Apple Ipod Touch Ios7 User Guide

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Change the screen orientation
Many apps give you a different view when you rotate iPod touch. 
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To lock the screen in portrait orientation, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open 
Control Center, then tap .
Customize iPod touch
Arrange your apps
Arrange apps. Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until it jiggles, then drag apps 
around. Drag an app to the edge of the screen to move it to a different Home screen, or to the 
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Organize with folders
Create a folder. While arranging apps, drag one app onto another. Tap the name of the folder to 
rename it. Drag apps to add or remove them. Press the Home button when you finish.
You can have multiple pages of apps in a folder.
Delete a folder. Drag out all the apps—the folder deletes automatically.
Change the wallpaper
Wallpaper settings let you set an image or photo as wallpaper for the Lock screen or Home screen. 
You can choose from dynamic and still...

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Type text
The onscreen keyboard lets you enter text when needed.
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Tap a text field to see the onscreen keyboard, then tap letters to type. If you touch the wrong 
key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter isn’t entered until you release your 
finger from the key.
You can also use an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter text. See Use an Apple Wireless 
Keyboard
 on page 24. To dictate instead of typing, see Dictate on page 25.
Tap Shift to...

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Edit text
Revise text. Touch and hold the text to show the magnifying glass, then drag to position the 
insertion point.
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.
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);...

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Save your batteries. Turn off Bluetooth and the wireless keyboard when not in use. You can turn 
off Bluetooth 
 in Control Center. To turn off the keyboard, hold down the On/off switch until the 
green light goes off.
Unpair a wireless keyboard. Go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap 
 next to the keyboard name, then 
tap “Forget this Device.”
See Bluetooth devices
 on page 31 .
Add or change keyboards
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 •all caps—to make the next word all uppercase
 •all caps on … all caps off—to make the enclosed words all uppercase
 •no caps on … no caps off—to make the enclosed words all lowercase
 •no space on … no space off—to run a series of words together
 •smiley—to insert :-)
 •frowny—to insert :-(
 •winky—to insert ;-)
Voice Control
Make FaceTime calls and control music playback with Voice Control. (You can also use Siri to 
control iPod touch by voice. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page...

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Search
Many apps include a search field where you can type to find something that the app knows 
about. With Spotlight Search, you can search all the apps at once. 
Search iPod touch. Drag down the middle of any Home screen to reveal the search field. Results 
occur as you type; to hide the keyboard and see more results on the screen, tap Search. Tap an 
item in the list to open it.
You can also use Spotlight Search to find and open apps.
Choose which apps and content are...

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Alerts and Notification Center
Alerts
Alerts let you know about important events. They can appear briefly at the top of the screen, or 
remain in the center of the screen until you acknowledge them.
Some apps may include a badge on their Home screen icon, to let you know how many new 
items await—for example, the number of new email messages. If there’s a problem—such as a 
message that couldn’t be sent—an exclamation mark 
 appears on the badge. On a folder, a 
numbered badge...

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Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb is an easy way to silence iPod touch, whether you’re going to dinner or to sleep. 
It keeps FaceTime calls and alerts from making any sounds or lighting up the screen. 
Turn on Do Not Disturb. Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center, 
then tap 
. When Do Not Disturb is on,  appears in the status bar.
Note:  Alarms still sound, even when Do Not Disturb is on. To make sure iPod touch stays silent, 
turn it off.
Configure Do...

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Transfer files
There are several ways to transfer files between iPod touch and your computer or other iOS 
device. If you have an app that works with iCloud on multiple devices, you can use iCloud to 
automatically keep the app’s documents up to date across your devices. See iCloud
 on page 15.
Transfer files using iTunes. 
Connect iPod touch to your computer using the included cable. 
In iTunes on your computer, select iPod touch, then click Apps. Use the File Sharing section to...