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Hey there Bcky555,

I see that you have a question about SMS forwarding on your iPad. This is a feature of Continuity, and more information about this feature can be found in the following article:

Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204681

Follow these steps from the article in order to enable and use this feature:

To use Continuity for SMS and MMS with your iPhone and your Mac, iPad or iPod touch

• Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch need to use iOS 8.1, and your Mac needs to use OS X Yosemite.
• Sign in to iMessage on your iPhone, your other iOS devices, and your Mac using the same Apple ID.
• On your iPhone:
  1. Go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You Can Be Reached By, and add a check to both your phone number and email address.
  2. Go to Messages > Text Message Forwarding, and enable the device(s) you would like to forward messages to.
• Your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch will display a code. Enter this code on your iPhone to verify the SMS feature.

Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!

Regards,

Braden

Hi again Bcky555,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue or question you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action.

Cheers,

Braden