Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 - Manual (Page 25)

Auto-correction and spell checking
For many languages, iPhone automatically corrects misspellings or makes suggestions as you type.
When iPhone suggests a word, you can accept the suggestion without interrupting your typing.
Note: For a list of supported languages, see www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html.
Suggested
word
Accept the suggestion: Type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.
Reject a suggestion: Tap the “x”.
Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPhone becomes more likely to accept
the word.
iPhone may also underline words you’ve already typed that might be misspelled.
Replace a misspelled word Tap the word, then tap one of the alternate spellings.
If the word you want doesn’t appear, just retype it.
Turn auto-correction or spell
checking on or off Go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
Shortcuts and your personal dictionary
Shortcuts lets you type just a few characters instead of a longer word or phrase. The expanded text
appears whenever you type the shortcut. For example, the shortcut “omw” expands to “On my way!”
Create a shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap Add New Shortcut.
Add a word or phrase to your personal dictionary so that iPhone doesn’t try to correct or
replace it: Create the shortcut, but leave the Shortcut field blank.
Edit a shortcut Go to Settings > Keyboard and tap the shortcut.
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