iPad Made Simple

Get the most out of your iPad with iPad Made Simple —learn all the key features, understand what’s new, and utilize dozens of time-saving tips and tricks. This book includes over 740 pages of easy-to-read instructions and over 1,000 carefully annotated screen shots to guide you to iPad mastery. With iPad Made Simple , you’ll never be left wondering, “How did they do that?” What you’ll learn Get up to speed lightning fast with the easy-to-understand Quick Start Guide Learn about useful accessories such as the iPad Keyboard Dock, camera connector, and VGA connector Employ time-saving short cuts and hidden gems to help you organize your work and social life Turn your iPad into an iPhone with the Skype app Stay in touch with friends on Twitter and Facebook Keep entertained with photo albums, videos, music, games, and much more Browse, buy, and read with iBooks Get productive with iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) Learn how to send and receive Faxes from your iPad Learn how to view videos on the web and quickly navigate web pages Organize, view, and share your photos and albums Customize the Electronic Picture Display to make sure it shows exactly what you want and nothing more Get a list of some great apps just for your from the App Store How to squeeze every ounce of power from Mail, Calendar, and Contacts Synchronize your iPod touch with Windows, Mac, Google, Exchange, MobileMe, and more This book also includes over 60 pages dedicated to learning all the key features of iTunes on your computer. This is a must for anyone who really wants to tap the tremendous power of iTunes, including: create and manage normal and smart playlists, the genius feature, home sharing, searching for content, getting great free content from iTunes U, authorizing and de-authorizing computers, redeeming gift cards, loading your music CDs, importing movies from DVDs, getting album artwork, and much more. Who this book is for This book is for new iPad users, as well as seasoned iPhone or iPod Touch users who are ready to explore the new world of the iPad. Prelim......Page 1 Contents at a Glance......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 About the Authors......Page 23 About the Technical Reviewer......Page 24 Acknowledgments......Page 25 Part 1: Quick Start Guide......Page 27 Keys, Buttons, and Switches......Page 30 Starting Apps and Using Soft Keys......Page 31 Menus, Submenus, and Switches......Page 32 Reading the Connectivity Status Icons......Page 33 Traveling with your iPad—Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi......Page 34 Touching and Flicking......Page 36 Swiping......Page 38 Scrolling......Page 39 Double-Tapping......Page 40 Pinching......Page 41 Getting Started......Page 42 Stay Organized......Page 44 Be Entertained......Page 45 Stay Informed......Page 47 Network Socially......Page 48 Be Productive......Page 49 iPad as Electronic Picture Frame......Page 50 Watching Videos in Web Pages......Page 51 Apple Keyboards......Page 53 Apple iPad Dock......Page 54 Apple Camera Connection Kit......Page 55 VGA Adapter Cable......Page 57 Part 2: Introduction......Page 59 Congratulations on Your iPad!......Page 61 Getting the Most Out of iPad Made Simple......Page 62 Part 3: You and Your iPad . . .......Page 63 Free iPad E-mail Tips......Page 64 Part 3: You and Your iPad . . .......Page 65 Charging Your iPad and Battery Tips......Page 67 Slide to Unlock......Page 69 Install or Upgrade iTunes on Your Computer......Page 70 Start up iTunes......Page 71 Registering or Activating your iPad the First Time......Page 72 Register Your iPad Without an Apple ID in iTunes......Page 76 Apple’s MobileMe Sync Service......Page 77 Set Up Your iPad......Page 78 Setup or Restore from Backup......Page 79 Setup Complete: The iPad Summary Screen......Page 80 Cases and Protective Covers for Your iPad......Page 81 What to Buy . . .......Page 82 Powering On/Off and Sleep/Wake......Page 83 Double-Clicking the Home Button......Page 85 Volume Keys......Page 86 Adjust or Disable the Auto-Lock Time Out Feature......Page 87 Adjusting the Date and Time......Page 89 Setting Your Time Zone......Page 91 Adjusting the Brightness......Page 92 Typing on Your iPad......Page 95 Typing on the Screen with the Portrait Keyboard......Page 96 Typing on the Screen with the Larger Landscape Keyboard......Page 97 Typing with External Keyboards (Purchase as Separate Accessories)......Page 98 Saving Time with Auto-Correction......Page 