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Handy Hint 89:  Have you found the Caps Lock on your iPad's and iPhone's keyboard?

I know that this hint will be far too basic for many people.  But for those who are new to the world of iPad and iPhone, and especially those who are less familiar with keyboards in general, I know this stuff is not so obvious.

Most of you will have already worked that an single tap on the the shift key (show below) gives a single capital letter.  But lets look at the various 'states' of the shift key.
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The keyboard on my new iPhone 6 plus! Look at all the extra keys! Shift key indicated by the arrow.
Typing a lowercase letter

When the shift key has a grey background, this means that the next key will be lowercase.  

This is the default state for the shift key (with the exception of the first letter of a sentence, which is always assumed to be a capital).
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No Shift - Next letter will be lowercase
Typing an uppercase letter

A single tap of the shift key will change it from grey background to white background - this indicates that the next letter (just one) will be uppercase.   You don't need to hold down the shift key as you you type the uppercase letter - just tap it once, then tap the required letter.

After you have typed the single uppercase letter, the shift key will revert to is default state (lowercase), with the grey background.

You will find that, at the start of every sentence, your Shift key automatically defaults to uppercase - so if you don't want a capital at the start of your sentence, tap the Shift key to change it to grey background (lowercase).
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Shift enabled - Next letter will be uppercase
Typing a string of uppercase letters (ie Caps Lock)

To put your keyboard into 'caps lock' mode so that you can type several capital letters without pressing the shift key over and over, just double-tap the shift key (two quick taps).  

You will see the shift key then has the white background with the black arrow, but it also has a line underneath the arrow to signify it is in Caps Lock mode.

To exit this Caps Lock mode, just tap the Shift key again.
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Caps Lock - Letters will be uppercase until key is tapped again