iPad Made Simple

✍ Scribed by Gary Mazo, Martin Trautschold

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 709
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

Sample Content

Add a Web Page Icon to Your Home Screen:

If you love a web site or page, it’s very easy to add it as an icon to your Home Screen. That way, you can instantly access the web page without going through the Safari > Bookmarks > select bookmark process. You’ll save lots of steps by putting the icon on your Home Screen. This is especially good for quickly launching web apps, like Gmail or Buzz from Google, or web app games.

Here’s how to add the icon:

 

1. Touch the plus sign (+) next to the address bar in the top of the browser.
2. Touch Add to Home Screen.
3. Adjust the name; you may want to put in the name of the site, but keep it short because there’s not much room below the icons.
4. Tap the Add button in the upper right corner.

Making Calls With Skype on Your iPad

Your iPad can keep you in touch in many ways beyond e-mail and the Web. We will show how you how you can turn your iPad into a big iPhone.

Here’ how to make a call using the Skype app:

1. If you are not already in Skype, tap the Skype icon from your Home Screen and login if asked.
2. Tap the Contacts soft key at the bottom.
3. Tap All Contacts to see your contacts.
4. Tap the contact name you wish to call.
5. Tap the Call button.
6. You may see a Skype button and a Mobile or other phone button. Press the Skype button to make the free call. Any other call requires you pay for it with Skype Credits.

