This document provides tips and explanations for exploring and customizing the iPad. It discusses 1) organizing apps into folders, 2) using app icons, 3) the spotlight search tool, 4) page indicators, and 5) placing frequently used apps in the dock. It also explains how to edit the home screen, view purchased apps, optimize battery life, use split and full keyboards, enable assistive touch and multitasking gestures, use AirPlay to stream content, and create a custom lock screen image.

1. Exploring iPad
Learning More....
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1 - Folder or Collection store similar apps in folders
2 - App Icon each app has a unique icon.
3 - Spotlight search tool for your ipad and the Internet
4 - Page Indicator the page you are on is illuminated
5 - Dock place apps you use frequently here
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3. Circled numbers are indicators of new items
•new email messages
•updates to apps
•notifications from apps
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4. To edit, press and hold on any app until all shimmer. Now you can:
• Delete
• Move to the Dock
• Remove from the Dock
• Move to a different page
•Create Folders (drag one icon on top of another)
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5. What Have I Purchased?
•Go to App Store app
•Click on Purchased
•To view apps you have removed, click here
If you are like me and have both
an ipad and iphone, you can see
your purchases for both devices
here.
Installed
Not Installed
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6. Make your battery last:
1. Turn Off WiFi Do this by tapping Settings -> Network -> WiFi -> and moving the slider to "off".
2. Turn Off 3G Do this by tapping the Settings app -> General -> Network and then sliding 3G to "off".
3. Turn Off Bluetooth Do so via Settings -> General -> Bluetooth -> and moving the slider to "off".
4. Turn Off Data Push Turn this feature off via Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Fetch New Data -> and move the "Push" slider to "off".
5. Fetch Email Less Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Fetch New Data, and change the settings just below the Push menu.
6. Turn Off Location Services Turn off locations services via Settings -> Location Services and move the slider to "off".
7. Use Auto-Brightness Turn this one via Settings -> Brightness -> and move the Auto-Brightness slider to "on".
8. Reduce Screen Brightness Tweak this settings by Settings -> Brightness and moving the slider to a comfortable settings.
9. Turn Off Equalizer To keep it off, go to Settings -> iPod (or Music) -> EQ -> and set it to "off".
10. Auto-Lock Sooner To change this setting, go to Settings -> General -> Auto-Lock and choose your interval.
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7. Use a split keyboard:
Sometimes you want to hold your ipad and type...so Apple
created the split keyboard. This allows you to hold the ipad on
the sides and use your thumbs to type.
Place your thumbs in the center of the keyboard
and slide outward to get the split keyboard.
•Tap here to hide the keyboard.
•Tap anywhere you can enter text to get it back
•Drag here to move the keyboard up or down if it
gets in your way.
Place your thumbs in the center of the keyboard
and slide inward to get full keyboard back.
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8. AssistiveTouch Multitasking gestures
Using multitasking gestures gives you shortcuts to
With Assistive Touch, an overlay menu is displayed
help you get around even quicker on your iPad:
that presents the user with commands that usually
Using four or five fingers, swipe up to reveal the
require certain physical actions, such as rotating
multitasking bar, pinch to return to the Home
the screen or shaking the device. This new feature
screen, and swipe left or right to switch between
allows for the iPad to be more accessible to those
apps.
who may not be able to accomplish these tasks.
Using Assistive Touch, users can just tap the
onscreen controls using just one finger. Doing this
will tell the operating system to do gestures that
would usually require the user to do a more
complex task, like use two or three fingers.
Other available commands include locking the
screen, adjusting the volume, and finger-based
gestures like pinch and swipe.
Users can also create custom gestures, tracing
certain patterns or movements with their fingers on
the screen to accomplish some tasks that may be
difficult. These gestures can then be given a name
and accessed from the Assistive Touch menu.
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9. Requires Apple TV ($99) to take advantage of AirPlay
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10. Identify Your iPad
One of the first things I did when I got my iPad is created an ownership lock screen. This is an image
that appears in the lock screen mode.
I used Keynote... You can use whatever program
you are comfortable with.
All I did was insert an image and text box into a
new slide. In Keynote, you can export out as an
image. In PowerPoint, you can do a “Save As
Pictures” option.
There are a lot of different ways to do this part:
Once I had the image, I just saved it to my
Dropbox folder...it was then available to any of
my devices where I have Dropbox installed.
Once in Dropbox, I saved it to my photo library.
From here I selected the image and chose the
option to use as wallpaper. I chose this to be my
lock screen. I could have chosen it to be both my
lock screen and my home screen, but I like the
variety!
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