How can I make the keyboard not to appear on the screen automatically ?

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Hi Parrotever,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The onscreen keyboard usually appears anytime you tap in a field to enter text.  If you tap in another area of the document or web page, it should disappear.   There should also be an area in the bottom right corner of the onscreen keyboard that you can tap to hide it.  See the information in the iPad User Guide below:
Enter text - iPad User Guide
http://help.apple.com/ipad/7/#/iPad997da459
Hide the onscreen keyboard. Tap the Keyboard key.
If that option isn't available, I would suggest closing the app and restarting the iPad to refresh it.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Cheers,
- Judy

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