✦ Table of Contents

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
About the Authors......Page 21
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 22
Acknowledgments......Page 23
Part 1: Quick Start Guide......Page 24
Keys, Buttons, and Switches......Page 26
Starting Apps and Using Soft Keys......Page 27
Menus, Submenus, and Switches......Page 28
Reading the Connectivity Status Icons......Page 29
Traveling with your iPad—Airplane Mode and Wi-Fi......Page 30
Touching and Flicking......Page 32
Swiping......Page 34
Scrolling......Page 35
Double-Tapping......Page 36
Pinching......Page 37
Getting Started......Page 38
Stay Organized......Page 40
Be Entertained......Page 41
Stay Informed......Page 43
Network Socially......Page 44
Be Productive......Page 45
iPad as Electronic Picture Frame......Page 46
Watching Videos in Web Pages......Page 47
Apple Keyboards......Page 49
Apple iPad Dock......Page 50
Apple Camera Connection Kit......Page 51
VGA Adapter Cable......Page 53
Part 2: Introduction......Page 54
Congratulations on Your iPad!......Page 55
Getting the Most Out of iPad Made Simple......Page 56
Part 3: You and Your iPad . . .......Page 57
Free iPad E-mail Tips......Page 58
Part 3: You and Your iPad . . .......Page 59
Charging Your iPad and Battery Tips......Page 60
Slide to Unlock......Page 62
Install or Upgrade iTunes on Your Computer......Page 63
Start up iTunes......Page 64
Registering or Activating your iPad the First Time......Page 65
Register Your iPad Without an Apple ID in iTunes......Page 69
Apple’s MobileMe Sync Service......Page 70
Set Up Your iPad......Page 71
Setup or Restore from Backup......Page 72
Setup Complete: The iPad Summary Screen......Page 73
Cases and Protective Covers for Your iPad......Page 74
What to Buy . . .......Page 75
Powering On/Off and Sleep/Wake......Page 76
Double-Clicking the Home Button......Page 78
Volume Keys......Page 79
Adjust or Disable the Auto-Lock Time Out Feature......Page 80
Adjusting the Date and Time......Page 82
Setting Your Time Zone......Page 84
Adjusting the Brightness......Page 85
Typing on Your iPad......Page 87
Typing on the Screen with the Portrait Keyboard......Page 88
Typing on the Screen with the Larger Landscape Keyboard......Page 89
Typing with External Keyboards (Purchase as Separate Accessories)......Page 90
Saving Time with Auto-Correction......Page 95
Accessibility Options......Page 96
Getting Your iPad to Speak To You (VoiceOver)......Page 97
Triple-Click Home Button Options......Page 98
Typing Numbers and Symbols......Page 99
Touch and Slide Trick......Page 101
Press and Hold Keyboard Shortcut for Typing Symbols and More......Page 102
Auto-Correction ON / OFF......Page 103
“.” Shortcut......Page 104
Typing In Other Languages—International Keyboards......Page 105
Selecting Text with Double-Tap......Page 107
Selecting Text with Two Finger Touch......Page 108
Selecting Web Site or Other Non-Editable Text with Touch and Hold......Page 109
To Paste the Text......Page 110
To Paste Text or an Image Into Another Icon......Page 111
Finding Things with Spotlight Search......Page 112
Activating Spotlight Search......Page 113
Before You Set Up Your iTunes Sync......Page 115
There Are Other Sync Options (MobileMe and Exchange/Google)—Should I Use iTunes?......Page 116
Considering Other Sync Options......Page 117
The iPad Summary Screen (Manually Manage Music, Update, Restore, and More)......Page 118
Contacts Sync Setup......Page 120
Calendar Sync Setup......Page 124
Sync E-mail Account Settings......Page 126
Sync Web Browser Bookmarks and Notes......Page 127
Handling Sync Conflicts......Page 128
Why Might I Not Want to Use iTunes Automatic Sync?......Page 130
Turning Off the Auto Sync Permanently......Page 131
Getting a Clean Start with the Sync......Page 132
Sync Apps in iTunes......Page 134
Move Around or Delete Apps Using the Icons......Page 135
Delete or Re-install Apps from the List of Icons......Page 136
Copying Files from Your Computer to Your iPad......Page 137
Copying Files from Your iPad to Your Computer......Page 139
Music—Sync Automatically......Page 141
Movies—Sync Automatically......Page 143
TV Shows—Sync Automatically......Page 144
Podcasts—Sync Automatically......Page 146
iTunes U—Sync Automatically......Page 148
Books and Audiobooks—Sync Automatically......Page 150
Photos—Automatically Sync......Page 152
How You Know What Is New or Unplayed in iTunes......Page 154
Manually Transferring Music, Movies, Podcasts, and More on Your iPad (Drag-and-Drop Method)......Page 155
Check Out the Apple Knowledgebase for Helpful Articles......Page 158
iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Windows Computer)......Page 159
iTunes Locked Up and Will Not Respond (Mac Computer)......Page 161
Update Your iPad Operating System......Page 162
Wi-Fi and 3G Connections......Page 164
Unknown......Page 0
Wi-Fi Connections......Page 165
Setting Up Your Wi-Fi Connection......Page 166
Secure Wi-Fi Networks—Entering a Password......Page 167
Switching to a Different Wi-Fi Network......Page 168
Advanced Wi-Fi Options (Hidden or Undiscoverable Networks)......Page 169
Reconnecting to Previously Joined Wi-Fi Networks......Page 170
3G Cellular Data Connection......Page 172
Setting Up Your 3G Connection......Page 173
Adding an International Data Plan......Page 176
Monitoring Your Cellular Data Usage and Changing Your Plan......Page 177
Airplane Mode – Turn Off 3G and Wi-Fi......Page 179
Moving, Docking, and Deleting Icons......Page 181
Starting the Move......Page 182
Moving Icons to a Different Icon Page......Page 183
Deleting Icons......Page 185
Resetting All Your Icon Locations (Factory Defaults)......Page 186
Changing your Lock Screen and Home Screen Wallpapers......Page 187
Changing Wallpaper from your Settings......Page 188
Change Wallpaper from any Picture......Page 190
Downloading the Wallpaper from the Free App......Page 191
Selecting the Downloaded Wallpaper......Page 192
Personalize Your Picture Frame......Page 193
Starting or Stopping the Picture Frame App......Page 194
Customizing Your Picture Frame......Page 195
Setting a Passcode to Lock Your iPad......Page 197
Passcode Options: Change Time-Out, Disable Picture Frame, Erase All Data after 10 Attempts......Page 198
Setting Restrictions......Page 199
Your iPad as a Music Player......Page 201
The iPod App......Page 202
Creating Playlists on the iPad......Page 204
Changing the View in the iPod App......Page 208
Artists View......Page 209
Songs View......Page 210
Albums View......Page 211
Genres......Page 212
Viewing Songs in an Album......Page 213
Pausing and Playing......Page 215
Adjusting the Volume......Page 216
Double-Click the Home Button for iPod Controls......Page 217
