It seems like iPhones can do everything but take out the trash. Aside from the obvious phone calls, we are able to keep an eye on the latest movies and TV shows, and update our social sites. They store our music and give us directions to navigate to the nearest shopping mall. You may think you know all your iPhone can do but here are some lesser-known tricks you with thankful to learn.

Saving Time

Say you have to type a quick email or report and you’d rather not depend on the fairly small on-screen keyboard that makes it very easy to type an “F” when you intended to hit the “D.” The editors at Macworld, in a recent online feature, have a suggestion: If you’re browsing in Safari—before tapping on the address bar, an action that automatically brings up your on-screen keyboard—rotate your iPhone to a horizontal position. If you tap the address bar now, your on-screen keyboard will also appear in horizontal mode. It will be larger, making it simpler for those of us with sluggish fingers to tap out those emails without filling them with typos. The editors at Macworld also offer a timesaving tip for making phone calls. If you are browsing in Safari and you happen upon the phone number of that resort at which you need to make a reservation, just tap the onscreen number. Your iPhone will automatically dial it for you.

More Efficient Typing

Apple itself offers a number of tips for getting more out of your iPhone. If you’re typing with the on-screen keyboard, try tapping the space bar twice at the conclusion of a sentence. Your iPhone will automatically add a period and then capitalize the next word you type. If you need to spice up your message with special characters, just touch and hold a letter for several seconds. As you do this, a variety of special characters will show up. After that you can easily insert these symbols into your message.

Quick Printing, Personalized Entertainment

You can print messages and documents easily from your iPhone if you own an AirPrint-enabled printer. To print an email message, simply tap the Reply icon then select “Print.” This will automatically send your email to your printer. If you want to print a full Web page, tap the “Action” icon and, again, select “Print.”

For you music lovers out there, you can create a music playlist on the run. Access the iPod app, tap the “Playlists” icon chose the “Add Playlist” icon. Relabel your playlist and add any video or song on your phone simply by touching it.