Four settings to do to make iPad mini more convenient

In order not to be troubled in such a case, register a total of four thumbs and index fingers on both hands with Touch ID. Any finger holding the iPad mini can then be used to unlock it. By the way, you can register up to 5 fingerprints.

2. Customize the keyboard to your liking

When using the software keyboard on the iPad mini, you may feel that the keyboard is hidden by your hands, or that the keyboard is at the bottom. Have you ever felt that it is too hard to hit?

Actually, you can move the iPad keyboard wherever you like. If you tap the screen once on the character input screen such as a memo, the keyboard will appear, so let's press and hold the keyboard mark at the bottom right.

[How to move the keyboard]

Display the keyboard and press and hold the keyboard mark at the bottom right

Select Unpin

Move the edge of the keyboard up and down with your finger

There are probably many people who want to use the familiar flick input on the iPhone. In that case, first add Japanese input from the keyboard and check "Flick only" in the settings.

[How to use flick input]

Add "Japanese-Kana" from Settings → General → Keyboard

Check "Flick only" on the previous setting screen

Return to the input screen, and when the keyboard appears, use the globe mark on the bottom left to enter Japanese

Press and hold the keyboard mark and select "Split"

You can also move freely while split. This state is convenient when you want to hold it with both hands like a book. If you flick with your right hand and confirm the character conversion with your left hand, the input speed will increase.

And there is another pattern for flick input. It is a flick keyboard with the same shape as the iPhone, and it is a floating keyboard that can be moved freely.

[How to put out the floating keyboard]

On the keyboard input screen, press and hold the keyboard mark

Choose "Floating"

You will be able to move the keyboard anywhere on the screen. The iPad mini also has a two-screen display mode "split", but the floating keyboard allows you to move the keyboard across the split, which is convenient when you want to take notes while browsing the net.

The keyboard can also be switched with gestures on the screen, but it may not be successful, so it may be better to press and hold to switch.

3. Use "Scribble" to input by handwriting

The real pleasure of the iPad is being able to input characters by handwriting. If you have an Apple Pencil, why not take advantage of it? Scribble's Japanese text input is a feature added in iPadOS 15 that recognizes handwritten characters as text.

For example, when you want to search for something, you can write your handwriting in the search area and it will be recognized as text. Not only is it useful for those who work with the Apple Pencil in their right hand all the time, but it is also effective when you want to search for unreadable kanji or spelling.

4. Take Quick Memos with Quick Memos

There are two types of memos on the iPad: regular memos and quick memos. Quick memo can be called in any screen state, such as the home screen, Safari, or while an app is running. All you have to do is move your finger or Apple Pencil quickly from the lower right corner to the upper left corner. A quick note will appear.

Since the quick memo also has a Japanese handwriting recognition function, when you write a character, it will automatically convert it to text. The written memo is stored in the "Quick Memo" folder of the normal memo app.

iPad mini 2021 (Amazon.co.jp)