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
Add or change keyboards on iPad
You can turn typing features, such as spell checking, on or off; add keyboards for writing in different languages; and change the layout of your onscreen keyboard or your wireless keyboard.
If you add keyboards for other languages, you can type in two languages without having to switch between keyboards. Your keyboard automatically switches between the two languages you use most often. (Not available for all languages.)
Tip: On iPad Pro (12.9-inch), if you’ve added a Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Hebrew keyboard, you can use the Caps Lock key to quickly switch back and forth between Latin script and the other keyboard you’re using.
Set typing features
You can turn on or off special typing features—such as spell check, auto-correction, and auto-capitalization—that assist you when you type on iPad.
While typing text, touch and hold
or 
, then slide to Keyboard Settings; or go to Settings 
> General > Keyboard.In the list, turn special typing features on or off.
Add a keyboard for another language
Go to Settings
> General > Keyboard.Tap Keyboards, tap Add New Keyboard, then choose a keyboard.
Switch to another keyboard
While typing text, touch and hold
or .Slide your finger to the name of the keyboard you want to switch to.
You can also tap or to switch from one keyboard to another. Continue tapping to access other enabled keyboards.
To switch between keyboards on a Smart Keyboard or Smart Keyboard Folio, see Switch keyboard layouts. To switch between keyboards on Magic Keyboard, see Switch keyboards.
See the Apple Support article Use your Smart Keyboard Folio or Smart Keyboard with iPad Pro.
Change the keyboard layout
Go to Settings
> General > Keyboard.Tap Keyboards, select a keyboard, then choose a layout.
See the Apple Support article About the keyboards settings on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.