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Notications
To help make sure you don’t miss important events, many iPad apps can provide alerts. An alert
can appear briey as a banner at the top of the screen, which goes away if you don’t respond to
it, or as a notice in the center of the screen that remains until you acknowledge it. Some apps
can also display badges on their icons on the Home screen, to let you know how many new
items await—for example, how many new email messages you have. If there’s a problem—such
as a message that couldn’t be sent—an exclamation mark appears on the badge. A numbered
badge on a folder shows the total number of alerts for all the apps in the folder.
Alerts can also appear on the Lock screen.
Respond to an alert when iPad is locked: Swipe it from left to right.
Notication Center displays all your alerts in one place. So if you weren’t able to respond when
you rst received an alert, you can use Notication Center to respond when you’re ready. Alerts
can include:
•Missed FaceTime calls
•New email
•New text messages
•Reminders
•Calendar events
•Friend requests (Game Center)
If you’re signed in to your Twitter or Facebook account, you can post or tweet to your account
from Notication Center.
View Notication Center: Swipe down from the top of the screen.
•Respond to an alert: Tap it.
•Remove an alert: Tap , then tap Clear.