The iPad is, according to Oprah, one of the greatest inventions of our time. If you are new to the iPad, you might not know what it is capable of and how to use its features. Read this article to Learn more about your iPad and discover all its features.

Should your iPad freeze, you can reboot it by performing a soft reset. To do this, you must hold the home and power buttons at the same time for a few seconds. Wait for your iPad to reboot. When an app is stuck, you can hold the Home button and it should close.

Make sure you check out your currently running apps. A lot of the apps on your iPad can run behind the scenes while you work on other things. To check what is running on the iPad, just double click the Home button. A bar with open and recently-used apps will appear at the bottom. After you see what is running, close the bar by swiping downward.

If time is of the essence, avoid charging your iPad with an iPhone charger. Your iPad doesn’t have the same wattage as your iPhone which is 10 watts as opposed to 5 watts on the phone. Using an iPhone charger to fully charge an iPad battery will take quite a long time. Use the charger that came with your iPad instead.

A lot of people aren’t very good at typing on a tablet, even though it gets easier later. If you have issues, use speech dictation instead. Just double click your home button and you’ll then want to tap on the microphone icon. After you have dictated your piece, tap the icon one more time and your text will display.

Now that you know more about the iPad, you are ready to hit the ground running. Use the iPad to its fullest potential with the advice from this article. Be sure you’re aware of everything it has to offer so you can get the most out of your investment!