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
Share your iPad Internet connection
Use Personal Hotspot to share your iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular models) Internet connection. Computers can share your Internet connection using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or a USB cable. Other iOS devices can share the connection using Wi-Fi. Personal Hotspot works only if iPad is connected to the Internet over the cellular data network.
Note: This feature may not be available with all carriers. Additional fees may apply. Contact your carrier for more information.
Share an Internet connection
Go to Settings 
, tap Cellular Data, then tap Personal Hotspot—if it appears—to set up the service with your carrier.
After you turn on Personal Hotspot, you can connect other devices in the following ways:
Wi-Fi: On the device, choose your iPad from the list of available Wi-Fi networks.
USB: Connect iPad to your computer. (See Connect iPad to your computer using USB.) In your computer’s Network preferences, choose iPad, then configure the network settings.
Bluetooth: On iPad, go to Settings > Bluetooth, then turn on Bluetooth.
To pair and connect iPad with your Bluetooth device, refer to the documentation that came with your device.
Note: When a device is connected, a blue band appears at the top of the iPad screen. The Personal Hotspot icon 
appears in the status bar of iOS devices using Personal Hotspot.
Change the Wi-Fi password for iPad
Go to Settings
, then tap Personal Hotspot > Wi-Fi Password.Enter a password of at least eight characters.
Change the name of your Personal Hotspot
You can change the name of your Personal Hotspot by changing the name of your iPad.
Go to Settings , then tap General > About > Name.
Monitor your cellular data network usage
Go to Settings , then tap Cellular. See View or change cellular settings on iPad.