The document provides an overview of the history of the iPad family and various secret skills for using an iPad more effectively. It discusses the original iPad and iPad 2 models and their release dates. It then outlines several hidden skills such as how to create and edit folders, see running apps in the background, close apps, change keyboard languages, use different finger gestures to switch apps and view the bottom bar, and move quickly through years in the calendar. Lastly, it notes the different actions associated with using 1, 2, 4, or 5 fingers on the iPad screen.

1. GADGET REPORT
Secret skills of using iPad

2. HISTORY AND IPAD FAMILY
iPad 1 iPad 2 The New iPad
Released
on

3. HISTORY OF IPAD FAMILY
 Launched on March 12, 2010, iPad first
iPad 1
generation became the hottest electronic
device in the modern world, especially
among young people.
 iPad went on sale in China on March 17,
2010. Only on the first day, apple told
300,000 iPad in China.
 The second generation was released on
iPad 2 March 2, 2011. A front and a back camera
was added to iPad 2, and thus face time
started.
 Surprisingly, Apple didn’t publish iPad 3 as
The New iPad people expected this year, instead, the
new iPad makes us wondering if this is the
last name of iPad series.

4. HOW TO USE AN IPAD
 When you buy an iPad, it does not come with any
instruction
 Learn from people who already have an iPad
 Generate the skills from using another apple touch
screen products, if you pre-owned an iPhone or an
iPod touch,
 Read the official guide book online at :
manuals.info.apple.com/en/ipad_user_guide.pdf
 Install the guide book in your iPad through iBooks
app

5. LEARN THE SECRET SKILLS OF IPAD
 There are many useful
skills to make your
experience with iPad
easier and more
wonderful, but none of
them is mentioned in
the guide book.
Therefore, we
discovery them and
summerize.

6. MAKE A FOLDER
 Touch icon 1 till it
jiggles
 Drag icon 1 to icon 2
 Release your finger
when icon 1 is on top
of icon 2
 iPad will name the
folder autimatically

7. EDIT FOLDER
 Touch the folder to
open and edit
 Touch and hold till
icons jiggle, and then
drag the icon out to the
grey are will remove
the app from the folder
 Touch the folder name
to rename it
 Touch the grey area
back to main screen

8. BACKGROUND APPLICATIONS
 Most of the apps are still
running at the background
when returned to the main
screen
 Double click the home key
to bring up the bottom bar
and see the apps that are
running at the background
 Or touch the screen with 4
fingers and slide from
bottom to the top
 Touch the grey area to go
back to the main screen

9. CLOSE BACKGROUND APPS
 At the background
apps window, touch
and hold the icon till it
jiggles
 Touch the red bar on
the top left corner to
close apps you don’t
need

10. TYPING SECRETS
 iPad comes with many
languages to type in
 Choose different
language from:
SettingGeneral
International
Keyboard Add New
Keyboard
 When typing, you see a
global left to the space
key. Touch and hold to
choose the current typing
language

11. TYPE EASIER
Touch and hold some keys, iPad
will offer you variations and make
your typing easier.

12. SWITCH BETWEEN APPS
 Touch the screen with
4 or 5 fingers
 Slide to the left or right
to switch between apps
that are running in the
background

13. BOTTOM BAR SHORTCUTS
 It works while you are in
an app
 Bring up the bottom bar
 Slide to the right and see
the quick menu for iPod
and brightness
adjustment
 This allows you to play
music and change
brightness without
quitting the recent app

14. QUICK MOVE YEAR IN THE CALENDAR
 Touch and hold the year at the bottom
 Slightly move your finger to the right
 Move your finger when the desired year shows up

15. WHAT DOES DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF
FINGERS MEAN FOR IPAD
1 finger touch is to select
 1 finger touch and hold is to edit
 2 fingers touch is to zoom in and out, and rotate
 4 finger touch and move side ways is to switch
between running apps
 4 finger touch and move from bottom to top is
to bring up the background bar
 5 finger touch and move to the center is to
close an app and return to the main screen

16. CHINESE LESSON WITH IPAD
Using iPads to assist teaching Chinese

20. ENJOY YOUR IPAD!!!