103 Accessibility Options......Page 104 Getting Your iPad to Speak To You (VoiceOver)......Page 105 Triple-Click Home Button Options......Page 106 Typing Numbers and Symbols......Page 107 Touch and Slide Trick......Page 109 Press and Hold Keyboard Shortcut for Typing Symbols and More......Page 110 Auto-Correction ON / OFF......Page 111 “.” Shortcut......Page 112 Typing In Other Languages—International Keyboards......Page 113 Selecting Text with Double-Tap......Page 115 Selecting Text with Two Finger Touch......Page 116 Selecting Web Site or Other Non-Editable Text with Touch and Hold......Page 117 To Paste the Text......Page 118 To Paste Text or an Image Into Another Icon......Page 119 Finding Things with Spotlight Search......Page 120 Activating Spotlight Search......Page 121 Before You Set Up Your iTunes Sync......Page 123 There Are Other Sync Options (MobileMe and Exchange/Google)—Should I Use iTunes?......Page 124 Considering Other Sync Options......Page 125 The iPad Summary Screen (Manually Manage Music, Update, Restore, and More)......Page 126 Contacts Sync Setup......Page 128 Calendar Sync Setup......Page 132 Sync E-mail Account Settings......Page 134 Sync Web Browser Bookmarks and Notes......Page 135 Handling Sync Conflicts......Page 136 Why Might I Not Want to Use iTunes Automatic Sync?......Page 138 Turning Off the Auto Sync Permanently......Page 139 Getting a Clean Start with the Sync......Page 140 Sync Apps in iTunes......Page 142 Move Around or Delete Apps Using the Icons......Page 143 Delete or Re-install Apps from the List of Icons......Page 144 Copying Files from Your Computer to Your iPad......Page 145 Copying Files from Your iPad to Your Computer......Page 147 Music—Sync Automatically......Page 149 Movies—Sync Automatically......Page 151 TV Shows—Sync Automatically......Page 152 Podcasts—Sync Automatically......Page 154 iTunes U—Sync Automatically......Page 156 Books and Audiobooks—Sync Automatically......Page 158 Photos—Automatically Sync......Page 160 How You Know What Is New or Unplayed in iTunes......Page 162 Manually Transferring Music, Movies, Podcasts, and More on Your iPad (Drag-and-Drop Method)......Page 163 Check Out the Apple Knowledgebase for Helpful Articles......Page 166 iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Windows Computer)......Page 167 iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Mac Computer)......Page 169 Update Your iPad Operating System......Page 170 Wi-Fi and 3G Connections......Page 173 Unknown......Page 0 Wi-Fi Connections......Page 174 Setting Up Your Wi-Fi Connection......Page 175 Secure Wi-Fi Networks—Entering a Password......Page 176 Switching to a Different Wi-Fi Network......Page 177 Advanced Wi-Fi Options (Hidden or Undiscoverable Networks)......Page 178 Reconnecting to Previously Joined Wi-Fi Networks......Page 179 3G Cellular Data Connection......Page 181 Setting Up Your 3G Connection......Page 182 Adding an International Data Plan......Page 185 Monitoring Your Cellular Data Usage and Changing Your Plan......Page 186 Airplane Mode – Turn Off 3G and Wi-Fi......Page 188 Moving, Docking, and Deleting Icons......Page 191 Starting the Move......Page 192 Moving Icons to a Different Icon Page......Page 193 Deleting Icons......Page 195 Resetting All Your Icon Locations (Factory Defaults)......Page 196 Changing your Lock Screen and Home Screen Wallpapers......Page 197 Changing Wallpaper from your Settings......Page 198 Change Wallpaper from any Picture......Page 200 Downloading the Wallpaper from the Free App......Page 201 Selecting the Downloaded Wallpaper......Page 202 Personalize Your Picture Frame......Page 203 Starting or Stopping the Picture Frame App......Page 204 Customizing Your Picture Frame......Page 205 Setting a Passcode to Lock Your iPad......Page 207 Passcode Options: Change Time-Out, Disable Picture Frame, Erase All Data after 10 Attempts......Page 208 Setting Restrictions......Page 209 Your iPad as a Music Player......Page 211 The iPod App......Page 212 Creating Playlists on the iPad......Page 214 Changing the View in the iPod App......Page 218 Artists View......Page 219 Songs View......Page 220 Albums View......Page 221 Genres......Page 222 Viewing Songs in an Album......Page 223 Pausing and Playing......Page 225 Adjusting the Volume......Page 226 Double-Click the Home Button for iPod Controls......Page 227 Repeating, Shuffling, Moving around in a Song......Page 228 Shuffle......Page 229 Genius......Page 230 Viewing Other Songs on the