Using alternative keyboard characters when not standard typing

By Tangela, 28 May, 2018

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all. I am using the latest iPad and most often type using direct touch typing, or sometimes touch typing. Typically, when I want to enter the special characters of a key, the number row for qwertyuiop, or the question mark as an action of the period key, I have to press on the key for a while, after which point I can swipe down to have the appropriate character entered. I have tried just swiping and pressing the key, but that just enters the original letter. Is there an easier way of accessing these symbols, or is this the intended method, if you don't want to switch to the symbols keyboard?

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