iPad Quick Tip

Typing in Silence: If you’re an iPhone user, you’re well aware of the iPhone’s mute button.  This little gem not only silences the iPhone’s ringtone for incoming calls but also kills the sound generated by any iPhone app.  This is a quick way to enjoy a game while not disturbing your neighbor on the plane with all the Pows, Bangs and Kabooms.  Another nice use of the mute button is to silence the keyboard clicks when typing an e-mail during a meeting.

If you’re on an iPad, you unfortunately don’t have a quick mute button to quiet the keyboard clicks when typing up notes or an e-mail during a meeting, so what do you do?  You have two options: 1.) Use the quick mute shortcut we featured in an earlier post or 2.) Turn off unwanted sounds in the preference menu.

To turn off unwanted sounds, go to Settings on your iPad. Select General from the Settings list and then select Sounds from the menu on the right. From this menu, select which sounds you would like to have silenced. If you just want to eliminate the keyboard clicking sound, simply turn the Keyboard Clicks option to off and you can now type away in your next meeting without disturbing your co-workers.

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Now that people are getting their iPads, we’ve started our iPad Quick Tips series to help you get the most out of your new gadget. We’ll post our tips on a regular basis so keep coming back to find out the latest tricks and tips.