How do you add periods when texting?

Posted by yumaikas on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:20PM
from the self-post dept.

These are the methods I'm aware of:

  - Tapping the space bar twice (I only recently learned of this)
  - Switching to another keyboard page for punctuation
  - or on phones with keyboards that support it, 
       using the period button next to the spacebar

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Re:How do you add periods when texting? by Steko on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:08PM (#13657334)

I double space but this can occasionally be annoying when double spacing serves another useful function (like in markdown) so I can imagine some people do disable the shortcut. In that case (and if the keyboard doesn't show a period on the first page) another method you could use would be to set up your own text replacement macro (ios: settings, general, keyboards, text replacement).

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Re:How do you add periods when texting? by nickersthecat on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:24PM (#13656877)

Using the period button next to the spacebar (Android)

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Re:How do you add periods when texting? by 0x7fffffff on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:23PM (#13656868)

Switching to the punctuation page and hitting the period button (iPhone).

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