iPad Tips & Tricks 14-15
- 1. { iPad Tips & Tricks MILI & MILI Junior 2014-2015 Olivia Moris, Metronet
- 2. Home button – brings you back to the first screen.
- 3. On-Off button – turns iPad on and off.
- 4. Click On-Off button & Home button at the same time to take a screenshot. Screenshot = picture of what you’re looking at on iPad.
- 5. This is the iPad Settings icon. Go here to change settings for many things, like: keyboard, brightness, sounds, and settings for many apps.
- 6. In your settings is where you can connect to Wi-Fi.
- 7. Under General settings you can choose whether or not there is a Passcode Lock or when the iPad Auto-Locks.
- 8. Also under General settings you can choose whether or not your side switch locks the rotation on your iPad or mutes your sound.
- 9. The side switch is on this side of your iPad.
- 10. Under the Sounds settings, you can turn off the sound of keyboard clicks when you’re typing.
- 11. Under the Brightness & Wallpaper settings, you can adjust the brightness of your iPad. Having it less bright saves on battery power.
- 12. Also under the Brightness & Wallpaper settings, you can choose your Wallpaper background. You can choose from Wallpaper on the iPad, or choose something from your camera roll.
- 13. There are other settings, too. We will expect you will know how to go into Settings to adjust things if needed.
- 14. We will also expect you know how to download an app from the App Store. You will be downloading a lot of apps during MILI.
- 15. To search for an app in the App Store, make sure you’re on Featured. Then use the search bar at the top of the screen.
- 16. And after you do a search, look at the top of the screen at the type of app you’re looking at – iPad or iPhone.
- 17. iPhone apps will work on an iPad, but iPad apps will not work on iPhones.
- 18. Another thing you’re periodically want to do in the App Store is update your apps. Click on Updates and then click on Update All.
- 19. When typing on an iPad, you can split your keyboard. Place your thumbs in the center of the keyboard and pull apart.
- 20. This allows you to type with thumbs, as you may be used to on a smartphone. To put it back together, put your thumbs on the sections and move them towards each other.
- 21. If your keyboard does NOT allow you to do this, go to your Settings. Go to General Settings, then click on Keyboard, and then turn Split Keyboard on.
- 22. To copy something on your iPad, like text from a website, hold your finger on a word until you see a circle and then let go. The Copy/Define button will appear.
- 23. Then move the little blue pins around the text you’d like to copy. Just put your finger on a pin and move your finger. Then click on the Copy button.
- 24. To then paste this somewhere else, like an email, hold your finger on the blank area until you see a circle and then let go. The menu will appear. Click on the Paste button.
- 25. To bookmark a website in Safari, click on the right- pointing arrow at the top of the browser. Then select Bookmark.
- 26. To make an icon on your iPad home screen that goes to a certain website, click on the right-pointing arrow at the top of the browser. Then select Add to Home Screen.
- 27. If you want a Bookmark Bar that has some of your favorite bookmarks, this is under your Settings. Go to Settings, Safari, and turn on Always Show Bookmarks Bar.
- 28. When you exit an app, it doesn’t close it. To see what apps are open, double click the Home button, or… Four finger swipe up.
- 29. Closing apps can help with battery life. After the 4 finger swipe or double clicking home, you get the open app screen. Simply swipe up on an open program to close.
- 30. To organize your apps, you can put them in folders. Hold your finger on an app until it shakes and you see the X button. Do not click the X unless you wish to delete the app. Drag the app on top of another app to start a folder.
- 31. You can then name the folder. You can have unlimited apps per folder.