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Write an email in Mail on iPad

With the Mail app , you can write and edit emails, and send and receive photos, videos, drawings, documents, and more.

The Mail Inbox, with the list of emails on the left, and an open email thread on the right. The Mailboxes button for switching to another mailbox is in the top-left corner. The button for filtering the emails so only certain kinds of emails show is in the bottom-left corner. The button for composing a new email is in the top-right corner.

Create an email message

Ask Siri. Say something like: “New email to John Bishop” or “Email Simon and say I got the forms, thanks.” Learn how to ask Siri.

Or do the following:

Tap .
Tap in the email, then type your message.
With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys. Or pinch closed to use the smaller QuickType keyboard, then slide your finger from one letter to the next without lifting your finger. (See Enter text using the onscreen keyboard.)
To change the formatting, tap .
You can change the font style, change the color of text, use a bold or italic stye, add a bulleted or numbered list, and more.

Reply to an email

Tap in the email, tap , then tap Reply.
Type your response.
With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys. Or pinch closed to use the smaller QuickType keyboard, then slide your finger from one letter to the next without lifting your finger. (See Enter text using the onscreen keyboard.)

Quote some text when you reply to an email

When you reply to an email, you can include text from the sender to clarify what you’re responding to.

In the sender’s email, touch and hold the first word of the text, then drag to the last word. (See Select and edit text on iPad.)
Tap , then tap Reply, then type your message.

To turn off the indentation of quoted text, go to Settings > Mail > Increase Quote Level.

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