typing suggestions
If your Mac has a Touch Bar, the Touch Bar can show words or phrases you might want to use next (called typing suggestions), to help you save time.
Show typing suggestions: Tap .
![The Touch Bar, with the button to show typing suggestions at the right end.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5CA2B98509462224109A65C3/5CA2B98909462224109A65CB/en_AU/a9ac5955932ceeeb0697af9c9d369051.png)
Use typing suggestions: Tap a word, phrase or emoji. Spelling corrections are shown in blue.
![Typing suggestions showing words and emojis, and the button on the left to hide typing suggestions.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5CA2B98509462224109A65C3/5CA2B98909462224109A65CB/en_AU/36648437791251b8ed9b7116aca53815.png)
Hide typing suggestions: Tap in the Touch Bar.
If you don’t see in the Touch Bar, choose View > Customise Touch Bar, then select “Show typing suggestions”. Or choose Apple menu
> System Preferences, click Keyboard, click Text, then select “Touch Bar typing suggestions.”