The definitive tip for getting the most out of Apple’s iPad features.
Apple has incorporated a large number of design innovations into iPadOS 17. The user interface of the iPad operating system is more renewed than ever and, in addition, also major improvements have been implemented at the functional level like new Messages features, interactive widgets, FaceTime improvements, and more.
But the introduction of so many new things causes some of the functions available in the system to go unnoticed in the eyes of the vast majority of them. But don’t worry, that’s what we’re here for.
Today we will recommend to you one of the best iPad tricks that few users know and it will significantly increase your productivity in writing text. It is a secret trick related to the iPad keyboardkeep reading and find out what it’s all about.
The best trick for the iPad keyboard
The iPad keyboard hides a colossal amount of functions and shortcuts to improve our writing and maximize our productivity. It happens like with the tips for the iPhone keyboard, it is very difficult to remember them all: accents, special characters, side keyboard, text selection…
The iPad tip we recommend today consists of a feature that offers the possibility of unlock a secret trackpad
The iPad Pro virtual keyboard
To activate the iPad keyboard trackpad, you just need to follow a few steps:
- Open any app to write text.
- Tap a text field to access the iPad keyboard.
- Next, hold two fingers on any area of the keyboard.
Press and hold two fingers to unlock the hidden trackpad
This will turn the keyboard keys into invisible keys and allow you to direct the text cursor with your fingers. This is a very useful tip for writing good texts.
Extra Bonus
But there’s even more, you probably already know that If you hold your finger on the space bar, you can move the text cursor
- Open an app and write any text.
- Keep your finger pressed on the space bar.
- Without falling, tap and swipe left with another finger on any other area of the keyboard.
Selecting text on iPad
This iPad tip will allow you to quickly select text that you typed without having to use the “Select” tool in the text formatting drop-down menu. Want another tip? Double-tap a word!, it will be selected. And if you press three times… the whole paragraph will be selected.