Album......Page 231 Adjusting Music Settings......Page 232 EQ (Sound Equalizer Setting)......Page 233 Showing Music Controls When in Another Application......Page 234 Showing Music Controls When Your iPad is Locked......Page 235 Getting Started with Pandora......Page 236 Pandora’s Main Screen......Page 237 Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down in Pandora......Page 238 Creating a New Station in Pandora......Page 239 Adjusting Pandora’s Settings—Your Account, Upgrade and More......Page 240 iBooks and E-Books......Page 243 The iBooks Store......Page 244 Reading iBooks......Page 247 Customizing Your Reading Experience: Brightness, Fonts, and Font Sizes......Page 250 Setting an In-Page Bookmark......Page 252 Using Search......Page 254 Other E-Book Readers: Kindle and Kobo......Page 255 Kindle Reader......Page 256 Kobo Reader......Page 259 Your iPad as a Video Player......Page 261 Video Categories......Page 262 Playing a Movie......Page 263 Fast-Forward or Rewind the Video......Page 264 Changing the Size of the Video (Widescreen vs. Full Screen)......Page 265 Viewing the Chapters......Page 266 Watching Podcasts......Page 267 Watching Music Videos......Page 268 TV-Out: Widescreen......Page 269 Deleting Videos......Page 270 YouTube on your iPad......Page 271 Using the Bottom Icons......Page 272 Playing Videos......Page 274 Video Controls......Page 275 Netflix on the iPad......Page 277 Watching Other TV Shows......Page 280 Bluetooth on the iPad......Page 281 Turn On Bluetooth......Page 282 Pairing with Headphones or any Bluetooth Device......Page 283 Connect to a Stereo Bluetooth Device......Page 285 Disconnect or Forget a Bluetooth Device......Page 287 Web Browsing on the iPad......Page 289 Launching the Web Browser......Page 290 Layout of Safari Web Browser Screen......Page 291 Typing a Web Address......Page 292 Moving Between Web Pages when the Back Button Doesn’t Work......Page 293 Jumping to the Top of the Web Page......Page 294 How to Print a Web Page......Page 295 Adding Bookmarks......Page 296 Using Your Bookmarks......Page 297 Add a Web Page Icon to Your Home Screen......Page 298 Browsing from Web History......Page 299 Adding Folders, Editing and Deleting Bookmarks......Page 300 Using the New Pages Button......Page 301 Zooming In and Out in Web Pages......Page 302 Changing the Search Engine......Page 303 Speed Up Your Browser: Clear History and Cookies......Page 304 AutoFill Name, Password, E-mail, Address, and More......Page 305 Save or Copy Text and Graphics from a Web Site......Page 306 Using Browsing History to Save Time and Find Sites......Page 307 A Network Connection Is Required......Page 309 Entering Passwords for E-mail Accounts Synced from iTunes......Page 310 Set up Your E-mail Accounts on the iPad......Page 311 The Two Views of E-mail......Page 315 Moving Between Your Mail Folders and Accounts......Page 316 Compose and Send E-mail......Page 318 Addressing Your Message Choose the Recipients......Page 319 Changing the E-mail Account to Send from......Page 320 Typing Your Message......Page 321 Send Your E-mail......Page 322 Checking Sent Messages......Page 324 E-mail Attachments......Page 325 Receiving an Auto-open Attachment......Page 326 Opening E-mail Attachments......Page 327 Cannot Open E-mail Attachments......Page 329 Reply, Forward or Delete a Message......Page 331 Using the Forward Button......Page 332 Deleting a Single Message......Page 333 Deleting or Moving Several Messages from Any Folder......Page 334 Moving an E-mail to a Folder While Viewing It......Page 335 Copy and Paste from an E-mail......Page 336 Activating E-mail Search......Page 337 Fine Tune Your E-mail Settings......Page 339 Adjusting Your Mail Settings......Page 340 Changing Your Default Mail Account (Sent From)......Page 341 Toggling Sounds for Receiving and Sending E-mail......Page 342 Advanced E-mail Options......Page 343 Automatically Retrieve E-mail (Fetch New Data)......Page 344 E-mail Isn’t Being Received or Sent......Page 346 Verify your Mail Account Settings......Page 347 When Is Your Contact List Most Useful?......Page 351 Adding a New Contact Right on Your iPad......Page 352 Start the Contacts App......Page 353 Adding a New Phone Number......Page 354 Adding an E-mail Address and Web Site......Page 355 Adding a Photo to Contacts......Page 357 Quickly Jump to a Letter by Tapping and Sliding on the Alphabet......Page 359 Search Using Groups......Page 360 Adding Contacts from E-mails......Page 361 Sending an