How to Add Text to a Photo on an iPhone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to use your iPhone's Markup Editor to add text to a photo.

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    The Photos icon resembles a colored pinwheel in a white box. It will be on your Home screen. [1]
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    You can open a photo from your Albums, Moments, Memories, or iCloud Photo Sharing. [2]
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    This button looks like three sliders on the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. [3]
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    This button looks like three dots inside a circle in the bottom right of your screen.
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    This is the toolbox icon on the pop-up menu. This will open your photo in the Markup editor. [4]
    • If you don't see Markup, tap More , and slide the Markup switch to On position. The switch should be green.
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Adding Text to Photo

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    This is the T icon in a box on the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. This button will add a textbox to your photo with some dummy text in it. [5]
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    This will let you edit and replace the dummy text in the textbox.
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    This is a different button from the Done button in the top-right corner of your screen.
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    Tapping on a color from the color palette at the bottom of your screen will change the color of your text. [6]
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    This button will let you edit your font, text size, and alignment.
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    You can select between Helvetica, Georgia, and Noteworthy.
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    Slide the text size slider to the right for bigger text, and slide it to the left for small.
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    Tap on an alignment button at the bottom of the pop-up menu. You can align left, center, justified, or right.
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    This will close the pop-up.
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    You can move it around the image. [7]
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    This will save your text to your photo.
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    You can use the Markup editor built into your iPhone to add text or marks to your image.
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    Yes, you can edit the original picture at any point, even after sending it to another person. If you save your changes in a duplicate of the photo, however, you won't be able to edit it.
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    If you want to add text to a photo, just put the photo in the text and then click after the photo and then type your message.
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      1. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206885
      2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206885
      3. ↑ Luigi Oppido. Computer & Tech Specialist. Expert Interview. 24 March 2021
      4. ↑ Luigi Oppido. Computer & Tech Specialist. Expert Interview. 24 March 2021
      5. ↑ Luigi Oppido. Computer & Tech Specialist. Expert Interview. 24 March 2021
      6. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/iphone/iph893c6f8bf/ios
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