iPad User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for models with Face ID
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPad
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPad using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPad
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Connect to a TV, projector, or monitor
- Control audio on multiple devices
- Apple Pencil
- Use Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio
- Use Magic Keyboard
- AirPrint
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Instant Hotspot
- Personal Hotspot
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPad software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Learn gestures for iPad models with Face ID
Here’s a handy reference to the gestures you use for interacting with iPad Pro (11-inch) and iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation).
Go Home. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to return to the Home screen at any time. See Explore the iPad Home screen and open apps. | |||||||||||
Quickly access controls. Swipe down from the top-right corner to open Control Center. Touch and hold a control to reveal more options. To add or remove items, go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. See Use and customize Control Center on iPad. | |||||||||||
Open the App Switcher. Swipe up from the bottom edge, pause in the center of the screen, then lift your finger. To browse the open apps, swipe right, then tap the app you want to use. See Switch between apps on iPad. | |||||||||||
Switch between open apps. Swipe left or right along the bottom edge of the screen to quickly switch between open apps. See Switch between apps on iPad. | |||||||||||
Open the dock within an app. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen and pause to reveal the Dock. To quickly open another app, tap it in the Dock. See Open an app from the Dock. | |||||||||||
Ask Siri. Just say, “Hey Siri.” Or press and hold the top button and make your request. Siri listens until you release the button. See Ask Siri on iPad. | |||||||||||
Use Accessibility Shortcut. Triple-click the top button. See Use accessibility shortcuts on iPad. | |||||||||||
Take a screenshot. Simultaneously press and quickly release the top button and volume up button. See Take a picture of the screen on iPad. | |||||||||||
Turn off. Simultaneously press and hold the top button and either volume button until the sliders appear, then drag the top slider to power off. Or go to Settings > General > Shut Down. See Turn iPad off and on. | |||||||||||
Force restart. Press and release the volume up button, press and release the volume down button, then press and hold the top button until the Apple logo appears. See Force restart iPad. |