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 shortcuts to Siri on iPad
Add shortcuts for things you frequently do so you can get them done by asking Siri. For example, a travel app might let you view your upcoming trip event just by asking Siri “Where am I going next?”
Add to Siri
An app may suggest a Siri shortcut by displaying an Add to Siri button.
Tap Add to Siri.
The app shows details about the task.
Tap
, then record any phrase you like.The recording stops when you stop speaking. To change the phrase, tap Re-Record Phrase.
Tap Done.
To use the shortcut, summon Siri, then speak the phrase. Learn how to ask Siri.
Add other suggested shortcuts
Siri learns your routines and can suggest other shortcuts.
Go to Settings
> Siri & Search.Shortcut suggestions appear at the top of the screen for several of your most frequent tasks. To see more suggestions, tap More Shortcuts.
To add a shortcut, tap it.
Tap
, then record any phrase you like.The recording stops when you stop speaking. To change the phrase, tap Re-Record Phrase.
Tap Done.
To use the shortcut, summon Siri, then speak the phrase. Learn how to ask Siri.
Re-record or delete a shortcut
Go to Settings > Siri & Search > My Shortcuts, tap the shortcut, then do one of the following:
Re-record the shortcut: Tap Edit, then speak a new phrase.
Delete the shortcut: Tap Delete Shortcut.
To create shortcuts that run multiple steps across multiple apps, download the Shortcuts app from the App Store.