Chapter 1 iPad at a Glance 10
Home button
The Home button lets you get back to the Home screen at any time. It also provides other
convenient shortcuts.
Go to the Home screen: Press the Home button .
On the Home screen, tap an app to open it. See Opening and switching between apps on page 18.
Display recently used apps: When iPad is unlocked, double-click the Home button . The
multitasking bar appears at the bottom of the screen, showing the most recently used apps.
Swipe the bar to the left to see more apps.
Display audio playback controls:
•When iPad is locked: Double-click the Home button . See Playing music on page 78.
•When using another app: Double-click the Home button , then ick the multitasking bar from
left to right.
Use Siri (iPad 3rd generation or later): Press and hold the Home button . See Chapter 4, Siri, on
page 35.
Volume button and Side Switch
Use the Side Switch to disable audio alerts and notications. You can also use it to lock the screen
rotation and prevent the iPad display from switching between portrait and landscape mode.
Adjust the volume: Press the Volume button up or down to increase or decrease the volume.
•Mute the sound: Press and hold the bottom end of the Volume button.
•Set a volume limit: Go to Settings > Music > Volume Limit.
Mute notications, alerts, and sound eects: Slide the Side Switch down.
The Side Switch doesn’t mute audio playback, such as music, podcasts, movies, and TV shows.
See Side Switch on page 117.
Lock the screen rotation: Go to Settings > General > “Use the Side Switch to…,” then tap
Lock Rotation.
Use the Volume button to adjust the volume of songs and other media, and of alerts and
sound eects.
Volume
up/down
Volume
up/down
Side
Switch
Side
Switch
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see Important safety
information on page 125.
You can also use the Do Not Disturb setting to silence FaceTime calls, alerts, and notications.
Set iPad to Do Not Disturb: Go to Settings and turn on Do No Disturb. Do Not Disturb keeps
alerts and notications from making any sounds or lighting up the screen when the screen is
locked. Alarms, however, still sound, and if the screen is unlocked, Do Not Disturb has no eect.
To schedule quiet hours, allow specic people to call, or allow repeated FaceTime calls to ring
through, go to Settings > Notications > Do Not Disturb. See Do Not Disturb & Notications on
page 113.