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How do you add periods when texting?

3 pointsyumaikas3 comments

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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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).

Using the period button next to the spacebar (Android)

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

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