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
Send animated effects in Messages on iPad
In the Messages app 
, you can animate a single message with a bubble effect or fill the entire message screen with a full-screen effect (for example, balloons or confetti). You can even send a personal message with invisible ink that remains blurred until the recipient swipes to reveal it.
You need iMessage to send and receive message effects. See About iMessage and SMS/MMS.
Create and send a handwritten message
Use your finger to write a message. The recipient sees the message animate, just as ink flows on paper.
In a conversation, rotate iPad to landscape orientation, then tap the text field.
Tap
on the keyboard.Write a message with your finger or tap
to choose a saved message, then tap Done.Tap
to send your message or 
to cancel.
After you create and send a handwritten message, the message is saved. To see your saved messages, tap . Tap the message to use it again. To delete the saved message, touch and hold it until the messages jiggle, then tap 
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Use a bubble effect
Use bubble effects to animate the message bubble.
In a new or existing conversation, type a message or insert a photo or Memoji.
Touch and hold
, then tap the gray dots to preview different bubble effects.Tip: Want to send a personal message? When you use invisible ink, the message remains blurred until the recipient swipes to reveal it.
Tap
to send the message or to cancel.
Tip: Want to send a personal message? When you use invisible ink, the message remains blurred until the recipient swipes to reveal it.
Use a full-screen effect
Use full-screen effects to animate the message screen.
In a new or existing conversation, type a message or insert a photo or Memoji.
Touch and hold
, then tap Screen.Swipe left to preview different screen effects.
Tap
to send the message or to cancel.
Messages automatically uses the following screen effects for specific text strings:
Balloons for “Happy birthday”
Confetti for “Congratulations”
Fireworks for “Happy New Year”