For this reason, now that the iPad is so widespread, we have decided to collect a series of tricks that all iPad users should know . Many of them are quite simple, others are more advanced, but all of them will help me get more out of your iPad, whatever model you have.
The 10 essential tricks for iPad
Cheats for iPad there are many, almost all that we have available on the iPhone also work on the iPad, but we have selected the 10 tricks that we consider essential for iPad users.
Shortcuts in the apps
When Apple introduced 3D Touch technology, one of the most used functions was to press one of the icons that we had on the home screen to open a panel with extra functions for each application . Many applications have this panel of shortcuts and thanks to iPadOS we can now also enjoy it on the iPad.
It is very simple, the only thing you must do is to hold down an icon and a drop-down menu will appear in which you will have several options . For example, by holding down the camera icon we can directly take a selfie, record a video, take a photo or take a selfie in my portrait. But there is much more, apps like Word allow us to access recently edited files, the Settings icon allows us to quickly access Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Battery and the Files app to see the latest documents and files saved.
Write numbers and symbols much faster
This is a exclusive trick of the iPad and its large keyboard. The keyboard that we have on the iPad is much larger than that of the iPhone and quite different. One of the most important differences is that it allows us to make gestures on the keys, with just sliding one of them down we will write the number or symbol that appears above the letter .
This is a very fast way to type both numbers and symbols not so used since we don't have to switch to the numeric keyboard. A trick that few know but that once you discover you will not stop using.
Use two applications at the same time
It is one of the best tricks for iPad: use two applications at the same time , for example you can be watching a Netflix series or a YouTube video and at the same time confess to a message or check something on Twitter. But where it is especially interesting is when we use the iPad to work.
Now you can have, for example, a Word document on one side and a PowerPoint on the other , and you can drag elements from one window to another as if it were magic. The Split View function is compatible with all apps and is activated very simply:
- The most recommended is to have the two apps that you want to use in the iPad dock .
- Open one of them and slide from the bottom of the screen up until the dock appears .
- Drag the other app to the right or left of the first app.
- You already have the two apps on the screen you can select the size of each one by sliding the tab that appears in the middle .
Use three applications at the same time
But there is more, you can also use 3 applications at the same time on the iPad if you combine the Split View function from before with Slide Over. The only thing you should do is have two applications open at the same time as we have told you above and follow these steps:
- Reopen the dock by sliding upwards.
- Select the third app you want to use and drag it upwards , but not towards one of the ones you have open , drag towards the center.
- The third app will appear as a floating window that you can move to the right or left and that you can hide on one side by dragging it and reactivate it by sliding from that side.
Cut, copy, paste and select with gestures
One of the most important novelties of iPadOS brought us a multitude of gestures that we can perform on the screen to cut, paste or select in a document. These are all of them:
- Double click on a word to select it.
- Press three times on a word to select the phrase in which it is included.
- Click four times on a word to select the paragraph in which it is included.
- Tap with three fingers on the screen to activate the text menu.
- Pinch the screen with three fingers to copy.
- Pinch the screen twice with three fingers to cut.
- Expand (as if you were zooming in on a photo) with three fingers to paste.
- Swipe left with three fingers to undo the last action.
- Swipe with three fingers to the right to redo the last action.
- Drag the scroll bar on the right to move quickly through a document or web.
Use the keyboard as a cursor
Another one of those keyboard tricks that become essential when you know it. If you are one of those who edit documents on the iPad, you will know that there are times when it is not easy to select with the finger in a document the exact point so that the cursor is placed on the position we want, especially if it is within a word.
However you can transform the keyboard into a virtual trackpad to move easily throughout the document in a much more precise way. You just have to press with two fingers inside the keyboard and move them at the same time to move the cursor around the document.
Record what happens on the screen
A trick that can be most useful, and best of all, is that it is a native function of iOS and iPadOS, so you won't have to install anything, just press the button recording center, wait 3 seconds countdown and start recording . To stop you must press this button again.
The most normal thing is that you do not have the record screen button of the Control Center on your iPad active, to do so follow these steps:
- Enter Settings & gt; Control center.
- Click on Customize controls .
- Locate the one with Screen recording and click on the “+”.
Widgets on the home screen
The home screen of the iPad can have fixed widgets , both from Apple applications and from the compatible App Store apps. These widgets are quick access to many functions, to activate them follow these steps.
- Swipe until you are on the first screen of applications .
- Now swipe one again and the widgets will appear.
- Scroll down to the widget section and click Edit .
- You can edit the ones you want to appear and their order.
- On top active Keep on home screen .
Floating keyboard
The iPad is a large device, the full-screen keyboard can be uncomfortable at times, but you have a little trick available that will make the iPad keyboard reduce to the size of the one on the iPhone to be able to use it more comfortably with one hand, and the best thing is that it is something temporary.
The only thing you have to do to activate this small floating keyboard is pinch as if you were reducing a photo on the keyboard , and it will get smaller. Now you can move it wherever you want, use it by sliding over the keys and, when you want it to return to its size, simply pinch the keyboard by zooming.
Quick screenshots
This is a trick for those who have an Apple Pencil . To take a screenshot on the iPad, we must press the unlock button and the volume up button at the same time, however if you have the Apple Pencil it is much easier. All you have to do is swipe from one of the bottom corners to the center of the screen and you will take a screenshot and edit it instantly.
It's really easy take a screenshot with #iPadOS pic.twitter.com/bAEr7fSGHs
— Angel Roca (@angelr 420) June 14, 2019
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