Showing posts with label tip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tip. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

iPad Tip 32 - Create Folders

This one is pretty basic: to create a folder all you need to do is tap and hold on an App until they all start to jiggle, then drag the app over another icon and release.
Your iPad will create a folder with both the Apps in it. The folder will be named according to the category of the Apps it contains, but you can rename it as you like. How many Apps can you have in a folder and how many folders can you have? Read it here - http://tinyurl.com/pttk6fs

Friday, October 3, 2014

iPad Tip 30 - Customize your Triple Click!

You can activate voiceover, invert colors, set the screen to grayscale, zoom, switch control and assistive touch by customizing the triple click of your home button. Head to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and you can customize the triple click.

Friday, September 19, 2014

iPad Tip 24 - Easy Email

Copy/Paste Pictures to Email

I was baffled by this issue at first thinking the only way to send a picture was to use the send
options in the Photo app.
Just tap and hold an image until you get the copy option. Copy it, load your email app, and
paste it.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

iPad Tip 23 - Port Doesn't Charge?

USB Ports That Don't Charge

Many USB ports don't have enough power to charge an iPad when the iPad is on. Try turning the iPad off and then giving those low-power ports another try. It's likely that they will then be able to charge your iPad.

Friday, September 12, 2014

iPad Tip 21 - The Big Picture

Get the Big Picture!

To take a screen shot push the power button and the home button simultaneously for just a second. You can also use this trick on your iPhone. On the iPad, however, that screen shot is at 768 X 1024 resolution making it a lot more useful than the tiny iPhone shots.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

iPad Tip 20 - Video Zoom

Two-Finger Zoom for Web Video

When you encounter a video on a Web page that the iPad can play, touching it with two
fingers and expanding (the opposite of the pinch gesture) zooms the video to full-screen mode.

Monday, September 8, 2014

iPad Tip 19 - Interactive Spell Checker

Interactive Spell Checker

The iPad includes a built-in spell check feature that acts the same as the one in Mac OS X. If
you misspell a word, it appears with a dotted red underline. Tap the word to view suggested
spellings.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

iPad Tip 18 - Thesaurus

Replace Includes Thesaurus

When you select a word, the familiar pop-up options appear: Cut, Copy, and Paste. The iPad
adds a new option: Replace. Tap it to view alternate spellings or corrections.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

iPad Tip 17 - Better Zooming

The Zoom accessibility option that's in the iPhone OS is even more helpful on the iPad than
on a smaller device because of the additional screen territory. You can turn this on from Settings
| Accessibility | Zoom by flipping Zoom to On.

The Zoom screen explains the three options: double tap with three fingers to zoom in; drag
with three fingers for panning around the screen; and use three fingers to double tap without
releasing, and then drag up or down to zoom in or out.

Friday, August 29, 2014

iPad Tip 16 - Access Alternate Characters

Access Alternate Characters

Touch and hold a character on the onscreen keyboard to view related characters. For example, holding the E key brings up accented E characters, or holding the $ key brings up other currency symbols. Have some fun and check them out, there are a number of keys; Y, U, I, O, !, & just to name a few.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

iPad Tip 15 - Curly Quotes

Curly Quotes
There are many variations of quotes and finding them in iPad's keyboard can be counter
productive.
Just tap and hold any quotes key and you get a selection of possibilities.

Monday, August 25, 2014

iPad Tip 14: Easy Apostrophe

Easy Apostrophe

I use apostrophe's all the time; see I just used one. But this is a key that's not visible on the
integrated virtual keyboard so it's a huge hassle typing them.

Press and hold the comma key. A pop-up variation appears with an apostrophe, and it even
appears highlighted, which means you don't have to move your finger to select it. Simply tap,
hold for a moment, then release to create the apostrophe.

Friday, August 22, 2014

iPad Tip 13 - Lock Rotate

Lock Rotate

This may not qualify as much of a secret, since Apple promotes the feature, but in my early
experience, it's terrifically useful. Flick the switch above the volume controls to lock screen
rotation. The iPad is quite sensitive to orientation, and rotates its screen with little provocation.
Locking rotation means sticking with the view you're in, even as you shift position, or place the
iPad flat on a surface.

Friday, August 15, 2014

iPad Tip 10 - Find Apps Quickly

Find Apps Quickly

Now that you have many dozens of apps on your iPad, it's sometimes difficult to find that app
you want quickly.
Double tap the home screen button and type the first few characters of the app name.
Chances are good it'll be right there. Tap on it and you're running it.

Friday, August 8, 2014

iPad Tip 7 - Preview Mail

By default, iPad's email app is configured to show only 2 lines, probably a hold-over from
iPhone, but impractically small for iPad.
Go to Settings | Mail, Contacts and Calendars and select "5 lines" under Preview. Also, while
you're at it, you might want to update your Push email from "Manual" if you like to have your
messages waiting when you open the Mail app. Note - push features tend to drain battery power
a bit more quickly.

Monday, August 4, 2014

iPad Tip 5 - Fast Scroll

Fast Scroll to Top
You're reading a very lengthy web page and realize you want to get back to the top. Few
people realize that a double tap on the bezel above the browser (the title bar) is possible and will
instantly scroll to the top.

Monday, July 28, 2014

iPad Executive Tip 2

Quick Select-All
As we know, copying text is simple - double tapping a word. Getting a whole paragraph is
done by dragging the little blue numbs, right? Wrong.

Speed up the process and avoid dragging those little nubs around by tapping any editable text
four times. This will highlight the entire paragraph.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

iPad Tip 1: Soft Reset

This is a really handy tip - performing a soft reset - i.e., a reboot.This will be extremely useful
in those rare cases when your iPad freezes or you’re struggling with a new iOS update.
Hold the top (power) and bottom front (home) button for about five seconds and your iPad
will restart. Similarly, to force-quit any application, hold the home button by itself for a few
seconds.