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
Restart iPad
If your iPad isn’t working right, try restarting it.
Turn iPad off and on
To turn off iPad, do one of the following:
Models with the Home button: Press and hold the top button until the slider appears, then drag the slider.
Other models: Simultaneously press and hold the top button and either volume button until the sliders appear, then drag the top slider.
All models: Go to Settings
> General > Shut Down, then drag the slider.
To turn iPad back on, press and hold the top button until the Apple logo appears.
![Illustrations of two types of iPad models with their screens facing up. The leftmost illustration shows a model with a Home button on the bottom of the device and a top button on the top-right edge of the device. The rightmost illustration shows a model without a Home button. On this device, volume up and volume down buttons are shown on the right edge of the device near the top, and a top button is shown on the top-right edge of the device.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C91321D680CE2031E0AD40C/5C913220680CE2031E0AD421/en_US/dbb1b56cfec1518fc7a569a80171f614.png)
Force restart iPad
If iPad isn’t responding, do one of the following:
Models with the Home button: Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.
Other models: Press and release the volume up button, press and release the volume down button, then press and hold the top button. When the Apple logo appears, release the button.
![Illustrations of two types of iPad models with their screens facing up. The leftmost illustration shows a model with a Home button on the bottom of the device and a top button on the top-right edge of the device. The rightmost illustration shows a model without a Home button. On this device, volume up and volume down buttons are shown on the right edge of the device near the top, and a top button is shown on the top-right edge of the device.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C91321D680CE2031E0AD40C/5C913220680CE2031E0AD421/en_US/c32a836781dfdfa253cc503f17a537d9.png)
If iPad still doesn’t respond or turn on, see the Apple Support article If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won’t turn on or is frozen.