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iPad For Dummies

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Your world is just a touch away with your iPad! The iPad combines the best of your favorite gadgets into one amazing, ultraportable touch device. This handy guide helps you figure out all the basics — from sending e-mail and surfing the web to playing games, recording and watching videos, sharing photos, making FaceTime® video calls, downloading cool apps, and more. Whatever you want your iPad to do, the fun begins right here. Open the book and find: Steps for getting started with your iPad How to text with iMessage Tips for syncing music, photos, e-mail, contacts, and calendars with iCloud How to shoot stunning HD video and photos Details on using Siri™ to send e-mail, get directions, and more

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Icons Used in This Book 2 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your iPad 3 Turning the iPad On and Off 4 Locking the iPad 4 Exploring the iPad’s Big Picture 5 The iPad as an iPod 5 The iPad as an Internet communications device 6 The iPad as an e-book reader 7 What do you need to use your iPad? 7 Touring the iPad’s Exterior 8 On the top edge 8 On the bottom edge 9 On the sides, front and back 10 Status bar 13 The iPad’s Stupendous Home Screen Icons 16 Chapter 2: Mastering Multitouch 21 Training Your Digits 22 Navigating beyond Home 23 The Incredible Virtual Keyboard 24 Discovering the special-use keys 26 Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 28 Editing mistakes 30 Select, cut, copy, and paste 31 Multitasking 33 Organizing Icons into Folders 35 Printing 35 Searching for Content 36 Conversing with Siri 37 Chapter 3: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad 39 Starting to Sync 40 Disconnecting the iPad 45 Synchronizing Your Data 46 iCloud 46 Contacts 47 Calendars 48 Mail accounts 49 Other 50 Synchronizing Your Media 50 Apps 51 Ringtones 52 Music, music videos, and voice memos 53 Movies 54 TV shows 55 Podcasts 56 iTunes U 57 Books 57 Photos 58 Using Notification Center 59 Chapter 4: Surfing and Sending: Web and Messaging 61 Surfin’ Dude 61 Exploring the browser 62 Blasting off into cyberspace 63 I Can See Clearly Now 65 Using the Reading List 67 Putting Reminders to Work 68 Setting Up Your E-Mail 70 Set up your account the easy way 70 Set up your account the less easy way 70 Sending E-Mail 71 Sending an all-text e-mail 71 Sending a photo in an e-mail 74 Replying to or forwarding an e-mail message 74 Working with Mail Messages 75 Reading messages 76 Managing messages 77 Doing the iMessage Thing 78 Chapter 5: Music, Movies, and Books 81 Introducing the iPod inside Your iPad 82 Introducing iTunes Radio 84 Playing with the Audio Controls 84 Using the Genius feature 89 Creating playlists 89 Finding Stuff to Watch 90 Playing Video 94 Chatting with a View: FaceTime 96 Shooting Photos and Video 98 Shopping for E-Books 99 Browsing the iBookstore 99 Searching the iBookstore 101 Buying a book from the iBookstore 101 Buying books beyond Apple 101 Finding free books outside the iBookstore 102 Reading a Book 103 Turn pages 103 Jump to a specific page 105 Go to table of contents 105 Add bookmarks 106 Change the type size and font 107 Search inside and outside a book 107 Perusing with Newsstand 108 Chapter 6: Gotta Love Those Apps! 109 Tapping the Magic of Apps 109 Using Your Computer to Find Apps 111 Browsing the iTunes App Store 112 Searching iTunes for an app 114 Finding details about an app 115 Downloading an app 116 Using Your iPad to Find Apps 117 Browsing the App Store on your iPad 117 Using the Search field 119 Finding details about an app 119 Downloading an app 120 Updating and re-downloading an app 121 Working with Apps 122 Deleting an app 122 Socializing with Social Media Apps 124 Game Center 125 Facebook 125 Myspace 128 Twitter 129 Chapter 7: Ten Worthwhile Accessories 131 Casing the iPad 132 Protecting the Screen 133 Exploring Physical Keyboards 133 Connecting a Camera 134 Connecting to a TV or Projector 134 Keeping a Spare Charger 135 Listening the Wired and Bluetooth Ways 136 Listening with Speakers 136 Docking with an Extender Cable 137 Keeping Your iPad Upright 137 Where to Go from Here 138

About the Author :
Edward C. Baig is the Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular "Dr. Mac" column for the Houston Chronicle. Edward C. Baig is the Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular "Dr. Mac" column for the Houston Chronicle.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118118726
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118118723
  • Publisher Date: 18 Apr 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 144


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