes, Pages, etc.
How to select a word on iPhone using gestures.
- Press twice on the word you want to select from a specific text.
How to select a phrase on iPhone using gestures.
- Press 3 times on a word that belongs to the phrase you want to select. (It will be selected from the word with capital letters to the end of the sentence.)
How to select a paragraph on iPhone using gestures.
- Click 4 times on any word within the paragraph you want to select. (It will be selected from the first word with capital letters up to the point and apart of the paragraph.)
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- Click 1 time on any place in an editable text to place the cursor in a specific place in that text.
These ways of selecting text were introduced in version iOS 13 so users of previous versions may find themselves somewhat lost with these new selection methods.
It should also be noted that you can make a custom text selection. To do this, simply select a word and line followed by dragging the borders forward or backward until all the desired text is marked.
Regardless of the text selection made, a menu will be displayed in which you can make use of the options: copy, Cut or delete.
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