iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Get started with accessibility features
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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
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for 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
Use Smart Keyboard or Magic Keyboard with iPad
You can use Smart Keyboard or Magic Keyboard (available separately) to enter text on iPad.
Note: Smart Keyboard and Magic Keyboard don’t support all of the features that are available with the onscreen keyboard. For example, you can’t turn on dictation with Smart Keyboard or Magic Keyboard.
Attach Smart Keyboard to iPad
Smart Keyboard connects directly to iPad (supported models) and unfolds to create a lightweight cover.
To attach Smart Keyboard, do one of the following:
On an iPad with a Home Button: Attach the keyboard to the Smart Connector on the side of iPad.
On an iPad with Face ID: Attach the keyboard to the Smart Connector on the back of iPad (at the bottom).
To use the keyboard, fold Smart Keyboard so the keyboard sits in front of your iPad, then set iPad in the groove above the number keys.
Connect Magic Keyboard to iPad
Magic Keyboard uses a Bluetooth connection to iPad, so you need to pair them.
Make sure the keyboard is turned on and charged.
Tip: You can use the Battery widget to monitor the keyboard charge.
On iPad, go to Settings > Bluetooth, then turn on Bluetooth.
Tap Magic Keyboard when it appears in the Other Devices list.
Magic Keyboard disconnects when you turn the switch on the back of the keyboard to Off or when you move the keyboard or iPad out of Bluetooth range—about 33 feet (10 meters). To reconnect, turn the switch to On or bring the keyboard and iPad back into range, then tap any key. When Magic Keyboard is connected, the onscreen keyboard doesn’t appear.
To unpair Magic Keyboard, see Unpair a Bluetooth device.
Note: If Magic Keyboard is already paired with another device, you must unpair them before you can connect Magic Keyboard to your iPad. On Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > Bluetooth, select the device, then Control-click its name. For iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, see Unpair a Bluetooth device.
Use keyboard shortcuts
Quickly switch between apps: Press and hold the Command key, then press Tab until you reach the app you want to open.
Open Search: Press Command-Space.
View more keyboard shortcuts: Press and hold the Command key to see shortcuts for the app you’re using.
Switch keyboards
You can switch between keyboards—for example, English, Emoji, and any keyboards you added for typing in different languages.
On the external keyboard, press and hold Shift-Control.
Press the Space bar to cycle through the languages.
With Smart Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio, you can also press to switch from one keyboard to another.
Tip: If you 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.
Switch between Magic Keyboard and the onscreen keyboard
To use the onscreen keyboard, press on the external keyboard. To hide the onscreen keyboard, press again.