OT. iPad Question!

[SalpalSally]

Does anyone know how to copy n post text or pics here or anywhere using ipad?

Do I need an App?

[funnylegs4]

I don't know anything about iPad but I think there is a way to copy and paste on one. Try google or the Computers and Tech forum here on Braintalk. They would know more about it.

[Sunshine]

Touch and hold down your finger on top of what u want to copy. Choices will pop up such as Select , SELECT all, copy, paste etc. touch select all if u are copying all on the screen. Otherwise, touch select. A minute amount will then be highlighted in blue with dots or tiny circles around it. Put your finger on a dot, one dot at a time, and drag it in the direction of what else you want highlighted. When the passage is highlighted, touch the screen by it, the word Copy pops up. Touch Copy.

Now, touch where yu want to paste it. The word paste pops up among other choices. Touch paste,

Voila.

Play around with this. Sometimes it's frustrating cuz it won't always function well.

[Sunshine]

You can also touch and hold down on a picture.word save image pops up. Touch it and its saved on your iPad. When u hold down touch on finger, a choice with upward arrow also can appear. Click on it to and touch save image to save image to your iPad photos.

[Lazarus]

Hi!
BBS gave you perfect instructions. If you go to YOUTUBE you can just search 'how to cut, copy and paste' with an Ipad.
Then you should be able to see someone doing this.

I only have an ipad. Once in a while it is tricky to copy something. Not sure why.

[agate]

Linda, I have an iPad, just recently acquired, but am finding it probably won't really replace my desktop PC that has a real keyboard. It takes much too long to enter letters on the iPad--and I've worked hard at learning shortcuts on that onscreen keyboard.

I like the iPad for a couple of games, and reading e-mail is easier on it. Being able to magnify the screen easily is great too.

[Howie]

I'm really sold on laptops. I have an ASUS laptop, available at Walmart, and pretty low priced. I couldn't use the iPad because they are just TOO small. I would need bifocals to even see it.

[agate]

I thought that it would be impossible to see too but swiping your hand across the screen enlarges everything.

[Howie]

But still, look how small the screen is? I guess it's for young folks like you Agate.

[Lazarus]

Howie....I have a question

I'm really sold on laptops. I have an ASUS laptop, available at Walmart, and pretty low priced. I couldn't use the iPad because they are just TOO small. I would need bifocals to even see it.

Hi,
I am a person still mourning the loss of webtv. I use the ipad in the same way...to read newspapers and research things.
My husband has the Ipad Aire which is even smaller than the IPad 2. Here's my question: have you looked at the new ipad Pro? I was thinking of getting it because it is bigger. I just wondered what you think.

The thing is..I have never had a computer. I know how to do what I want on the IPad. I sit on the couch with the IPad on my lap so I am not interested in the keyboard. I do not use it to play games...just read newspapers and recipes...I just wondered what is different in the new IPad Pro? Any experience? Thoughts?

[SalpalSally]

DD go the iPad for me cause she thought it would be easier for me to manipulate it while reclined in bed n she was right.
l do miss my Mac Air tho. It was much easier to type, copy, paste, n anything else, but so hard to handle in bed.

thanks for al your replies. I did Google lt n thought it too completed, soooo maybe later gator. LOL!

[Howie]

Linda, I too miss WebTV. Simple to use, virus proof, and hooked to your own TV, seeing it was easy.

isn't the Pro the one that's about the size of a book? I've never used one, and don't know anyone who has one. Go for a laptop. You would learn how easy it is to use. Don't let it being a "computer" stop you.

The iPod and iPad are computers too. So was WebTV. If you can type, you can use a computer. I'm a one finger typing nut, yet here I am.

[Frog42]

Howie's a nut no matter how many fingers he types with seems to be the general consensus.

[Gary]

F.Y.I. if you have HDMI ports on your TV and laptop as well as a USB port you can get a wireless mouse and a HDMI cable and hook them to the TV. That is what I do.

[agate]

I can understand the "maybe later," Sally. I'm reminding myself to see about that copy-and-paste deal when I'm up to it. When I read this:

A minute amount will then be highlighted in blue with dots or tiny circles around it. Put your finger on a dot, one dot at a time, and drag it in the direction of what else you want highlighted. When the passage is highlighted, touch the screen by it, the word Copy pops up. Touch Copy.

I realize it's something that would be very useful to know, but putting my finger on dots, one dot at a time, is the kind of thing I'll wait to try when I'm really really up to it.

"Slow but steady wins the race"?

Howie, it looks as if the iPad Pro is 9x12". My iPad is 8x6" and so the Pro would be considerably larger.

An iPad is absolutely great for situations where you don't have access to a computer, and it IS a computer, basically--just a mobile one.

I feel much more at ease having an iPad as a backup. I'm very very dependent on my computer and the Internet, and if they fail, I have problems. Now with the iPad at least I can pay bills, order groceries, send messages as needed if my computer goes out.

People are relying on their smartphones now but I don't think I'd do well with one of those. I now have a cellphone that lets me send text messages but that is an experience I'd prefer to skip, after trying it a few times. To enter the letter "b" you have to tap the "ABC" button twice, and for a "c" you tape it 3 times, and so on. You do get fairly fast at this but it's still slow.