Most people capture a screenshot on their iPad using a combination of hardware buttons. The buttons that you press are different based on the type of iPad that you have. Here are the combinations:

• iPads without a Home button: Briefly press and hold the Top button and the Volume Up button at the same time.
• iPads with a Home button: Briefly press and hold the Top button and the Home button at the same time.

You can also capture screenshots on your iPad without using the hardware buttons using a feature called AssistiveTouch. This comes in handy if you can’t physically perform the button combination, or if one of the buttons is broken or damaged.

To enable AssistiveTouch, open Settings and navigate to Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch. Flip the switch beside “AssistiveTouch” to the on position.

Once AssistiveTouch is enabled, you’ll see a button that looks like a circle inside a rounded rectangle near the edge of your screen. This is the AssistiveTouch button. You can drag it with your finger to reposition it, but it always stays on your screen as long as AssistiveTouch is enabled.

Now that AssistiveTouch is turned on, there are two primary ways that you can trigger a screenshot with it. The first is by using “Custom Actions” that happen when you tap the AssistiveTouch button.

On the Settings > Touch > AssistiveTouch screen, locate the “Custom Actions” section. Tap “Single-Tap,” “Double-Tap,” or “Long Press” depending on your preference, and then select “Screenshot” from the list of actions that appear.

Then tap “Back.” To take a screenshot, just perform a single tap, a double tap, or a long press on the AssistiveTouch button (depending on which one you chose).

The second method for taking screenshots without buttons is by using the AssistiveTouch menu. By default, the “Single-Tap” custom action in Settings > Touch > AssistiveTouch is assigned to “Open Menu.” If that’s still the case, you can tap the AssistiveTouch button at any time to see a pop-up menu.

When you see the pop-up menu, select Device > More, and then tap “Screenshot” to take a screenshot.

After that, you’ll capture a screenshot exactly as if you’d pressed the screenshot button combination on your iPad.