An iPad can change the way you complete many tasks. There are so many uses, though, you probably do not know everything the iPad is capable of doing. Keep reading to prepare yourself for all this machine has to offer.

Should your iPad freeze, you can reboot it by performing a soft reset. To start, hold down your home and power buttons at the same time for several seconds. This will prompt your device to restart. To force close an app, just hold down the home button until it closes.

Watch your currently running apps carefully. A lot of the apps on your tablet can keep running while you work on other things. You can easily see the running apps by double clicking the home button. A bar with open and recently-used apps will appear at the bottom. Swipe in the down direction to hide the bar when you’ve finished.

If your iPad constantly asks you if you would like to join the Wi-Fi networks it detects, change this option. You’ll see the option about Joining Networks. Turn that setting off, and you will finally be rid of the constant notifications.

You know your iPad has a tiny camera image in the bottom left of the screen, but you do not actually have to tap this to view the most recently taken video or picture. Just swipe your finger to the right to find the video or picture you just took. Previous photos can be seen by swiping left.

The iPad lets you see 2 lines of an email before viewing it in full. In some cases, you may want to see more before you open it. To do this, go to Settings>Mail. Got to Mail and choose Contacts. After that choose Calendar and change the options for previewing mail.

Most people will say that the iPad is an amazing creation. You can maximize its potential by learning more about the things it can do. By applying what you’ve learned from this article, you’ll be able to fully enjoy your iPad.