Apple MC774LL/A, MC992LL/A, MC983LL/A, MC987LL/A, MC963LL/A, MC959LLA manual Entering and Editing Text

Use an index: Some lists have an alphabetical index along the right side. The index can’t be selected by flicking between elements; you must tap the index to select it. With the index selected, flick up or down to move along the index. You can also double-tap, then slide your finger up or down.

Rearrange the Home screen: On the Home screen, select the icon you want to move. Double-tap and hold, then drag the icon. VoiceOver speaks the row and column position as your drag the icon. Release the icon when it’s in the location you want. You can drag additional icons. Drag an item to the left or right edge of the screen to move it to a different page of the Home screen. When you finish rearranging the icons, press the Home button.

You can turn speaking off, stop speaking an item, turn the display off, or have VoiceOver speak the entire screen.

Mute VoiceOver	Double-tap with three fingers. Double-tap with three
	fingers again to turn speaking back on. To mute only
	VoiceOver sounds, set the Side Switch to silent.
Stop speaking an item	Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to
	resume speaking. Speaking automatically resumes when
	you select another item.
Turn off the display while you use	Triple-tap with three fingers. Repeat to turn the display
VoiceOver	on again.
Speak the entire screen from the top	Flick up with two fingers.
Speak from the current item to the	Flick down with two fingers.
bottom of screen

You can hear iPad status information by tapping the status bar at the top of the screen. This includes the time, battery life, Wi-Fi signal strength, and more.

Entering and Editing Text

When you select a text field with VoiceOver, you can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text. You can use the editing features of iPad to cut, copy, or paste in the text field.

Note: Safari doesn’t support copying webpage content. The editing features work only in editable text fields.

Enter text:

1Use VoiceOver to select an editable text field, then double-tap to display the insertion point and bring up the onscreen keyboard. If the field already contains text, the insertion point is placed at the beginning or at the end of the text. Double-tap again to place the insertion point at the opposite end. VoiceOver tells you the position of the insertion point.

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