Does Your IPad Do It All Yet?

The iPad has many functions that allow it to be a great tool for anyone. You may find you"re overwhelmed by all it can do, though. Use the advice from this article to discover how great iPads are.

Keep track of the apps your are running. A lot of iPad apps are designed to run as background processes. To learn what is active on your iPad at any given time, give the Home button a double click. Any applications running at the time will be shown at the screen"s bottom in a bar. When you are finished looking at it, swipe down to close the bar.

Have you ever mistakenly opened a noisy app? The volume can quickly be muted by holding down the decrease volume button. If you use mute often, you can set the lock orientation key to act as your mute button.

Do you want to preview more of your email? Go to Settings, Mail and find Preview. You can change this from 2 lines to 5 lines. This should help you decide if you really need to read the entire email or not.

Typing on a tablet can be difficult at first but gets easier over time. Alternately, you can use the speech dictation feature of iPad. Press the home button of your iPad twice and select the microphone icon that appears. When you are finished you just hit the microphone again and the text will appear on the screen.

When you receive a new email, your iPad"s default setting is for you to see two lines prior to opening it. You might want to see more than that. Go to "mail" under "settings". Open the mail tab in the settings app, then navigate to Contacts > Calendar. Once there, choose the number of lines to preview using the "preview mail" option.

For manual lovers, you must download the manual in order to read it. It is the Apple policy to provide minimal paper and give you the choice of downloading a manual or not.

It can be irritating hearing a chime every time you get an email on your iPad. Are you aware that you can turn it off? Go to Settings then General. Select Sounds under the General heading. Then you can change the volume or even turn off the sound for new mail.

Because iPads are expensive, it is a good idea to care for them properly. Quite a few people find that screen protectors work well with their iPads. This is a thin plastic film that adheres to your screen and keeps it safe. To clean the screen, be sure to use a lightly water dampened, soft cloth. Don"t use window or household cleaners on the iPad.

You can mute your sound quickly on your iPad. The original iPad didn"t have a mute button. Prior to iOS 4.3 you had to use the lock switch to mute the sound or lock your iPad"s orientation. Holding down the volume button helps to mute your phone fast.

Establish FaceTime telephone numbers and email addresses. When it"s on default, FaceTime on the iPad includes the email you set up with your iPad, but it"s possible to add more. If you find more emails or things like phone numbers that FaceTime should recognize, go to the settings on your iPad and set them up.

Hold down on your text if you want to copy and paste it. Once the text is selected, tap "copy", and switch to the app you wish to paste to and hold down a tap again. This will allow a menu to come up and then paste. To do an entire paragraph, simply tap four times.

Do you know what podcasts are? You can find radio programs in varying lengths on just about any topic. Podcasts are a great alternative to the standard radio hits and talk show drivel. Do a search on the Internet to find a podcast on a topic that interests you.

A lot of people know about the iTunes store, but they aren"t always well-versed on the features that are available. One interesting function is iTunes U. The U stands for university. There are many educational podcasts and you can learn a lot.

Auto brightness really helps extend battery life. Your iPad can sense the lighting in the room you are in and adjust its own lighting to best fit the need. This will control the power being drawn from the battery by the screen, and you"ll be able to use the iPad for longer periods before having to charge it. Go to Settings/Brightness and Wallpaper.

You can share the documents or music that you have with your iPad and other devices. You will then be able to transfer documents from your iPad to your computer. You can email PDF"s and then download them to another computer.

To access all running apps, just double-click the Home button. After doing that all of the apps that are running will pop-up on the bottom of your screen, and from there you just need to click the appropriate icon. You can see what you have running, and close any you are not using to save on memory requirements.

Clearly, there are iPad secrets and tips able to suit your every need. When you know how to use this handy device, you are getting more use for your money. Use all or some of these tips to find out what the iPad can offer you.

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Does Your IPad Do It All Yet?