Using an app such as Pages, Numbers or Keynote on iOS or macOS select a shape that suits the theme and compliments or frames your photo.
Follow the link — Preview button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
Holiday Shapes
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Draw perfect shapes
Obtain perfect shapes when drawing in a Note, while marking up a screenshot or using Freeform.
Follow the link — Preview button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
Lift Subject Tip
Add a photo without its background to another
app — Lift Subject.
Follow the link — Preview button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
Drag and Drop Tip
Add one of your photos to another app — Drag and Drop.
Follow the link — Show Me button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
Do you use drag-and-drop in other ways?
Visual Lookup tip
Learn more about your photograph— Visual Lookup.
Follow the link — Show Me button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
iPad Screenshot and Markup tip
Take a Screenshot and Mark it up using an iPad.
Follow the link — Show Me button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
New in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17
In the past Apple has made the User Guides available via the Web and also for Apple Books. The User Guides for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 are only available via the Web.
Apple has published PDFs detailing the changes.
https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-17/pdf/iOS_All_New_Features.pdf
and iPadOS 17
https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-17/pdf/iPadOS_All_New_Features.pdf
Accessibility and the iPad
As we age, some accessibility issues are more common, such as vision problems. Choosing helpful features can be confusing, but a New Zealand teacher has created a PDF showcasing iPadOS features.
The information is for teachers and students, but I believe it is relevant for anybody.
Log in using your Apple ID to download the ‘Overview’ PDF near the foot of the page. Each QR code shown is a link to a short video (one or two minutes) explaining the feature.
https://education.apple.com/en/resource/250011712
For Apple’s documentation regarding getting started with accessibility features on your iPad, see:
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/ipad/ipad9a2465f9/ipados
‘Today at Apple’ continues
Those who are following Apple on YouTube will already know that there is another ‘Today at Apple’ video available.
This one cover many, many features of Keynote on the iPad. If you watched this video TEN TIMES you would still find something new.
Continue reading “‘Today at Apple’ continues”
iPad Checklist v01
This is a basic checklist that covers some of the fundamentals in using an iPad.
