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
Download or bookmark the iPad User Guide
You can view the iPad User Guide in the Safari app 
, or download it to the Books app 
so you can read it even when you’re offline.
View the user guide in Safari
In Safari, go to https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad.
To view the user guide in a different language, scroll down to the bottom of the page, tap the region link (United States, for example), then choose a region.
Tip: For quick access, add the guide as a shortcut on your Home screen or as a bookmark in Safari. Tap 
, then choose any of the following:
Add to Home Screen: The shortcut appears as a new icon on the Home screen.
Add Bookmark: The bookmark appears when you tap
in Safari.
Download the user guide from Apple Books
If you download the user guide from Apple Books, you can read it even when iPad isn’t connected to the Internet.
Open the Books app
.Tap Search, then enter “iPad User Guide for iOS 12.3.”
Tap Get, then wait for the book to download.