iPhone Text & Email Tricks

1. Text Expansion

Do you find yourself typing the same thing a million times a day? Go to Settings > General > Keyboard and look for Shortcuts after you scroll down just a bit. Then just enter the phrase and appropriate shortcut, and the next time you type that shortcut the phrase will appear. This is particularly handy for things like BRB or your email address.

2. RTF Emails

For those that prefer their email fancy, RTF (Rich Text Format) is now available. Just highlight the word or words you want to accentuate per your usual steps, then select the arrow and then the BIU button to pick between bold, italics or underline.

3. Flag An Email or Mark As Unread

If you’re one of those people who flags every email that comes through, make your OCD happy with iOS 5′s new flag an email feature. To do so, go to your Inbox, hit Edit then select the email(s) you want to flag. Select the Mark tag in the bottom right corner and then select Flag, and you’re good to go.

---

These helpful tips were found in a very well-written blog article by Kevin Wipps. We will be highlighting some of the relevant tips from that post in our "IT's Tip of the Week" over the next couple weeks. Here is a link to that full post: http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/developer/40-secret-iphone-features-and-shortcuts/