Using and cleaning iPad It’s important to find a comfortable posture when using iPad, and to take frequent breaks. Use your lap, or a table, case, or dock accessory, to support iPad during use. Handle iPad with care, to maintain its appearance. If you’re concerned about scratching or abrasion of the screen, you can use a case or a cover, sold separately. To clean iPad, unplug all cables and turn off iPad (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears, then slide the onscreen slider).
3 Basics Read this chapter to learn how to use apps on iPad. You’ll also learn how to search, print, share files, and more. Using apps Opening and switching apps D e r C aft on fid e Open an app: Tap its icon on the Home screen. nt ia l The high-resolution Multi-Touch screen and simple finger gestures make it easy to use iPad apps. Open an app by tapping its icon. You can switch between apps, rearrange apps, and organize them in folders.
The screen orientation lock, brightness slider, and music controls appear. Brightness Screen orientation lock Music controls Delete an app from the Home screen: Touch and hold the app icon until it jiggles and an appears. Tap to delete the app, then press the Home button . Important: Deleting an app from iPad also deletes the documents and data created by the app. Scrolling D e r C aft on fid e nt ia l Drag up or down to scroll. You can also scroll sideways in apps such as Safari, Photos, and Maps.
Customizing the Home screen You can customize the layout of app icons on the Home screen—including the icons in the Dock along the bottom of the screen. Rearranging icons You can create additional Home screens and arrange your apps over multiple Home screens. Rearrange icons: 1 Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until it jiggles. 2 Arrange the apps by dragging them. to save your arrangement.
Organizing with folders You can use folders to organize icons on the Home screen. You can put up to 20 icons in a folder. iPad automatically names a folder when you create it, based on the icons you use to create the folder, but you can change the name. Rearrange folders by dragging them on the Home screen or by moving them to a new Home screen or to the Dock. Create a folder: Touch and hold an icon until the Home screen icons begin to jiggle, then drag the icon onto another icon.
Typing The onscreen keyboard appears automatically anytime you need to type. Use the keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, mail, and web addresses. The keyboard corrects misspellings, predicts what you’re typing, and learns as you use it. You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to type. When you use an external keyboard, the onscreen keyboard doesn’t appear. See “Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard” on page 31.
Dictation On an iPad that supports dictation, you can dictate text instead of typing it on the onscreen keyboard. For example, you can dictate a message in Mail or a note in Notes. To use Dictation, iPad must be connected to the Internet. Turn on Dictation: Go to, Settings > General > Keyboard > Dictation. l Tap to begin dictation. Add to a message: Tap again and continue dictating. Enter punctuation: Say the punctuation mark. nt ia Dictate text: From the onscreen keyboard, tap , then dictate.
Make text bold, italic, or underlined When available, tap , then tap B/I/U. Find a definition for a word Tap a word to select it, then tap Define. Find alternative words Tap a word, tap Select, then tap Suggest, and tap a suggested word. Justify text When available, select the text you want to justify, then tap the left arrow or the right arrow. Keyboard layouts nt ia l On iPad, you can type with a split keyboard that’s at the bottom of the screen, or undocked and in the middle of the screen.
Auto-correction and spell checking nt ia l For many languages, iPad automatically corrects misspellings or makes suggestions as you type. When iPad suggests a word, you can accept the suggestion without interrupting your typing. Accept the suggestion: Type a space, punctuation mark, or return character. Reject a suggestion: Finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x” next to the suggestion. Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPad becomes more likely to accept the word.
Disconnect a wireless keyboard from iPad: Hold down the power button on the keyboard until the green light goes off. iPad disconnects the keyboard when it’s out of range. Unpair a wireless keyboard from iPad: In Settings, go to General > Bluetooth, tap keyboard name, then tap “Forget this Device.” next to the You can apply different layouts to a wireless keyboard. See Appendix B, “International Keyboards,” on page 132 and “Keyboard layouts” on page 30.
Search also searches the names of built-in and installed apps on iPad. If you have a lot of apps, you can use Spotlight to locate and open them. Open an app from Search: Enter all or part of the app name, then tap to open the app. You can choose which apps are searched and the order they’re searched in. In Settings, go to General > Spotlight Search. Printing iPad can print wirelessly to AirPrint-enabled printers.
If you double-click the Home button while a document is printing, the Print Center app appears as the most recent app. A badge on the icon shows how many documents are ready to print, including the currently printing document. Double-click the Home button print job. , tap the Print Center icon, then select a Cancel a print job Double-click the Home button job, then tap Cancel Printing.
Notifications Notification Center displays all your alerts in one place, including alerts about: ÂÂ Reminders ÂÂ Calendar events ÂÂ New mail ÂÂ New messages D e r C aft on fid e nt ia l ÂÂ Friend requests (Game Center) Alerts also appear on the lock screen, or briefly at the top of the screen when you’re using iPad. You can see all current alerts in Notification Center. Show Notification Center Swipe down from the top of the screen. Respond to an alert in Notification Center Tap the alert.
Twitter Sign in to your Twitter account (or create a new account) in Settings to enable Tweets with attachments from the following apps: ÂÂ Camera or Photos—with a photo from your Camera Roll album ÂÂ Safari—with a webpage ÂÂ Maps—with a location ÂÂ YouTube—with a video Sign in to (or create) a Twitter account: 1 Go to Settings > Twitter. 2 Enter the user name and password for an existing account, or tap Create New Account. To add another account, tap Add Account. View the item, tap , then tap Tweet.