Wondering What You Can Do With An IPad? Start Here!

Your iPad is waiting for you, but you stare at it sometimes not knowing what to do next. Perhaps you have found many uses for it, but you're not sure how to figure out certain other things. You need a little helpful advice to get you pointed in the right direction.

Don't be fooled into thinking that iPads are only useful if you are into gaming or entertainment. There is really an application for anything you can possibly imagine. This includes home organization apps like personal budgets as well as recipe books, calculators, and anything else you can possibly imagine.

Some newer iPads have a mute button instead of a lock orientation one. If you prefer the lock orientation feature, you should go into your settings and tap on the general section. You will be able to choose which function you want to associate with this button. Save your changes when you are done.

Here is a quick tip to finding text on a page with your iPad. When you are in Safari, type your search word into the Google box. This will give you a list of suggestions. Near the bottom of these suggestions you will see "on this page" and tap on it to show the word on the page you are viewing.

Do you wish you could get to your bookmarked favorite sites quicker and easier? You should activate the bookmark bar. To turn on, go to the Safari settings and click Show Bookmarks Bar.

A neat feature in Safari on the iPad is the quick scroll. Many people do not know about this and waste time scrolling by hand up the page to get back to the beginning. All you have to do to get back to the top of any page is to tap on the title window at the top.

The iPad can be instantly muted. When the iPad originally came out, there wasn't a dedicated mute button. With the advent of iOS 4.3, it became possible to mute the audio easily. To quickly mute your iPad now, just press and hold the volume-down button.

You do not have to save documents to your iPad to share them. Access them via the Internet and open your share menu. You will then have access to a list of all the documents you opened. Tap on the document you want to share. If you want to share an entire page, you will be able to send it as a Word document or as a PDF.

Unfortunately, the iPad does not have a free satellite navigation feature. However, the map's direction features works great for driving, walking, and even bus directions. To use it, simply tap on "Directions", found on the top left corner of the maps app, and you will be given a step-by-step guide to your destination.

If you find the iPad to be slightly out of your budget range, then you may want to consider one from the previous generation. While it won't have every single feature of the newest model, you can save hundreds of dollars and lose very little. This is especially true between the newest pads.

The iPad is a great tool for taking and emailing pictures. Once you have a picture that you want to share on your iPad, sending it via email is simple. Just open the photo on your iPad and look for the rectangle in the upper right-hand corner. Click on that and you will be given an opportunity to share via email. Simply choose that option and type in your recipients to send.

If you are a photo buff, then the iPad is really interesting for you. While it isn't a professional-level camera, it is an exceptionally good amateur camera. What is better is that there are many applications, which allow you to manipulate the photo right on the iPad itself!

Turn down the brightness of the screen. This has the dual advantages of being easier on your eyes and extending your effective battery life. Recent iPads are typically fully readable at around sixty percent of their standard brightness. Night time use can sometimes be done with half that. You can get to the brightness setting by swiping towards the left, or double-tapping on your home button.

If you are writing a lengthy article or submission, finding the best hotkeys is a necessity. A quick doubletap of the space and you'll find a full stop and space appear in its place. This is a commonly used tool when writing on the iPad and saves a lot of time in the process.

Kids need to be protected from the Internet. Go to Settings, General, and then Restrictions. Whenever you discover the Restrictions option, select Enable Restrictions. This option restricts your children from viewing inappropriate content. This can include websites, online shows and videos that are adult in nature.

You can take better pictures by focusing on your subject and improving the metering of the light. All you have to do is tap on your subject and your iPad will focus on this area and meter the light to make your subject more visible. Experiment with this tool to take some artsy picture!

Get a case or screen protector. If you use your iPad regularly, it is going to show signs of wear and tear, particularly on the screen. To avoid more than is necessary, get a screen protector or a case so that you can keep the screen free from scratches and damage.

You can turn on Caps Lock on an iPad. To type a capital letter with the onscreen keyboard, you'd tap the right or left shift key and the letter you need. This is a bit of a hassle if you need an entire word capitalized. The easiest thing to do is use Caps Lock. To turn it on, just double tap on either the right or left shift key.

The advice you've read in this article should give you a better understanding as to how you can use your iPad for more things. Maybe you were stuck in certain areas, but now you're ready to go! Keep figuring out more about your device, as it can be very helpful.