One of the iPad’s biggest selling points is its ecosystem of apps and accessories that make so many things possible. This list of cool iPad tricks will give you ideas on how to amaze your friends or, at the very least, get the most out of your iPad.

If you want to take notes during a FaceTime call or check your email while watching a video, Picture in Picture is ready. Shrink a FaceTime screen or video by pressing the Home button (on models that have it) or the screen shrink icon . The video shrinks to a corner of the iPad screen. You can see the Home screen and open another app. Once the app opens, move the video around the screen or resize it.

Do you miss the touchpad on your laptop? The iPad’s touch controls are usually sufficient and in many cases even the preferred way to operate the iPad. But when it comes to selecting text or positioning the cursor, it’s hard not to miss a mouse or touchpad. Unless of course you know about the Virtual Touchpad.

When you bring up the iPad’s onscreen keyboard, you’re usually accessing the virtual touchpad. To activate it, touch the screen with two fingers at once, without lifting them. The keys on the virtual keyboard go blank, and you move your fingers to move the cursor as if you were using a real touchpad.