Apple Ipad Ios7 User Guide

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Multitasking gestures
You can use multitasking gestures on iPad to return to the Home screen, reveal the multitasking 
display, or switch to another app. 
Return to the Home screen. Pinch four or five fingers together.
Reveal the multitasking display. Swipe up with four or five fingers.
Switch apps. Swipe left or right with four or five fingers.
Turn multitasking gestures on or off. Go to Settings > General > Multitasking Gestures.
Change the screen orientation
Many apps give you...

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Create a new Home screen. While arranging apps, drag an app to the right edge of the 
rightmost Home screen. The dots above the Dock show which of your Home screens 
you’re viewing.
When iPad is connected to your computer, you can customize the Home screen using iTunes. In 
iTunes, select iPad, then click Apps.
Start over. Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap Reset Home Screen Layout to return the 
Home screen and apps to their original layout. Folders are removed and the...

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Turn perspective zoom on or off. When choosing an image for new wallpaper, tap the 
Perspective Zoom button. For wallpaper you already set, go to the Wallpapers & Brightness 
setting and tap the image of the Lock screen or Home screen to display the Perspective 
Zoom button. The Perspective Zoom setting determines whether the selected wallpaper is 
zoomed automatically.
Note:  The Perspective Zoom button doesn’t appear if Reduce Motion is turned on in Accessibility 
settings. See...

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Tap Shift to type uppercase, or touch the Shift key and slide to a letter. Double-tap Shift for  
caps lock. To enter numbers, punctuation, or symbols, tap the Number key 
 or the  
Symbol key 
. To quickly end a sentence with a period and a space, just double-tap  
the space bar.
Enter accented letters or other alternate characters. Touch and hold a key, then slide to choose 
one of the options.
Hide the onscreen keyboard. Tap the Keyboard key 
.
Depending on the app and...

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Select text. Tap the insertion point to display the selection options. Or double-tap a word 
to select it. Drag the grab points to select more or less text. In read-only documents, such as 
webpages, touch and hold to select a word.
Grab points
You can cut, copy, or paste over selected text. With some apps, you can also get bold, italic, or 
underlined text (tap B/I/U); get the definition of a word; or have iPad suggest an alternative. You 
may need to tap  
 to see all the...

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Add or change keyboards
You can turn typing features, such as spell checking, on or off; add keyboards for writing in different 
languages; and change the layout of your onscreen keyboard or Apple Wireless Keyboard. 
Set typing features. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard. 
Add a keyboard for another language. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards >  
Add New Keyboard.
Switch keyboards. If you’ve set up keyboards for other languages in Settings > General >...

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Add punctuation or format text. Say the punctuation or format. For example, “Dear Mary 
comma the check is in the mail exclamation mark” becomes “Dear Mary, the check is in the mail!” 
Punctuation and formatting commands include:
 •quote … end quote
 •new paragraph
 •new line
 •cap—to capitalize the next word
 •caps on … caps off—to capitalize the first character of each word
 •all caps—to make the next word all uppercase
 •all caps on … all caps off—to make the enclosed words...

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Control Center
Control Center gives you instant access to the camera, AirDrop, AirPlay, timer, audio playback 
controls, and other handy features. You can adjust the brightness, lock the screen orientation, turn 
wireless services on or off, and turn on AirDrop to exchange photos and other items with nearby 
iOS 7 devices that support AirDrop. See AirDrop, iCloud, and other ways to share
 on page 30.
Open Control Center. Swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen (even the Lock...

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Open Notification Center. Swipe down from the top edge of the screen.
Set notification options. Go to Settings > Notification Center. Tap an app to set its notification 
options. You can also tap Edit to arrange the order of app notifications. Touch 
 and drag it to 
a new position.
Close Notification Center. Swipe up, or press the Home button. 
Sounds and silence
You can change or turn off the sounds iPad plays when you get a FaceTime call, text message, 
email, tweet, Facebook...

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AirDrop, iCloud, and other ways to share
In many apps, you can tap Share or  to see sharing and other options. The options vary 
depending on the app you’re using.
AirDrop lets you share your photos, videos, websites, locations, and other items wirelessly with 
other nearby iOS 7 devices that support AirDrop. AirDrop requires an iCloud account, and 
transfers info using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. You must be on the same Wi-Fi network, or within 
approximately 30 feet (10 meters) of the...