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
Download or bookmark the iPad User Guide
You can view the iPad User Guide in the Safari app 
, or download it to the Books app 
so you can read it even when you’re offline.
View the user guide in Safari
In Safari, go to https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad.
To view the user guide in a different language, scroll down to the bottom of the page, tap the region link (United States, for example), then choose a region.
Tip: For quick access, add the guide as a shortcut on your Home screen or as a bookmark in Safari. Tap 
, then choose any of the following:
Add to Home Screen: The shortcut appears as a new icon on the Home screen.
Add Bookmark: The bookmark appears when you tap
in Safari.
Download the user guide from Apple Books
If you download the guide from Apple Books (where available), you can read it even when iPad isn’t connected to the Internet.
Open the Books app
.Tap Search, then enter “iPad User Guide.”
Tap Get, then wait for the book to download.
See Find and buy books and audiobooks in Apple Books on iPad.