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
Set reading goals in Books on iPad
The Books app helps you keep track of how many minutes you read every day, and how many books and audiobooks you finish each year. You can customize your goals to spend more time reading, set new reading streaks, and share your achievements with friends.
![The Reading Goals section in Reading Now. The reading counter shows that 10 minutes of a 20-minute goal have been completed. Below the counter is a Keep Reading button, and circles that show the days of the week, Sunday through Saturday. The circles for Sunday and Monday are blue, indicating the reading goal was achieved. The circle for Tuesday is outlined half way around the circle, indicating the progress for that day. The circles for Wednesday through Saturday are gray. The middle of the screen shows Books Read This Year. Three squares, indicate a reading goal of three books. A book cover fills one square, indicating one read book for the year.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F19052E680CE2FB46D88582/5F190531680CE2FB46D88597/en_US/d2b9fde8f8dcd565dd8b26c44ce906ff.png)
Change your daily reading goal
You can adjust your daily reading goal depending on how many minutes you want to read per day. If you don’t customize your daily reading goal, it’s set to five minutes per day.
Tap the Reading Now tab, then swipe down to Reading Goals.
Tap Today’s Reading, then tap Adjust Goal.
Slide the counter up or down to set the minutes per day that you want to read.
When you reach your daily reading goal, you receive a notification from Books; tap it to get more details about your achievement, or send your achievement to friends.
Note: To count PDFs toward your reading goal, go to Settings > Books, then turn on Include PDFs.
Change your yearly reading goal
After you finish reading a book or audiobook in Books, the Books Read This Year collection appears below Reading Goals. The default yearly reading goal is three books per year, but you can increase or decrease your goal depending on how many books you want to finish.
Tap the Reading Now tab, then swipe down to Books Read This Year.
Tap a gray placeholder square, or a book cover, then tap Adjust Goal.
Slide the counter up or down to set the books per year that you want to read.
When you reach your yearly reading goal, you receive a notification from Books; tap it to get more details about your achievement, or send your achievement to friends.
See your reading streaks and records
Books lets you know how many days in a row you reach your daily reading goal and notifies you when you set a record.
To view your current reading streak and record, tap the Reading Now tab, then swipe down to Reading Goals.
Turn off notifications and Reading Goals
Turn off notifications: To stop receiving notifications when you achieve a reading goal or set a reading streak, tap your account in the top-right corner of the Reading Now tab, tap Notifications, then turn off Reading Goals.
Turn off Reading Goals: Go to Settings > Books > then turn off Reading Goals. When Reading Goals is turned off, the reading indicators in Reading Now are hidden and you don’t receive notifications.