Rearranging Icons on the Home Screen

You might find yourself using the Calendar and iPod apps every day but rarely using the Contacts or Notes apps. To make it easy to access the Calendar and iPod apps, you might want to put these icons in the corner of the screen and bury seldom-used app icons in another pane that's hidden out of sight. There are two ways to rearrange your Home screen: directly on the iPad or through iTunes on your computer.

Rearranging Icons on the iPad

The fastest way to rearrange icons on your Home screen is to manipulate and move those icons directly on your iPad. To rearrange icons on the Home screen, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Home button. The Home screen appears. (Skip this step if the Home screen is already visible.) ...

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