Inverted punctuation in ios 11?

Until Apple corrects it, I’ve created two new keyboard shortcuts under Keyboard/Text Replacement:

• !! is replaced by ¡
• ?? is replaced by ¿

This doesn't answer the question and is completely unhelpful. The person is asking how to get inverted exclamation points or question marks because they can't find them in the keyboard since the ios 11 update. And seeing as I'm having the same problem, your solution doesn't actually help at all.

I’m having the same problem. I can’t get my question mark or exclamation point to show up on my keyboard since the most recent update, even when I shift. I can use my microphone to say them but sometimes my microphone symbol doesn’t show up either. It’s extremely annoying since I have passwords that may have those symbols in them. How can I fix this?

Hi Lisa2050. I think you're describing the behavior under previous iOS versions. The keyboard has been changed in iOS 11. If this does work for you in iOS 11, please identify the keyboard language, etc. that you're using.

You are right, I didn't realize I hadn't upgraded my iPhone yet. I just tried on my iPad and it works in with iOS 11.0.3, the keyboard is Spanish (Mexican). When I hold the question mark down, it gives me three choices on the pop-up - quotes, colon and upside question mark

" : ¿

Lisa2050 wrote:

I just tried on my iPad and it works in with iOS 11.0.3, the keyboard is Spanish (Mexican). When I hold the question mark down, it gives me three choices on the pop-up - quotes, colon and upside question mark

" : ¿

But with the English keyboard you now only get ". Brainless of Apple to have changed that I think.

Thank you for that, Skociol. It’s very easy to download a Spanish keyboard but why on earth should you have to?

Given the large Hispanic population in the US and the fact that Spanish is the main foreign language taught in American schools, it was idiotic to remove the inverted question/punctuation marks from the English keyboard. Come on, Apple. Sort this out!

At least you can still get diacritical marks (aka accents) by holding down the key on the letter you want to decorate them with. Far better than the Microsoft alt+146 etc nonsense.

If you want to scroll out of emoji to the next keyboard in your downloaded collection, just hit ABC in the emoji one.

Hold down the regular question mark key, you'll see the regular one and the inverted one pop up in a little bubble. Slide your finger to the inverted one.

demorys wrote:

This works in 11.1.1 on the iPhone.

Not for me on ipad, still only the " option with english

¿Have you tried PadKeys? ¡It is wonderful! See link: https://padkeyskeyboard.com/. And it doesn't change every year to meet new design ideas.

I went into settings for keyboard and added a Spanish keyboard - then hit the globe key at the bottom of the keyboard to switch back and forth. It works the same way on the Spanish keyboard.¿¿

This works in 11.1.1 on the iPhone.

Not a very user-friendly move on Apple's part to make harder what was effortless before.