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
Use iMessage apps in Messages on iPad
In the Messages app 
, you can decorate a conversation with stickers, play a game, share songs, and more—all through iMessage apps—without leaving Messages. You can expand your message options by downloading more iMessage apps from the App Store.
Browse and download iMessage apps
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In a Messages conversation, tap
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Tap an app to see more details and reviews, then tap the price to purchase an app or tap Get to download a free app.
All purchases are made with the payment method associated with your Apple ID.
Use an iMessage app
In a conversation, tap an iMessage app in the app drawer.
Tap an item in the iMessage app to add it to a message bubble.
Add a comment if you want, then tap
to send your message or 
to cancel.
Decorate with stickers
If you’ve downloaded a sticker app from the App Store, you can enhance your photos and videos with stickers in Messages.
In a conversation, tap a sticker app in the app drawer.
Touch and hold a sticker, then drag it on top of a message in the conversation. Before you release it, you can do any of the following:
Adjust the angle: Rotate a second finger around the finger dragging the sticker.
Adjust the size: Move a second finger closer to or away from the finger dragging the sticker.
You can also place the sticker on top of another sticker, or on a photo.
To see text that’s covered by a sticker, double-tap the sticker.
To see more information about the sticker, touch and hold the sticker, then tap Sticker Details. You can do the following:
See who sent the sticker.
View the iMessage app that sent the sticker.
Delete the sticker—swipe left, then tap Delete.
Manage iMessage apps
Tap
in the app drawer.Tap Edit, then do any of the following with your iMessage apps:
Reorder apps: Drag
.Add an app to your Favorites: Tap
.Remove an app from your Favorites: Tap
.Hide an app: Turn the app off.
Delete an app: Swipe left on the app, then tap Delete.