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A wonderful thing, the iPad. It lets you type, sing along, record yourself, draw pictures, anything and everything. However, without a bit of understanding, you might get lost in all of the available features. Keep reading for some great advice for owners of iPads.
Be sure not to overdo your iPad app spending. It’s simple to keep spending where there is so much to download. Hence, you should set a limit on how much to spend on them.
Don’t forget how many apps you are running at once. The apps may be running while you are doing other things. You can easily see the running apps by double clicking the home button. You will see them in a bar located at the bottom. Swipe down in order to eliminate the bar after you finish.
In your inbox, you may want to see more than the first few lines. Under Settings, navigate to Mail, and look for the Preview setting. You can adjust this to 5 lines. This way, you can view more of the email, speeding up your skim-through process.
Typing on a tablet can be difficult at first but gets easier over time. However, the iPad does have a button for speech dictation. Just push the home button twice and then tap on the little microphone that you see. Once you finish, hit that microphone once more and you will see in text what you have spoken aloud.
Do you hate having to tap the bookmark icon in order to open your bookmarked sites? You can easily do this by always showing the bookmarks bar. To turn on, go to the Safari settings and click Show Bookmarks Bar.
If you are wanting to do a fast copy and paste, simply select and hold the text and tap the Select button. Once you’ve done this, you’ll need to press ‘copy’, go to a different app, and press and hold again. You will then see the option to paste. Click on that. If you want to copy and paste a paragraph, you will need to click the area four times.
How do you avoid the frustration of an unknown hyperlink when browsing on your iPad? You can fix this easily. Since you can’t hover over words like on a regular computer, you may touch and hold that word. You do not need to be afraid of hyperlinked text on your iPad.
The cloud function is great to use if you love to play around on the internet. This is the best way to store your information while saving space on the hard drive for the iPad. You can store your important documents both on your device and on the cloud.
It is possible to copy and paste words using your iPad. Tap and hold on the text you want to copy and choose select so you choose the sentence you want to copy. Press again to highlight the text, and then press Copy. You can paste, then, by pressing, then holding, and choosing “paste”.
Sync pages using iTunes to share documents with both a Mac and a PC. This ability is a godsend for many. You can add even more ease by emailing documents and downloading them.
Brightness Setting
Using your iPad in different locations means you will likely need to change the brightness setting often. Fortunately this is easy on the iPad. The normally bright screen can be dimmed by tapping the Home button twice and swiping until you see the brightness setting. You can alter the brightness and save some battery life.
There are two ways in which you can display a PDF. You can email the PDF to yourself or place it into iTunes. Try out both methods to see which one is easier for you.
Have you ever tried hooking your iPad up to your television screen? It really isn’t that hard. There is a separate adapter that allows you to connect the two devices. You want either Apple’s VGA adapter or a digital AV adapter. Either of these will do the job.
Would you like to quickly take a screenshot? Doing so is actually quite simple. Press down on the home button, and then also press down on sleep/wake. This will cause a flash, indicating that your picture has been taken. The shot is saved already, so that’s it!
Worried about screen scratches? While your iPad can handle some damage, if small scratches are appearing, you might want to place a protective cover on it. This not only protects the Ipad, but it protects the fingers from getting micro-cuts as well.
If you want to copy text on your iPad, just double tap the keyword. Copying large sections of text, however, isn’t this simple. Tap the chosen text four times which will copy the entire paragraph. This method can be used for addresses, paragraphs, and the URL bar.
Backup your iPad. If you’d like to take a further precaution, you can have your iPad automatically wipe its memory if a thief tries to break in. Go to Settings, General and then turn on Password Lock so that the data on your iPad will be wiped if someone tries to break into it.
Have you ever found an image online that you wish you could save? This is a breeze. Just tap and hold it on the image. A “save image” prompt will appear. Choosing Yes will save it to your iPad for you to view whenever you like.
If you own both an iPad and an Apple TV device, you can tether your iPad to your TV. You can choose to send specific programming right to your TV by tapping on any video or slideshow that has the Airplay icon.
You will find your iPad to be more useful after reading the information here. Remember this advice next time you power-up your iPad and pass the info along to others you know who own them. Helping others with the knowledge you have also will help yourself.
