Keyboard will not appear

My keyboard will not appear on my iPad. When the cursor is in position to type.....there is no keyboard on the screen. How do I get the keyboard back?

Have you been using a Bluetooth keyboard recently? Is the Bluetooth keyboard still around or in your area? If so, turn it off. Turn off Bluetooth on the iPad as well. As odd as this sounds, if you have any other Bluetooth devices nearby, that have Bluetooth turned on, move away from them as well.
If you turn Bluetooth off in the iPad settings, or you never used a Bluetooth keyboard- and the keyboard still does not appear - Reboot the device.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

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My on screen keyboard does not appear when I use Notes app. The + sign (to add a new note) does not function to create a new note
Does anyone have any answers
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Try closing the Notes app completely and see if it works when you re-open it : from the home screen (i.e. not with Notes 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Notes app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
If that doesn't work then you could try a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

Ever since I used an apple wireless keyboard, the onscreen keyboard will not appear

I have been using the iPad for several years. Recently I added the apple wireless keyboard. Ever since, when I do not have the apple wireless keyboard the onscreen keyboard refuses to appear. Makes entering text difficult! Wuld be happy to learn of a solution. Thanks.

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Did you turn off Bluetooth after turning off the Apple Wireless Keyboard? Open Settings > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth off.
Another thing you can do is, before turning off the keyboard, select a text box on the iPad (for example, when you type an email or you type on a Safari webpage) and press Eject key on the keyboard, so the virtual keyboard will show

My I-Pad 2 keyboard will not pop up when trying to sign in to web sites. Does anyone know how to get it to come up?

My i-pad 2 keyboard will not pop up with trying to sign into a web site or Facebook.. Does anyone know how to get it to come up?

Make sure you click in the text box for username and password to bring up the keyboard.
Try powering off your iPad by holding the power button and sliding the red slider when it appears, or try resetting your iPad by holding the power and home buttons together until the apple logo appears.
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A word document was emailed to me. I can open the document without a problem. Is there a way for me to type on the document.... to fill out the form? When I click the fields, the virtual keyboard does not appear.

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If you want to edit a word document then you will need an app on your iPad that supports word so that you can copy them to it via 'open in' e.g. Apple's Pages app or a third-party app such as Documents To Go or QuickOffice HD

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If it does not appear after tapping in any of the required fields then try a Reset [Hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons down together for 10 seconds or so (until the Apple logo appears) and then release. When the screen goes blank power On again in the normal way.] It is absolutely/appsolutely safe!

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Hellow keith5000 ,
regarding your issue lets see what we can do to solve this issue.
- have you tried safe boot
safe boot = starting up the mac with the SHIFT- button.
- when entering safe mode you will be able to enter and quick change some settings
now next question do the unwanted aplications still load in safe mode , if so
go to the Apple icon -> System preferences -> user & groups -> login items (top right on the screen from user & groups window) now at login items u can close any unwanted aplications by deleting them or unmarking them
- unwanted aplications will now disapear when starting up your mac os x system
- next issue should be your authentication , this will be a bit more tricky , lets see
same category user & groups and u will see your admin account try seeing if u have enabled the admin account right click on your admin account to see information about it and compare it if your info is correct , next see if you have authorized your admin account to write & read.
if these still don't work , make a test account to see if this problem is user wide or system wide.

Keyboard will not work

My keyboard will not work. Last night I was using my computer and my battery died so I plugged it in and went to bed. This morning I turn my computer on and my login page appears but my keyboard and mouse will not work.

It sounds like what I have seen multiple times on a device with moisture damage.
Even sitting on a bathroom counter during a hot steamy shower or bath can cause keyboard and trackball problems UNTIL properly dried out.
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2. Let the device dry in a warm, dry place for 3 to 5 days* (see below)
3. DO NOT "check it each day" by placing the battery in. Leave it be to dry completely. This takes time. Replacing the battery to check it can only damage it more (moisture + electrical current = disaster).
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On top of any dry heat emitting electronic component: TV cabinet or CRT, LCD, cable TV/Satellite converter box or plasma monitor
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IPad keyboard will not dismiss with hide keyboard button

I have a UITextField on my screen. The keyboard will not disappear when I press the hide keyboard button in the lower right corner. Pressing the "Done" button works just fine and the keyboard will disappear.
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Thanks in advance.

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What gets called when the user presses the hide keyboard button? Is this hide keybaord button new?
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It sounds like you want to use a Bluetooth keyboard and you cannot get the iPad virtual keyboard to disappear, correct? Did you try resetting the iPad?
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It seems your iPhone is slowing down and not responding frequently. To rectify this issue you may want to consider performing a restore on the device, and then restoring your data from a backup via iCloud or iTunes.
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Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
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