Apple MD533LL/A manual Side Switch, Multitasking Gestures, Date & Time, Keyboard, International

•• Adding Friends: When Adding Friends is off, you can’t make or receive friend requests in Game Center. If Multiplayer Games is turned on, you can continue to play with existing friends.

Side Switch

You can use the Side Switch to lock screen orientation or to silence notifications and sound effects.

Lock the screen in portrait or landscape orientation: Go to Settings > General > “Use the Side Switch to…,” then tap Lock Rotation.

Mute notifications and other sound effects: Go to Settings > General > “Use the Side Switch to…,” then tap Mute. The Side Switch doesn’t mute audio or video playback. Use the volume buttons on the side to silence these sounds.

Multitasking Gestures

Multitasking gestures let you quickly switch between apps, reveal the multitasking bar, and go to the Home screen. See Multitasking gestures on page 20.

Date & Time

These settings affect the time shown in the status bar at the top of the screen, and in world clocks and calendars.

Set whether iPad shows 24-hour time or 12-hour time: Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn 24-Hour Time on or off. (24-Hour Time may not be available in all areas.)

Set whether iPad updates the date and time automatically: Go to Settings > General > Date

&Time, then turn Set Automatically on or off. If you set iPad to update the time automatically, it gets the correct time based on your cellular (on Wi-Fi + cellular models) or Wi-Fi connection. In some cases, iPad may not be able to automatically determine the local time.

Set the date and time manually: Go to Settings > General > Date & Time, then turn Set Automatically off. Tap Time Zone to set your time zone. Tap the Date & Time button, then tap Set Date & Time.

Keyboard

You can turn on keyboards for writing in different languages, and you can turn typing features, such as spell-checking, on or off. For information about keyboard options, see Typing on page 22.

For information about using international keyboards, see Appendix B, International Keyboards, on page 121.

International

Go to Settings > General > International to set the following:

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The language for iPad The calendar format The keyboards you use

The date, time, and number formats

Accessibility

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and turn on the features you want. See Chapter 26, Accessibility, on page 96.

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