Tablets such as iPads are in common use these days. Whether you're a beginner or have been using your iPad for a while, it's always handy to know you're using the iPad to its full capabilities.

There are many different Tips and Tricks to using your iPad, the list is endless. So we have shortlisted 10 which we hope will be of use to all levels of user.

Most of these are applicable to iPhones as well.

**1. Access Camera when iPad is locked**

You don't actually need to unlock your iPad, find and select the **Camera App** on the iPad to take **Photos** or **Videos**.

Simply Pressing the **Home** button once and **swiping** the screen left will take you directly to the **Camera App**.

Don't worry about security too. Whilst this shortcut allows you to access the **Camera**, it doesn't allow access to the **Photos** or **Videos** you have already taken.

**2. Closing Apps**  
Pressing the **Home** button doesn't actually close the App. All this does is essentially minimise it. As such the **App** will run in the background, potentially using up your **Battery Life** and **Data Usage.**

To close **Apps** fully, pressing the **Home** button twice will bring up all Apps that are currently open. From there swiping the screen up will fully close the **App**.

**3. Battery Percentage**  
By default, the **Battery Life** indicator displays colours similar to traffic lights when low. Whilst good in itself, it's very useful to have the exact percentage showing, so you know exactly how much battery life you have remaining.

To enable the percentage, go to:

**Settings** > **Battery** > Swipe **Battery Percentage** to on (Green)

This section is also particularly useful to show the **Battery Usage** of your **Apps** over the **Last 24 Hours** or **Last 7 Days**, sorted by the biggest users.

Also select the **Clock** symbol to show exact times either **on screen** or running in the **background**.

**4. Managing your storage**  
You may be getting alerts about running out of space or just curious as to which **Apps** are using the most space.

To see how space is being used, how much is available and which **Apps** are taking up the most space, go to:

**Settings** > **General** > **Storage & iCloud Usage**

Then select **Manage Storage**

Here you will see the **Apps** sorted by **Storage Use** and you're able to decide if any changes are needed to free up space.

**5. Invert Colours**  
For people inflicted with light sensitivity or colour blindness, the iPad comes with a setting to invert the colours or adjust the display to help those who need it.

To change these settings go to:

**Settings** > **General** > **Accessibility** > **Display Accommodations**

Swipe **Invert Colours** to reverse the colours

Select **Colour Filters** to adjust the Colours to suit your eyesight

Swipe **Reduce White Point** to reduce the intensity of bright colours

**NB.** Some **Apps** such as games may not function as well in **Inverted Colours**, particularly those that are reliant on different colours.

**6. Jump to the top in Safari**  
On many occasions you might be scrolling down a page or article on the Safari Web Browser, only to want to get back to the top of page without having to keep using your finger to scroll up. Well, now you can.

Simply tapping the very top of the status bar where the current time is displayed will accomplish just that.

**NB.** This also works in the Mail App, Notes, Settings and many 3rd Party Apps.

**7. Add an Attachment to an Email**  
Adding an attachment to an email through the **Mail App** is not as intuitive as it should be. Unlike PCs and Laptops, **iOS** doesn't allow you to browse through your **iPad** files.

An attachment must be either a photo or video in your **Camera Roll**, or can be any file saved in a 3rd Party App such as **iCloud**, **Google Drive** or **Dropbox** for example.

To add any of these attachments, **Open** the **Mail App**, **Compose** a new email and **Tap** an empty space in the body of the email to bring up a menu of options:

Select **Insert Photo or Video** to attach something from your **Camera Roll**

or

Select **Add Attachment** and select a file from your 3rd Party App. Note you may have to select **Locations** in the Top Left Hand Corner and Sign in to your account before choosing the file you want to attach.

**8. Keep your information private from Advertisers**  
Your iPad holds information about you such as Gender, Date of Birth, and Location. By Default, this information is accessible by the **Apps** you install, as such, they can exploit this information to target **Advertisements** at you.

If you're concerned about your privacy (As you should be in this day and age). There is one setting you must switch on: **Limit Ad Tracking**

To enable this, go to:

**Settings** > **Privacy** > **Advertising** > Swipe **Limit Ad Tracking**

It is also recommended to tap **Reset Advertising Identifier** to remove any old information about you from Apps already installed.

**9. Split View Webpage**  
Did you ever want to read 2 web pages **side-by-side**? Well now you can!

Rotate your **iPad** to landscape mode, then **Touch** and **Hold** a link to bring up a menu of options.

Select **Open in Split View** to bring up the **side-by-side** pages

**10. Stop asking to join Wi-Fi networks**  
If you're annoyed by constantly being asked to join a network when out of range of your Wi-Fi, you can now stop the alerts.

To enable this, go to:

**Settings** > **Wi-Fi** > Swipe **Ask to Join Networks** to Off

Your **iPad** will still connect to known networks.