INSIGHT Magazine December 2014 | Page 17

Turn off Predictive Typing Without Leaving Keyboard on iOS8 • First, hold your finger down on the Globe key. This key is located just to the left of the Microphone key and the Space key. • When you hold your finger down on the Globe key, a pop-up menu appears. This menu contains the custom keyboards you can use with the iPad and the option t turn Predictive Typing on or off. • Simply tap the green slider next to "Predictive" to turn it off. This will restore the iPad's on-screen keyboard to the same behavior as the pre-iOS 8 keyboard, including popping up auto-correct next to the word you are typing rather than highlighting it in the predicted words. Top FREE Email Services Gmail - Gmail is the Google approach to email and chat. Practically unlimited free online storage allows you to collect all your messages, and Gmail's simple but very smart interface lets you find them precisely and see them in context without effort. POP and powerful IMAP access bring Gmail to any email program or device. Gmail puts contextual advertising next to the emails you read. Zoho Mail - Zoho Mail is a solid email service with ample storage, POP and IMAP access, some integration with instant messaging and online office suites. Aimed at professional users, Zoho Mail could be even more helpful organizing mail, identifying key messages and contacts, and sending oft-used replies. Outlook - Outlook.com serves free email with practically unlimited storage accessible on the web with a rich and helpful interface or using IMAP, POP and Exchange ActiveSync in email programs on desktop and mobile device. INSIGHT Outlook.com could offer more help with composing in addition to organizing mail, though iCloud Mail - iCloud Mail is a free email service from Apple with ample storage, IMAP access and an elegantly functional web application. That interface at icloud.com does not offer labels or other more advanced tools for productivity and for organizing mail, though, and does not support accessing other email accounts. POP access to iCloud Mail is missing, too. Inbox.com - Inbox.com not only gives you 5 GB to store your mail online but also a highly polished, fast and functional way to access it via either the web (including speedy search, free-form labels and reading mail by conversation) or through POP in your email program. Unfortunately, IMAP access is not supported by Inbox.com, and its tools for organizing mail could be improved with smart or self-teaching folders. December 2014 17