You want make better use of your iPad, but often the new features might be confusing. It’s more than just a gaming system! The iPad has tons of cool things to do. Get going with the process of learning by reading this piece now.

Soft resets can fix your iPad when it freezes. Simultaneously hold down the Power and Home buttons for several seconds. This will cause the tablet to restart. If all you need is for an application to close, then hold down the home button. Keep it held for a second or two.

You can adjust the settings so you can see more than a couple of lines from the emails in your inbox. Go to your settings, tap on mail and change the preview settings. Change this to “5 lines.” By using the five lines option, you can quickly skim your emails.

A lot of people find it hard to type on tablets, but it gets easier the more you do it. If you have issues, use speech dictation instead. Hit the home button before tapping on the small microphone. Dictate your text and click the icon a second time when you are finished.

If you are in the habit of reading the instruction manual for everything that you buy, you need to know that the iPad’s manual is only available via download. Apple is all about minimalism and they would rather you download one than to include one with all of their products.

Having read this article, you can now take full advantage of all that your iPad has to offer. There are few things it cannot do! Stay in the know and digest all the new information that comes out about the device. New applications are released daily, so you’ll always have uses for your iPad.