Apple Ipad Ios7 User Guide

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Personal Hotspot
Use Personal Hotspot to share your iPad ( Wi-Fi + Cellular models) Internet connection. 
Computers can share your Internet connection using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or a USB cable. Other iOS 
devices can share the connection using Wi-Fi. Personal Hotspot works only if iPad is connected to 
the Internet over the cellular data network.
Note:  This feature may not be available with all carriers. Additional fees may apply. Contact your 
carrier for more information.
Share...

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AirPrint
Use AirPrint to print wirelessly to an AirPrint-enabled printer, from apps such as Mail, Photos, and 
Safari. Many apps available on the App Store also support AirPrint.
iPad and the printer must be on the same Wi-Fi network. For more information about AirPrint, 
see support.apple.com/kb/HT4356.
Print a document. Tap 
 or  (depending on the app you’re using). 
See the status of a print job. Double-click the Home button, then tap Print Center. The badge on 
the icon shows...

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Privacy
Privacy settings let you see and control which apps and system services have access to Location 
Services, and to contacts, calendars, reminders, and photos.
Location Services lets location-based apps such as Maps, Weather, and Camera gather and 
use data indicating your location. Your approximate location is determined using available 
information from local Wi-Fi networks, if you have Wi-Fi turned on. The location data collected 
by Apple isn’t collected in a form that...

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Allow access to features when iPad is locked. Go to Settings > Passcode. Optional features include:
 •Siri (if enabled; see Siri settings on page 38)
Allow access to Control Center when iPad is locked.  Go to Settings > Control Center. See Control 
Center
 on page 28 .
Erase data after ten failed passcode attempts. Go to Settings > Passcode and tap Erase Data. 
After ten failed passcode attempts, all settings are reset, and all your information and media are 
erased by removing...

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Find My iPad
Find My iPad can help you locate and secure your iPad using the free Find My iPhone app 
(available in the App Store) on another iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, or using a Mac or PC web 
browser signed in to www.icloud.com/find. Find My iPhone includes Activation Lock, which 
makes it more difficult for anyone else to use or sell your iPad if you ever lose it. Your Apple ID 
and password are required in order to turn off Find My iPad or to erase and reactivate your...

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The battery icon in the upper-right corner of the status bar shows the battery level or 
charging status.
Display the percentage of battery charge. Go to Settings > General > Usage and turn on 
Battery Percentage.
Important:  If iPad is very low on power, it may display an image of a nearly depleted battery, 
indicating that iPad needs to charge for up to twenty minutes before you can use it. If iPad is 
extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes...

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Siri
Use Siri
The power of Siri is yours for the asking.
Summon Siri. Press and hold the Home button, until Siri beeps.
Note:  To use Siri, iPad must be connected to the Internet. See Connect to Wi-Fi on page 13
Tap to speak to Siri.
Siri’s response
For hints, ask Siri “what can you do,” or tap .
Siri often displays helpful info on your screen. Tap the info to open a related app or get 
more details.
Manually control when Siri listens. As an alternative to letting Siri automatically notice when...

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Tell Siri about yourself
If you let Siri know who you are, you can get personalized service—like, “tell me how to get home.” 
Tell Siri who you are. Fill out your contact card in Contacts, then go to Settings > General > Siri > 
My Info and tap your contact card.
Be sure to include your home and work addresses, and your relationships. 
Note:  Location information isn’t tracked or stored outside iPad. If you don’t want to use Location 
Services, go to Settings > Privacy > Location...

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Messages
iMessage service
With the Messages app and the built-in iMessage service, you can send unlimited text messages 
over Wi-Fi using iOS 5 or later, or using OS X Mountain Lion or later. Messages can include 
photos, videos, and other info. You can see when people are typing, and let them know when 
you’ve read their messages. iMessages are displayed on all of your iOS devices logged in to the 
same account, so you can start a conversation on one device and continue it on another. For...

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Start a text conversation. Tap , then enter a phone number or email address, or tap  and 
choose a contact.
Note:  An alert  appears if a message can’t be sent. Tap the alert in a conversation to try 
sending the message again. 
Resume a conversation. Tap the conversation in the Messages list.
Hide the keyboard. Tap 
 in the lower-right corner.
Use picture characters. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard, 
then tap Emoji to make that keyboard...