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
Change notification settings on iPad
In Settings  , choose which apps can send notifications, change the alert sound, set up location-based alerts, allow government alerts, and more.
, choose which apps can send notifications, change the alert sound, set up location-based alerts, allow government alerts, and more.
Change notification settings
Turn off notifications from specific apps, have the notification play a sound, choose how and where you want notifications to appear when your device is unlocked, and more.
- Go to Settings  > Notifications. > Notifications.
- To choose when notification previews should appear, tap Show Previews, then choose an option. - Previews can include things like text (from Messages and Mail), and invitation details (from Calendar). 
- Tap Back, then tap an app below Notification Style and turn Allow Notifications on or off. - If you turn on notifications, choose how and where you want the notifications to appear for the app—for example, on the Lock screen or in Notification Center. 
- Tap Notification Grouping, then choose how you want the notifications grouped: - By App: All the notifications from the app are grouped together. 
- Automatic: The notifications from the app are grouped according to organizing criteria within the app, such as by topic or thread. 
- Off: Turn off grouping. 
 
To turn off notifications selectively for apps, go to Settings > Notifications > Siri Suggestions, then turn off any app.
Show recent notifications on the Lock screen
You can allow access to Notification Center on the Lock screen.
- Go to Settings  , then, depending on your model, tap one of the following. , then, depending on your model, tap one of the following.- Face ID & Passcode 
- Touch ID & Passcode 
- Passcode 
 
- Enter your passcode. 
- Turn on Notification Center (below Allow Access When Locked). 
Silence all your notifications
Ask Siri. Say something like: “Turn on Do Not Disturb.” Learn how to ask Siri.
You can also go to Settings  > Do Not Disturb, then turn on Do Not Disturb.
 > Do Not Disturb, then turn on Do Not Disturb.
Set up location-based alerts
Some apps use your location to send you relevant alerts based on where you are. For example, you might get a reminder to call someone when you get to a specific place or when you leave for your next location.
If you don’t want to see these types of alerts, you can turn them off.
- Go to Settings  > Privacy > Location Services. > Privacy > Location Services.
- Turn on Location Services. 
- Tap an app, then choose whether you want to share your location while using that app. 
See the Apple Support article About privacy and Location Services.