To switch to a different keyboard, tap one of the buttons at the top of the keyboard (if you can’t see the buttons, tap ). Numeric keyboard: Tap . You can enter numbers, currency values and fractions (like 1 1/3); add a star rating or tick box to a cell and type a date or time (such as 12/31 or 2:15 PM). Text keyboard: Tap . You haven't mentioned if you've restarted your iPhone since seeing the number pad instead of the keyboard; if you haven't I'd suggest using these steps: Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Best Regards. I'm sure I set my passcode as letters, same as my iPad, but it's asking me for numbers so I can't put it in. Tap the gear icon to open the Gboard Settings on the Mid-tall setting. Jack Wallen/ZDNET. 3. Open Preferences. On the next page, tap Preferences near the top. Don't be confused with Android's Here’s a quick guide on running the Windows 10 keyboard troubleshooter to fix the keyboard typing the wrong characters issue: Press Windows key + R to open up a new Run command. Next, type or paste “ ms-settings:troubleshoot ” and hit Enter to open the built-in Troubleshooter. Inside the Troubleshoot tab, scroll down to Find and fix other Note that you can type special letters with multiple ALT keyboard shortcuts. Just use the one that works best for you. Keyboard Shortcut. Character. Description. Alt + 128 / Alt + 0199. Ç. Latin The choice is yours. We expect most of you would love to have an extra row of number keys, especially on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. For a dollar, iKeywi is worth a download so long as you don’t mind the request for ‘Full Access’ to your keyboard. iKeywi supports iPad too. (Download: iKeywi for iOS on the App Store) Here’s how to download it. Go to the Apple Store and download the Gboard iOS app to your iPhone. Next, open the device Settings and hit General. Move down and tap Keyboard. Hit Keyboards. Next, tap Add a New Keyboard. Hit Gboard. Then tap Gboard once more. Type Allow for Full Access > Allow. Posted on Feb 4, 2020 7:15 PM. On other phone OSes it’s easy to select a word by double-tapping and then tap the shift key to capitalize its first letter. The iPhone “easy solution” you describe is so cumbersome by comparison that it’s positively backwards! atcXmtn.