iPad Academy

You can take a snapshot of any screen on your iPad by pressing the Home button

and the Sleep/Wake button at the same time.

You’ll see a white flash on the screen, confirming the picture was taken. The screenshot is saved in your Photos library and can then be easily transferred to your computer for further processing. That’s how I made the iPad screenshots in this book.

Screenshots are handy for teaching and training. For example, I lead workshops and seminars on using the iPad. Problem is, with the exception of a handful of applications such as Keynote or GoodReader, you can’t actively show what’s happening on the iPad screen on a projector or large screen monitor. We’ll explore this topic a bit later in “Getting The Big Picture.” Screenshots can be captured, then annotated and displayed as part of a presentation. Screenshots are also handy for capturing that high score screen from your favorite game.

You can use the screenshot technique to take pictures of zoomed photos too. In the Photos app, you can use two fingers to zoom in to a face in a photo (reverse pinch), and then take a screenshot while zoomed in.

Don’t hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons too long or you’ll reset the iPad.

Excerpt from my eBook iPad Academy: Tips, Tricks and Clever Techniques