iPad Tips and Tricks

I teach classes on iPads quite often to adults.  I am constantly searching for tips and tricks for iPads because we know that there is ALWAYS something new out there.  These tips and tricks may not all be new, but I find they are things that make using an iPad easier and a novice iPad user may not be aware of them.  Here are my top 10 must know tricks:

1. Setting:  Go to your settings and search through everything there.  You will be surprised what is there that you can control on your iPad. 
2. To rearrage app icons: touch and hold until they wiggle.  Then you can move the icons.  If you want to move the icon to a different screen, move the icon as far to the right as you can and hold until the screen to the right appears.  When you are finished click on the home button to stop the icons from wiggling.
3. Docked Apps:  The bottom row of icons are "docked"...they don't move.  You can put any icons there that you want.  You can put up to 7 when your iPad is in landscape.
4. To delete app icons: touch and hold an icon until they all wiggle.  Notice an "x" in the right corner of all apps.  Touch the "x" and you will be asked if you want to delete.
5. Group or Folders for apps:  Touch and hold an icon until it wiggles.  Move the icon on top of another app that you would like to group.  You will notice a new box around the two apps.  Your iPad will create a heading for this group, but you may change it.  You may move more apps into this group. 
6. Running Apps:  Unlike a computer you don't close applications, so they are always running in the background.  To see the running apps, click your home button quickly 2 times.  The running apps are along the bottom.  Touch and hold one app until they all jiggle and close the ones you don't want.  This does not delete them, just closes them.
7. Switch between applications:  To move from one application to another you can click home button quickly twice (as described in #6) and touch the app you want to move to.  The apps are in order you opened them from left to right.  Or, you can use 4-5 fingers and swipe left or right to move to that application.
8. Edit Typing:  When you are typing anything (document, notes, web address, etc) and you need to edit you can touch where your typing is and a circle magnifier appears.  That magnifier shows you where your curser is.  Move your finger around until you get your curser where you want.
9. Cut, Copy and Paste:  In iPads you can touch text and hold to get a message that says "Select" or "Select All".  Select will highlight just that word, but you can drag on of the corners to select more text.  Select all will highlight all the text.  After text is highlighted you will get a "Cut" or "Copy" choice.  After you choose cut or copy, move to where you want the text pasted.  Touch and hold and you will get a "Paste" option.
10. Frozen iPad:  When your iPad seems frozen then hold down the Power Button until you see "Slide to Power Off".  Power off your iPad.  After a few seconds hold the button again until your iPad comes back on.  That often fixs the issue.

One of the best sites I found for cool tips and tricks
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ipad-tips-and-tricks.htm

Tony Vincent iOS resources 
http://learninginhand.com/ios/