When I press the power down button on my I pad it no longer shuts the power off how do I re-enable this button please?

Have you tried holding down the home button and the power button at the same time? Hold for several seconds and the tablet should reboot (Apple logo will appear)

Rodney Iam not sure what you mean there is only one button to press on top right hand side of I pad?

The Home button is on the screen surround, in the centre of one of the short sides. It has a square with rounded corners printed on it.

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Sorry Chris you message confused me on my Apple iPad on the top right hand corner is a button I have always pressed to power down I then get a bar across the screen to turn power off pressing the button does nothing now

You need to reset your iPad. To do this you need to hold down the button on the side, the one you mentioned but at the same time hold down the round button that is on the bezel, it has a square box drawn in the middle of it.

Hold both down together until your iPad goes off and the Apple logo appears.

This reset is similar to pulling the battery which of course you can't do.

Yes that is how you power on/off the iPad. Rodney McKay's post was about doing a reset on the iPad to see if that makes the iPad respond correctly again.

Your response made it sound as if you didn't know what the Home button was.

Pressing and holding the Power and Home buttons together forces the iPad to shutdown and restart. That might clear any software glitch that is making the iPad misbehave.

Chris and Rodney thank you for the replies pad now will power down thanks again david

The reboot fixed it?

Yes Rodney it fixed it fine