How to Enable Auto‐Correction on an iPhone
Open your iPhone’s Settings., Scroll down and tap General., Scroll down and tap Keyboard., Slide the Auto-Correction button to the On position.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open your iPhone’s Settings.
This is the grey icon with cogs on one of the home screens.
This may also be in the “Utilities” folder on one of your home screens. -
Step 2: Scroll down and tap General.
This is in the third set of options. , This is in the seventh set of options. , Now when typing messages or emails, misspelled words will automatically be replaced with estimates after completing a word with a space or punctuation.
Note that the Auto-Capitalization and Spell check options are controlled by separate buttons.
Auto-Correction can have problems with names or places.
It may be wise to read over your message to make sure Auto-Correction didn't make any unwanted changes.
Auto-Correction does not apply when typing in spaces like web browser URL bars. -
Step 3: Scroll down and tap Keyboard.
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Step 4: Slide the Auto-Correction button to the On position.
Detailed Guide
This is the grey icon with cogs on one of the home screens.
This may also be in the “Utilities” folder on one of your home screens.
This is in the third set of options. , This is in the seventh set of options. , Now when typing messages or emails, misspelled words will automatically be replaced with estimates after completing a word with a space or punctuation.
Note that the Auto-Capitalization and Spell check options are controlled by separate buttons.
Auto-Correction can have problems with names or places.
It may be wise to read over your message to make sure Auto-Correction didn't make any unwanted changes.
Auto-Correction does not apply when typing in spaces like web browser URL bars.
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