Introduction to Tablets: iPad
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1. Tap
This is simply a quick touch of the screen with
one finger. It’s the simplest gesture there is.
A tap is used to launch apps, select items, follow
web links and so on.
Tap the equivalent of a left-click on your PC.
2. Drag (tap and hold)
Touch a part of the screen, and keep your finger
in contact with the screen.
The effect of this varies, depending on the
application.
Tap and hold is often the equivalent of a right
mouse click on a computer. For example, when
you tap and hold on text you have typed, or are
reading on a web page, you see options such
as
Select
,
Cut
,
Copy
, and
Paste
the text.
On your
Home
screen, tap and hold can be used
to move apps around. Tap and hold an app icon
so that it appears to “wiggle”, then drag it to
where you want it.
3. Scroll
Simply touch a part of the screen that doesn’t
have a button or link. Keep your finger in contact
with the screen and move it up or down, left or
right.
This is most commonly used for scrolling
through documents or web pages. For example,
if you visit a web page that’s too long to see on
the screen, touch near the bottom of the screen,
any part of the page that’s not a link, then push
your finger up the screen, as if you were pushing
the web page up to reveal the rest of it. This will
cause the web page to scroll
Obviously, you can do the same in reverse to
scroll up – or left and right if the page or image
is too wide.
4. Swipe
Swipe is a quick slash across the screen. It can
be in whatever direction is required.
Swipe is most commonly used when flipping
between pages (in a book) or images (in an
album). The gesture is like swiping the current
page or image aside to reveal the next page
or image.
USING
TOUCHSCREENS
AND
GESTURES
Tap
Tap and hold (and drag)
Scroll
Swipe