{"id":372,"date":"2013-09-04T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T10:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benschersten.com\/blog\/?p=372"},"modified":"2013-09-04T06:44:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T10:44:13","slug":"if-youre-going-to-use-ipads-with-kids-youll-have-to-know-this-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benschersten.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/if-youre-going-to-use-ipads-with-kids-youll-have-to-know-this-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"If You’re Going to Use iPads With Kids, You’ll Have to Know This Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Undo\"<\/a>Okay, I admit it. I make mistakes. And I love the “undo” command. You know, command+z in OS X and ctrl+z in Windows.<\/p>\n

And if you’ve ever worked with kids you know they make mistakes too. There they are, writing away when somehow they manage to select a paragraph or two (or maybe they “select all”) and accidentally bump the delete key… oops.<\/p>\n

Some text…<\/p>\n

\"text1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected…<\/p>\n

\"selected\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And deleted…<\/p>\n

\"and<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh no. This is an iPad; there’s no command+z. But… there is an undo button. With the traditional keyboard up, tap the “.?123” button to bring up the secondary keyboard. There, on the left is the “undo” button.<\/p>\n

\"undo<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Drive<\/a> and Pages<\/a> both have their own undo buttons (up top on the left, did you notice those in the screenshots?) but this works everywhere. Evernote<\/a>, Notes, etc. Anywhere you enter text.<\/p>\n

So, the next time your students lose a paragraph of work (or more), you can help them get it back.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the undo button is not present on the iPhone.<\/p>\n

——-<\/p>\n

photo credit: llauren<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n

For those out there that noticed the Lorem Ipsum text in the screenshots, the Veggie Ipsum generator I used is here<\/a>. For the meat-lovers, try Bacon Ipsum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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