This is how it's done:
Select text: Tap the insertion point to display the selection buttons. Tap Select to select the adjacent word, or tap Select All to select all text. You can also double-tap a word to select it. Drag the grab points to select more or less text. In read-only documents, such as webpages, or messages you receive, touch and hold to select a word.
Cut or copy text Paste text
Undo the last edit
Make text bold, italic, or underlined Find a definition for a word
Find alternative words
Justify text
Grab points
Select text, then tap Cut or Copy.
Tap the insertion point, then tap Paste to insert the last text that you cut or copied. Or, select text, then tap Paste to replace the text.
Shake iPad, or tap undo on the keyboard.
When available, tap , then tap B/I/U.
Tap a word to select it, then tap Dictionary.
Tap a word to select it, then tap Suggest, then tap a suggested word.
When available, select the text you want to justify, then tap the left arrow or the right arrow.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "bj" <bjones44@...> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Saklad
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:21 PM
> To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iPad] upgrading ipad 2 to ipad 3
>
> >> Rich text: what is it that you want that you do not have?
> >
> > To underline , Bold or change the font/colour of the selected text.
>
> On the rare occasion I feel the need, I choose an appropriate App (e.g.,
> Pages for general text composition).
>
> In Mail, these functions are built-in, in iOS 5.x (underline, bold, italic,
> at least; perhaps not color or font).
> =================================================
>
> Built into the iOS mail app? where? I'm not seeing those options, or maybe
> I've missed a setting somewhere. Not that I send much mail from my devices
> but it would be nice to know about.
> bj
>
