Yes, the keyboard should provide you with access to just about everything a touch of the screen can do. I have found using a Bluetooth keyboard very strange on an iOS device. It seems to take much more effort interacting with iOS via keyboard rather than simply picking up the device and using the touch screen.
For example, when I first launched the iOS Calculator to begin using with my external keyboard, I believed I could enter numbers using the number row on the external keyboard, but this is of course not the case in iOS. One must use the keyboard equivalent of a swiping gesture to locate numbers on the calculator. This is of course incredibly inefficient, and one will find it difficult to ignore the desire to pickup the iDevice and begin tapping on the keypad rather than using the external keyboard. I hope someone knows of a better solution and will increase the list's pool of knowledge. <Smile>. Oh yeah, to actually answer your question... You can use your Bluetooth keyboard's right arrow key to move to an app then, depending on the keyboard, execute a simultaneous press of the up and down arrow keys to actually open an app. Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim rawls" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:59 PM Subject: RE: new member to the group, desperately looking for questions, and frustrated with my new IPad. Jenny, I have a question for you. Can you go to an item with your blue tooth keyboard, and open that item, and then, make it do what it is supposed to do, just using commands from your keyboard? Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennie Facer Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: new member to the group, desperately looking for questions, and frustrated with my new IPad. Hi Jim, If you go to: www.appleVis.com there are tons of podcasts on the iDevices. There is a podcast on bluetooth keyboards that I think was done pretty well. That said, you are in the right group, and I hope we can answer some of your specific questions. I also have an iPad mini and I use it more than my PC nowdays. Hope this helps, Jenn Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2014, at 6:59 PM, "jim rawls" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, I apologize if I’m in the wrong group, and if I am, point me to the right one please. I have a new IPad mini with IOS 7.1, and a blue tooth keyboard. I got the Bluetooth keyboard, because I thought it would be easier than the one on the IPad. But, the keyboard commands that I have from a book from Braille press don’t seem to work on it. I’m about ready to throw the darn thing in the trash. Help please. I’ve been a PC user for 15 years and can do things really fast on it, but this is so darn slow at this point. Does it ever get easier? I need help. Jim -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. 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