E-mail Message from Contacts......Page 362 Showing Your Contacts Addresses on the Map......Page 363 Changing your Contact Sort Order and Display Order......Page 364 When Global Address List Contacts Don’t Show up (For Microsoft Exchange Users)......Page 365 Today’s Day and Date Shown on Calendar Icon......Page 367 Syncing or Sharing Your Calendar(s) with Your iPad......Page 368 Viewing Your Schedule and Getting Around......Page 369 The Calendar’s Four Views......Page 370 Working with Several Calendars......Page 373 Adding a New Appointment......Page 374 Recurring Events and Alerts (Alarms)......Page 376 Choosing Which Calendar to Use......Page 378 Adding Notes to Calendar Events......Page 379 Deleting an Event......Page 380 Meeting Invitations......Page 381 Calendar Options......Page 382 Changing the Default Calendar......Page 383 How to Get Photos onto Your iPad......Page 385 Launch from the Photos Icon......Page 387 Choose a Library......Page 388 Preview an Album by Pinching Open......Page 389 Move Between Pictures......Page 390 Zooming in and Out of Pictures......Page 391 Pinching......Page 392 Viewing a Slideshow......Page 393 Adjusting Slideshow Options......Page 394 E-mailing a Picture......Page 395 E-mail, Copy, or Delete Several Pictures At Once......Page 396 Assign a Picture to a Contact......Page 397 Deleting a Picture......Page 398 Downloading Pictures from Web Sites......Page 399 Find a Picture to Download......Page 400 Getting Started with Maps......Page 403 Various Map Views......Page 404 Changing Your Map Views......Page 405 Checking Traffic......Page 408 Search for Anything......Page 409 Mapping Options......Page 410 Working with Bookmarks......Page 412 Add a Mapped Location to Contacts......Page 413 Searching for Things (Stores, Restaurants, Hotels, Movies, Anything) Around Your Location......Page 414 Dropping a Pin......Page 415 Using Street View......Page 416 Tap the Current Location Button First......Page 418 Choose Start or End location......Page 419 Looking at the Route......Page 420 Reversing the Route......Page 421 Using the Digital Compass......Page 422 Calibrating and Using the Digital Compass......Page 423 The Notes App......Page 425 Getting Started with Notes......Page 426 Adding a New Note......Page 427 Adding a Title to the Note......Page 428 Viewing or Editing Your Notes......Page 429 Editing Your Notes......Page 430 Emailing a Note......Page 431 Another Note App: Evernote......Page 432 Adding and Tagging Notes......Page 433 Adding a Picture from Your Library to Your Evernote......Page 435 Various Views of Evernotes......Page 436 The Evernote Places View......Page 437 Evernote Viewing Options......Page 438 Evernote Synchronization and Settings......Page 439 Viewing or Updating Evernotes on Your Computer or Other Mobile Device......Page 440 iWork: Productivity on Your iPad......Page 441 Creating Documents with iWork Pages Word Processor......Page 442 Using Pages for the First Time......Page 443 Choose a Template......Page 444 Working With Tools and Styles......Page 445 Navigator......Page 452 Using Numbers for the First Time......Page 453 Using the Toolbar in Numbers......Page 454 Editing Cells, Charts, and Graphs......Page 458 Working with Tables......Page 460 Using Keynote for the First Time......Page 461 Using the Toolbar in Keynote......Page 462 Send via Mail......Page 467 Share via iWork......Page 468 Faxing a File via E-Fax Service......Page 469 Export a File......Page 470 File Sharing......Page 471 Getting Started with iTunes on the iPad......Page 473 Starting iTunes......Page 474 Navigating iTunes......Page 475 Top Charts –the Popular Stuff......Page 476 Browsing for Videos (Movies)......Page 477 Finding TV Shows......Page 479 Audiobooks in iTunes......Page 480 iTunes U – Great Educational Content......Page 481 Searching iTunes......Page 483 Purchasing or Renting Music, Videos, Podcasts, and More......Page 484 Check out Customer Reviews......Page 485 Purchasing a Song, Video, or Other Item......Page 486 Downloading a Podcast......Page 488 Where the Downloads Go......Page 489 Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 490 App Store Facts and Figures......Page 493 Where to Find Apps News and Reviews......Page 494 The App Store Home Page......Page 495 Finding an App to Download......Page 497 View What’s Hot......Page 498 Using Categories......Page 499 Looking at the Top Charts......Page 500 Searching for an App......Page 501 Downloading an App......Page 502 Maintaining and Updating