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
Change common iPad settings
Use Settings (located on the Home screen) to configure and customize your iPad settings. You can set your language and region, change the name of your iPad, choose different sounds for notifications, and much more.
The settings for specific apps are explained in the chapters for those apps. The following sections give some examples of common settings, including how to find them.
Find settings
Go to Settings , swipe down from the left side of the screen to reveal the search field, enter a term—“iCloud,” for example—then tap a setting on the left side of the screen.
Set the date and time
By default, the date and time, visible on the Lock screen, are set automatically based on your location. If they’re incorrect, you can adjust them.
Go to Settings > General > Date & Time.
Turn on either of the following:
Set Automatically: iPad gets the correct time over the network and updates it for the time zone you’re in. Some networks don’t support network time, so in some regions iPad may not be able to automatically determine the local time.
24-Hour Time: (not available in all regions) iPad displays the hours from 0 to 23.
To change the default date and time, turn off Set Automatically, then change the date and time displayed.
Set the language and region
Go to Settings > General > Language & Region.
Set the following:
The language for iPad
The region
The calendar format
The temperature unit (Celsius or Fahrenheit)
To add a keyboard for another language, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards, then tap Add New Keyboard.
Change the name of your iPad
The name of your iPad is used by iCloud, AirDrop, your Personal Hotspot, and your computer.
Go to Settings > General > About > Name.
Tap , enter a new name, then tap Done.
Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
In addition to the apps that come with iPad and that you use with iCloud, iPad works with Microsoft Exchange and many of the most popular Internet-based mail, contacts, and calendar services.
Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account.
To add a mail account, tap an email service—for example, Google, Yahoo, or Aol.com—then enter your email account information.
To add a contacts or calendar account, tap Other, then do any of the following:
Contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account, if your company or organization supports it; see Use other contact accounts on iPad
Calendars using a CalDAV calendar account; you can also subscribe to iCalendar (.ics) calendars or import them from Mail; see Set up multiple calendars on iPad
Add a contacts account: Tap Add LDAP Account or Add CardDAV Account (if your company or organization supports it), then enter your information; see Use other contact accounts on iPad.
Add a calendar account: Tap Add CalDAV Account, then enter your information; see Set up multiple calendars on iPad.
Subscribe to iCal (.ics) calendars: Tap Add Subscribed Calendar, then enter the URL of the .ics file to subscribe to; or import an .ics file from Mail.
For information about setting up a Microsoft Exchange account in a corporate environment, see the Apple Support article Set up Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.