Entering Text and Filling Out Forms

Some webpages have text fields and forms to fill out. You can set Safari to remember names and passwords of websites you visit and fill out text fields automatically with information from Contacts.

Bring up the keyboard

Tap inside a text field.

 

 

 

 

 

Move to another text field

Tap another text field, or tap the Next or Previous

 

buttons above the onscreen keyboard.

 

 

 

 

Submit a form

After filling out a form, tap Go or Search. Most

 

pages also have a link you can tap to submit

 

the form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close the keyboard without submitting

Tap the Keyboard

 

 

key to hide the onscreen

 

the form

keyboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable AutoFill to help you fill out web forms: In Settings, choose Safari > AutoFill, then do one of the following:

ÂÂ To use information from contacts, turn Use Contact Info on, then choose My Info and select the contact you want to use.

Safari uses information from Contacts to fill in contact fields on web forms.

ÂÂ To use information from names and passwords, turn Names & Passwords on.

When this feature is on, Safari remembers names and passwords of websites you visit and automatically fills in the information when you revisit the website.

ÂÂ To remove all AutoFill information, tap Clear All.

Printing Webpages and PDF files

Use AirPrint to print webpages and PDFs from Safari.

Print a webpage or PDF: Tap at the top of the screen, then tap Print. Tap Select Printer to select a printer and set the printer options. Then tap Print.

For more information about printing from iPad, see “Printing” on page 40.

Searching the Web

Enter words or phrases in the search field to search the web and the current webpage. As you type, suggested and recent searches appear.

Search the web:

1Tap the search field (on the right side of the title bar).

2Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, and then tap Search.

3Tap a link in the list of search results to open a webpage.

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