Your Apps......Page 504 The iPad As a Gaming Device......Page 507 Where to Get Games and Fun Apps......Page 509 Read Reviews Before You Buy......Page 510 Be Careful When You Play......Page 511 Online and Wireless Games......Page 512 Playing Music with Your iPad......Page 513 Other Fun Stuff: Baseball on the iPad......Page 516 Phone Calls and More with Skype......Page 521 Create Your Skype Account on Your iPad......Page 522 Login to the Skype App......Page 523 Finding and Adding Skype Contacts......Page 524 Making Calls With Skype on Your iPad......Page 526 Receiving Calls with Skype on your iPad......Page 528 Skype on your Computer Create Account and Download Software......Page 529 Different Ways to Connect to Facebook......Page 531 The Facebook App......Page 535 LinkedIn.com on the Safari Browser......Page 542 LinkedIn App......Page 544 Twitter Options for the iPad......Page 546 Download Twitter App......Page 547 Using TweetDeck......Page 548 Add Column......Page 551 Using Twitterific......Page 553 h......Page 554 Options from Within Tweet......Page 556 Enter the iPad Interactive Newspaper......Page 557 Popular Choices: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today......Page 558 Magazines on the iPad......Page 566 Zinio Magazine App – A Sampler......Page 568 Comic Books on the iPad......Page 571 Transferring Files to your iPad......Page 573 Connecting to Google Docs and other Servers with GoodReader......Page 576 Why do we say Google/Exchange?......Page 579 Set Up your iPad to Access Your Google or Exchange Account......Page 582 Working With the Google or Exchange Contacts and Calendar on your iPad......Page 586 Wireless Sync Using the MobileMe Service......Page 591 Sign up for the MobileMe Service (PC or Mac)......Page 592 Set Up MobileMe on Your Mac......Page 595 Set Up MobileMe on Your Windows PC......Page 599 Set Up Your iPad to Access Your MobileMe Account......Page 605 Using MobileMe After Setup......Page 607 How to Cancel Your MobileMe Account......Page 609 What to Do If the iPad Stops Responding......Page 611 How to Hard-Reset Your iPad......Page 613 How to Soft-Reset Your iPad......Page 614 No Sound in Music or Video......Page 615 Re-register with Your iTunes Account......Page 618 iPad Does Not Show Up in iTunes......Page 622 Synchronization Problems......Page 623 Reinstalling the iPad Operating System (With or Without a Restore)......Page 624 On-Device iPad User Guide......Page 629 iPad-Related Blogs......Page 631 Part 4: iPad’s Soulmate: iTunes......Page 633 Your iTunes User Guide......Page 635 The iTunes User Guide Contents......Page 636 Common Questions about iTunes......Page 637 The iTunes Guided Tour......Page 639 Apple Video Tutorials for iTunes......Page 642 List View......Page 643 Cover Flow View......Page 644 Playing Songs, Videos and More......Page 645 Finding Things in iTunes......Page 646 Ways to Search iTunes......Page 647 Creating a New Playlist......Page 648 Creating a Normal Playlist......Page 649 Creating a New Smart Playlist......Page 651 Edit a Smart Playlist......Page 652 The iTunes Genius Feature......Page 653 Creating Genius Mixes and Playlists......Page 656 Turn Off Genius......Page 658 The Home Sharing Feature......Page 659 Importing Shared Content to Your Library......Page 662 To Toggle Home Sharing Off or On......Page 663 Create an iTunes Account......Page 664 Sign Into the iTunes Store......Page 670 Getting to the iTunes Store......Page 671 Browse Store by Genre......Page 672 Making Sure All Items Are Downloaded......Page 674 Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 675 Import Music CDs......Page 677 Import Movies from DVDs......Page 678 Authorize and Deauthorize Computers to Play iTunes Media......Page 679 Getting iTunes Software......Page 681 Determining Your Windows or Mac Computer Operating System Version......Page 682 How to Start the iTunes Installation......Page 683 The iTunes Installation Screens for a Windows PC......Page 687 iTunes Installation Screens for a Mac......Page 691 Getting iTunes Updated......Page 695 What to Do If the iTunes Auto Update Fails......Page 697 How Do I Get My Music Back if My Computer Crashes?......Page 701 ¦A......Page 703 ¦B......Page 705 C......Page 706 ¦D......Page 707 ¦E......Page 708 ¦F......Page 710 ¦G......Page 711 ¦I......Page 712 ¦K......Page 715 ¦M......Page 716 ¦N......Page 718 ¦P......Page 719 ¦R......Page 721 ¦S......Page 722 ¦T......Page 726 ¦U......Page 727 ¦W......Page 728 ¦Y......Page 729 ¦Z......Page 730