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jimmy the one

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16. Thanks, but cannot get it to work

Reply to spinbaby (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:32 PM

10 hrs ago

I see what you are saying and yes a small 5 letter menu with umlaut and 4 other diacritics appear after holding down the letter key, but disappears when I lift the finger. So how do you activate it again? Mine is a fairly old iPad.
Might only work with vowels it appears.

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