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Once it’s paired, the keyboard reconnects to iPad whenever it’s in range—up to about 30 feet (10
meters). When it’s connected, the onscreen keyboard doesn’t appear.
Save your batteries. Turn o Bluetooth and the wireless keyboard when not in use. You can turn
o Bluetooth in Control Center. To turn o the keyboard, hold down the On/o switch until the
green light goes o.
Unpair a wireless keyboard. Go to Settings > Bluetooth, tap next to the keyboard name, then
tap “Forget this Device.”
See Bluetooth devices on page 38.
Add or change keyboards
You can turn typing features, such as spell checking, on or o; add keyboards for writing in
dierent languages; and change the layout of your onscreen keyboard or Apple Wireless
Keyboard.
Set typing features. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard.
Add a keyboard for another language. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards >
Add New Keyboard.
Switch keyboards. If you haven’t added any keyboards, tap to switch to the emoji keyboard.
If you have several keyboards, tap to switch to the last one you used. Continue tapping to
access other enabled keyboards, or touch and hold , then slide to choose a dierent keyboard.
For information about international keyboards, see Use international keyboards on page 143.
Change the keyboard layout. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards, select a
keyboard, then choose a layout.
Keyboard layouts
On iPad, you can type with a split keyboard that’s at the bottom of the screen, or undocked and
in the middle of the screen.
Adjust the keyboard. Touch and hold , then:
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Use a split keyboard: Slide your nger to Split, then release. Or spread the keyboard apart from
the middle.
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Move the keyboard to the middle of the screen: Slide your nger to Undock, then release.
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Return to a full keyboard: Slide your nger to Dock and Merge, then release.
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Return a full keyboard to the bottom of the screen: Slide your nger to Dock, then release.
Turn Split Keyboard on or o. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Split Keyboard.