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your fingers to write your own personalized message and make it stand out. The person who gets the message will see the text being written in a small animation as if you’re doing it in front of them. To use this feature, you’ll first have to unlock portrait orientation on your iPhone. To do this, just go to your Control Center, either by swiping down from the top right corner of your screen if you have an iPhone with no Home button; or swiping up from the bottom of your screen if your iPhone has a Home button. Then tap the portrait orientation lock button off. It’s a small lock with a circling arrow around it. After you’ve done that, follow these steps: 1. Open the Message app. 2. Tap the Compose button on the top right corner to create a new message or open any conversation you’ve already started. 3. Turn your iPhone sideways. 4. Tap the empty field, then tap the button on the bottom right corner that looks like a scribble. 5. Start handwriting your message. 6. Tap Done. 7. If you want, you can send a message with your handwritten text. Tap the Send button. 4. Add Bubble and Screen Effects You can customize your iMessage chats with special effects to make the conversations even more animated and expressive. It’s a cool way for people to notice your messages, instead of the same old boring text. There are two different possibilities: You can have a bubble effect and screen effects. Bubbles are small animations that don’t do much. With screen effects, you can send a message with a spotlight, balloons, and even a little heart. 1. To use these effects, you’ll have to write a message and hold the Send message button down for just a moment. 2. Afterward, you’ll see a bunch of effects you can choose from. Tap on the top of the screen to switch between Bubble and Screen. 3. Choose your favorite one and send it away. 3. Reply with a Tapback If you don’t really want to reply to a message, but you still want to let them know that you got the message or that something was funny, you can do that with a Tapback. It’s a kind of emoji that you can use to respond to and message. You can choose from five different responses: a heart, a thumbs up, a thumbs down, a laugh, two exclamation points, or a question mark. There are two ways to use Tapbacks: • First, you can quickly double-tap any message, and the Tapback options will pop up. • Or, you can long-press any message, and you’ll see the Tapback replies along with a few other options. And if you didn’t choose the right Tapback, you can change it. 2. Find the Emoji You Want Quicker There’s an easy way to change words into emojis if you don’t want to search for them! 1. All you need to do is head to any chat or compose a new one and write your message. 2. If you want to know if you can replace any word with an emoji, tap on the Emoji button on your keyboard. 3. If the respective emoji exists, the word will turn orange. Tap on it, and it’ll turn into an emoji.