Apple's iPadOS video tutorials point out new multitasking and editing features
Three new video tutorials show you how to use some features found in iPad OS
The first video shows users how to use Slide Over. From the dock at the bottom of the screen, select the app that you want to use and drag the icon to the side of the screen. You can continue to repeat the process until you have all the apps you want up on the screen. Swiping left from the edge of the screen opens the feature and dragging the bar at the bottom of the screen will allow you to “cycle” between your apps. Sliding up from the bar at the bottom of the screen will “fan out” the apps allowing you to see all of the ones that are open. And tapping on the bar at the top of an app on Slide Over will make it go full screen.
The second video tutorial deals with Split View. This feature allows iPad users to open two apps side-by-side, or open a single app using two sides of the screen. The video uses an example of someone working with the Notes app who wants to see two different notes at the same time. This is simply accomplished by dragging a note from the sidebar to either side of the screen. And the divider can be moved in order to give one side of the screen more real estate than the other side. With Split View, when two apps are open side-by-side, an image can be dragged over from one side to the other. Split View can be closed by dragging the divider to either edge of the display and both apps will then return to full-size.
The third and final video deals with the gestures that can be used to make text editing a breeze on an iPad running iPadOS. Selecting the text to be edited is as simple as pressing down on a word until it is highlighted. Then use your finger to swipe until the text you want to edit is highlighted. A three-finger pinch will copy the highlighted text, and a three-finger pinch done twice will cut the highlighted text. To paste this cut text, tap the display right on the area you want it to go and pinch out with three fingers. If you’re not sure if you want to keep the new positioning, a three finger swipe to the left will undo the previous edit. And can you guess how you restore the edit? That’s right, a three-finger swipe to the right will do the trick.
Video tutorial for iPadOS
