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Inverted punctuation in ios 11?

I updated my iPad Mini 2 to ios 11. The keyboard has changed.


I need to type inverted question marks and exclamation points using US English keyboard, but can't find them. Help will be appreciated!


Steve

iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi, Cellular, iOS 11

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 12:39 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2017 2:04 AM

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

  • !! is replaced by ¡
  • ?? is replaced by ¿
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Oct 8, 2017 11:19 AM in response to skociol

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?

Nov 14, 2017 5:23 PM in response to skociol

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.

Inverted punctuation in ios 11?

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