Since the operation of the autocorrect is something that depends only on the software, we will always have a couple of already known resources. The first thing we can do is restart the iPhone or iPad . Next, if the autocorrect is still on vacation, it’s a good idea to check that you’re running the latest available version of the operating system. This done, by order, we have these resources.
- Activate the autocorrect:since we could have deactivated it by mistake. We’ll do this by opening the Settings app , going to General > Keyboard and turning on Autocorrect .
- Activate the spell check and the predictive keyboard:otherwise the autocorrect will only mark the words, without correcting them. In addition, the predictive keyboard allows us to make corrections among other tricks to write faster on the iPhone . We will find these options in the same section as before, just activate Predictive and Check spelling .
- Check the text substitutions:with which we can change the written text for another. A misconfigured substitution could lead to an error. Thus, the best thing is that within Settings > General > Keyboard we review the Text substitution section .
- Be careful with third-party keyboards:since many have their own correctors and also their options within their own applications, which is where we must go to configure them.
Two resources to consider to teach and improve the autocorrect
Solved the operation of the autocorrect is a good time to briefly review some of the options that we have while we are using it. Something to keep in mind is that if we are writing and the autocorrect has just replaced a word with another that is not the one we want, we can touch the delete button and then the black button under the word itself to recover the one we want. we had written in the first place .
Something similar happens if we see that the autocorrect is going to change the word that we are writing for another. In this case, if we want to avoid the change, we go to the left option of the predictive keyboard , the one that is just above the keys. Doing this also teaches the keyboard and the keyboard dictionary so that the next time we write the word like this, it will respect it.
If at this point the autocorrect still doesn’t work as it should, the best we can do is restore the keyboard dictionary that we just discussed. To do this we go to Settings > General > Transfer or reset the iPhone/iPad > Reset and choose Reset keyboard dictionary .
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If none of that works, our last resort will be to reset all the settings and data on our iPhone or iPad and check that everything works before restoring our backup. If after the restoration the autocorrect continues to fail, we should choose to configure our iPhone as new after a restoration. A long-range option, true, but that will allow us to recover the proper functioning of a fundamental function to be able to write comfortably with our iPhone or iPad.