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
Control iPad with your voice
You can control iPad with just your voice. You can edit text as you dictate, navigate with voice commands and gestures, and see numbers or names next to screen elements.
Turn on Voice Control
Do any of the following:
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Voice Control.Add Voice Control to Accessibility Shortcuts—go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then tap Voice Control.
Learn Voice Control commands
When Voice Control is turned on, you can say commands such as the following:
“Open Control Center”
“Go home”
“Tap item name”
“Open app name”
“Take screenshot”
“Turn up volume”
To learn more Voice Control commands, go to Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control > Customize Commands, then tap a category.
Use the screen overlay
For faster interactions, navigate iPad with a screen overlay that shows item names, numbers, or a grid.
Item names: Say “Show names” or “Show names continuously,” then say “Tap item name.”
Numbers: Say “Show numbers” or “Show numbers continuously,” then say the number next to the item you want.
Grid: To interact with a screen location not represented by an item name or number, say “Show grid” or “Show grid continuously,” then say the number closest to the location you want. To zoom in on the location, say another number on the smaller grid.
To turn off the overlay, say “Hide names,” “Hide numbers,” or “Hide grid.”
Customize Voice Control
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Voice Control.Adjust any of the following:
Show Confirmation: When iPad recognizes a command, a visual confirmation appears at the top of the screen.
Play Sound: When iPad recognizes a command, an audible sound is played.
Show Hints: See command suggestions and hints.
Overlay: Display numbers, names, or a grid over screen elements.
Attention Aware: On an iPad with Face ID, Voice Control wakes up when you look at your iPad and goes to sleep when you look away.
To teach Voice Control new words, tap Vocabulary.