Learn & Customize the Home Screen
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Learn & Customize the Home Screen
Learn how to change your wallpaper and enable still or perspective settings.
INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
• Change wallpaper
• Personalize multiple lock screens
• Add widgets
• Add a Smart Stack
• Add a Smart Stack
• Move or remove a widget from the home screen
Change wallpaper
1. From the home screen, select the 
Settings app.
Settings app.2. Select Wallpaper, then select Add New Wallpaper.
3. Select the desired wallpaper.
Note: Create a custom look for your home screen and lock screen. Select wallpaper like Astronomy, perfect for the large display, or Kaleidoscope, which animates as you rotate your iPad. Browse a gallery of collections for inspiration. You can also select Photos to browse and choose a Live Photo. An all-new motion effect for Live Photos makes your Lock Screen feel more dynamic than ever when you wake iPad, and settles into your Home Screen when unlocked. To save battery life, turn off Live and Dynamic wallpapers.
Note: Create a custom look for your home screen and lock screen. Select wallpaper like Astronomy, perfect for the large display, or Kaleidoscope, which animates as you rotate your iPad. Browse a gallery of collections for inspiration. You can also select Photos to browse and choose a Live Photo. An all-new motion effect for Live Photos makes your Lock Screen feel more dynamic than ever when you wake iPad, and settles into your Home Screen when unlocked. To save battery life, turn off Live and Dynamic wallpapers.
4. Select Add.
5. Select Set as Wallpaper Pair to set the selected wallpaper on both the lock screen and the home screen.
Note: Perspective wallpapers will move as you tilt the iPad.
Personalize multiple lock screens
1. From the Wallpaper screen, swipe left or right to the desired Wallpaper set.
2. Select Customize under the lock screen.
2. Select Customize under the lock screen.
Note: Select Customize under the home screen to customize the home screen.
3. Customize settings as desired. When finished, select Done.
3. Customize settings as desired. When finished, select Done.
Note: You can add widgets on your Lock Screen to see information like the weather, time, date, battery levels, or upcoming events at a glance. Select ADD WIDGETS to browse the available options.
Add widgets
1. From the home screen, swipe right to access widgets.
2. Select Edit.
3. Select the
Add icon.
4. Search for or select the desired widget.
5. Swipe left or right to the desired widget layout and size, then select Add Widget.
2. Select Edit.
3. Select the
Add icon. 4. Search for or select the desired widget.
5. Swipe left or right to the desired widget layout and size, then select Add Widget.
Add a Smart Stack
1. A Smart Stack of widgets is intelligently curated based on the apps you use most. When using Smart Stack, the right widget will show up automatically at the right time in your day based on your app usage. To add Smart Stack to your home screen, select and hold an empty space on the home screen until the apps start to shake then select the Add icon.
2. Select Smart Stack.
3. Swipe left or right to the desired layout and size, then select Add Widget.
4. Select Done when finished.
3. Swipe left or right to the desired layout and size, then select Add Widget.
4. Select Done when finished.
Move or remove a widget from the home screen
From the home screen, select and hold an empty space on the home screen until the apps start to shake. Select and hold the desired widget to rearrange the layout, or select the 
Remove icon above the desired widget to remove it. When finished, select Done.
Remove icon above the desired widget to remove it. When finished, select Done.