iPad User Guide
- iPad User Guide
- What’s new in iPadOS
- Supported models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Zoom an app to fill the screen
- Drag and drop
- Search with iPad
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPad
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPad using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPad
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- ENERGY STAR compliance statement
- Copyright
Add text, shapes, and signatures with Markup on iPad
In supported apps, you can use Markup to add text, speech bubbles, shapes, and signatures.
Add text
In the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap , then tap Text.
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar, tap or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
Double-tap the text box.
Use the keyboard to enter text.
To change text after you add it, tap the text to select it, then do any of the following:
Change the font, size, or layout: Tap in the toolbar, then choose an option.
Delete, edit, or duplicate the text: Tap Edit, then choose an option.
Move the text: Drag it.
To hide the Markup toolbar when you finish, tap or Done.
Add a shape
In the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap , then choose a shape.
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar, tap or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
To adjust the shape, do any of the following:
Move the shape: Drag it.
Resize the shape: Drag any blue dot along the shape’s outline.
Change the outline color: Tap a color in the color picker.
Fill the shape with color or change the line thickness: Tap , then choose an option.
Adjust the form of an arrow or speech bubble shape: Drag a green dot.
Delete or duplicate a shape: Tap it, then choose an option.
To hide the Markup toolbar when you finish, tap or Done.
Add your signature
In the Markup toolbar in a supported app, tap , then choose Signature.
Note: If you don’t see the Markup toolbar, tap or Markup. If the toolbar is minimized, tap its minimized version.
Do one of the following:
Add a new signature: Tap Add or Remove Signature, tap , then use Apple Pencil or your finger to sign your name.
To use the signature, tap Done, or to draw a new one, tap Clear.
Add an existing signature: Tap the one you want.
To see all of your signatures, scroll down the list.
Drag your signature where you want it.
To hide the Markup toolbar when you finish, tap or Done.