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
View an email in Mail on iPad
In the Mail app , you can preview the contents of an email without opening it.
![A preview of an email in the Inbox showing the sender’s name, the day the email was sent, the subject line, and the first two lines of the email.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/4a3a6c05c2172223dd08049b8bf71759.png)
Preview an email and a list of options
In a mailbox list, touch and hold an email to preview its contents and see a list of options for replying, filing it, and more. See Perform quick actions on iPad.
Show a longer preview
In your mailbox lists, Mail displays two lines of text for each email by default. You can choose to see more lines of text without opening the email.
Go to Settings > Mail > Preview, then choose up to five lines.
Show the whole email
In the list of emails, tap the one you want to read.
Show the whole conversation
Go to Settings > Mail, then turn on Organize by Thread.
To change how threads are displayed, you can also change other settings in Settings > Mail—such as Collapse Read Messages or Most Recent Message on Top.
Show To and Cc labels in your Inbox
Go to Settings > Mail, then turn on Show To/Cc Labels.
You can also view the To/Cc mailbox, which gathers all mail addressed to you. To show or hide it, tap Mailboxes, tap Edit, then select “To or Cc.”
Add someone to your contacts or make them a VIP
In an email, tap a person’s name or email address, then do one of the following:
To add them to your VIP list, tap Add to VIP.
To add them to your contacts, tap Create New Contact or Add to Existing Contact.
You can add a phone number, other email addresses, and more information