Repeating, Shuffling, Moving around in a Song......Page 218
Shuffle......Page 219
Genius......Page 220
Viewing Other Songs on the Album......Page 221
Adjusting Music Settings......Page 222
EQ (Sound Equalizer Setting)......Page 223
Showing Music Controls When in Another Application......Page 224
Showing Music Controls When Your iPad is Locked......Page 225
Getting Started with Pandora......Page 226
Pandora’s Main Screen......Page 227
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down in Pandora......Page 228
Creating a New Station in Pandora......Page 229
Adjusting Pandora’s Settings—Your Account, Upgrade and More......Page 230
iBooks and E-Books......Page 232
The iBooks Store......Page 233
Reading iBooks......Page 236
Customizing Your Reading Experience: Brightness, Fonts, and Font Sizes......Page 239
Setting an In-Page Bookmark......Page 241
Using Search......Page 243
Other E-Book Readers: Kindle and Kobo......Page 244
Kindle Reader......Page 245
Kobo Reader......Page 248
Your iPad as a Video Player......Page 250
Video Categories......Page 251
Playing a Movie......Page 252
Fast-Forward or Rewind the Video......Page 253
Changing the Size of the Video (Widescreen vs. Full Screen)......Page 254
Viewing the Chapters......Page 255
Watching Podcasts......Page 256
Watching Music Videos......Page 257
TV-Out: Widescreen......Page 258
Deleting Videos......Page 259
YouTube on your iPad......Page 260
Using the Bottom Icons......Page 261
Playing Videos......Page 263
Video Controls......Page 264
Netflix on the iPad......Page 266
Watching Other TV Shows......Page 269
Bluetooth on the iPad......Page 270
Turn On Bluetooth......Page 271
Pairing with Headphones or any Bluetooth Device......Page 272
Connect to a Stereo Bluetooth Device......Page 274
Disconnect or Forget a Bluetooth Device......Page 276
Web Browsing on the iPad......Page 277
Launching the Web Browser......Page 278
Layout of Safari Web Browser Screen......Page 279
Typing a Web Address......Page 280
Moving Between Web Pages when the Back Button Doesn’t Work......Page 281
Jumping to the Top of the Web Page......Page 282
How to Print a Web Page......Page 283
Adding Bookmarks......Page 284
Using Your Bookmarks......Page 285
Add a Web Page Icon to Your Home Screen......Page 286
Browsing from Web History......Page 287
Adding Folders, Editing and Deleting Bookmarks......Page 288
Using the New Pages Button......Page 289
Zooming In and Out in Web Pages......Page 290
Changing the Search Engine......Page 291
Speed Up Your Browser: Clear History and Cookies......Page 292
AutoFill Name, Password, E-mail, Address, and More......Page 293
Save or Copy Text and Graphics from a Web Site......Page 294
Using Browsing History to Save Time and Find Sites......Page 295
A Network Connection Is Required......Page 296
Entering Passwords for E-mail Accounts Synced from iTunes......Page 297
Set up Your E-mail Accounts on the iPad......Page 298
The Two Views of E-mail......Page 302
Moving Between Your Mail Folders and Accounts......Page 303
Compose and Send E-mail......Page 305
Addressing Your Message Choose the Recipients......Page 306
Changing the E-mail Account to Send from......Page 307
Typing Your Message......Page 308
Send Your E-mail......Page 309
Checking Sent Messages......Page 311
E-mail Attachments......Page 312
Receiving an Auto-open Attachment......Page 313
Opening E-mail Attachments......Page 314
Cannot Open E-mail Attachments......Page 316
Reply, Forward or Delete a Message......Page 318
Using the Forward Button......Page 319
Deleting a Single Message......Page 320
Deleting or Moving Several Messages from Any Folder......Page 321
Moving an E-mail to a Folder While Viewing It......Page 322
Copy and Paste from an E-mail......Page 323
Activating E-mail Search......Page 324
Fine Tune Your E-mail Settings......Page 326
Adjusting Your Mail Settings......Page 327
Changing Your Default Mail Account (Sent From)......Page 328
Toggling Sounds for Receiving and Sending E-mail......Page 329
Advanced E-mail Options......Page 330
Automatically Retrieve E-mail (Fetch New Data)......Page 331
E-mail Isn’t Being Received or Sent......Page 333
Verify your Mail Account Settings......Page 334
When Is Your Contact List Most Useful?......Page 338
Adding a New Contact Right on Your iPad......Page 339
Start the Contacts App......Page 340
Adding a New Phone Number......Page 341
Adding an E-mail Address and Web Site......Page 342
Adding a Photo to Contacts......Page 344
Quickly Jump to a Letter by Tapping and Sliding on the Alphabet......Page 346
Search Using Groups......Page 347
Adding Contacts from E-mails......Page 348
Sending an E-mail Message from Contacts......Page 349
Showing Your Contacts Addresses on the Map......Page 350
Changing your Contact Sort Order and Display Order......Page 351
When Global Address List Contacts Don’t Show up (For Microsoft Exchange Users)......Page 352
Today’s Day and Date Shown on Calendar Icon......Page 353
Syncing or Sharing Your Calendar(s) with Your iPad......Page 354
Viewing Your Schedule and Getting Around......Page 355
The Calendar’s Four Views......Page 356
Working with Several Calendars......Page 359
Adding a New Appointment......Page 360
Recurring Events and Alerts (Alarms)......Page 362
Choosing Which Calendar to Use......Page 364
Adding Notes to Calendar Events......Page 365
Deleting an Event......Page 366
Meeting Invitations......Page 367
Calendar Options......Page 368
Changing the Default Calendar......Page 369
How to Get Photos onto Your iPad......Page 370
Launch from the Photos Icon......Page 372
Choose a Library......Page 373
Preview an Album by Pinching Open......Page 374
Move Between Pictures......Page 375
Zooming in and Out of Pictures......Page 376
Pinching......Page 377
Viewing a Slideshow......Page 378
Adjusting Slideshow Options......Page 379
E-mailing a Picture......Page 380
E-mail, Copy, or Delete Several Pictures At Once......Page 381
Assign a Picture to a Contact......Page 382
Deleting a Picture......Page 383
Downloading Pictures from Web Sites......Page 384
Find a Picture to Download......Page 385
Getting Started with Maps......Page 387
Various Map Views......Page 388
Changing Your Map Views......Page 389
Checking Traffic......Page 392
Search for Anything......Page 393
Mapping Options......Page 394
Working with Bookmarks......Page 396
Add a Mapped Location to Contacts......Page 397
Searching for Things (Stores, Restaurants, Hotels, Movies, Anything) Around Your Location......Page 398
Dropping a Pin......Page 399
Using Street View......Page 400
Tap the Current Location Button First......Page 402
Choose Start or End location......Page 403
Looking at the Route......Page 404
Reversing the Route......Page 405
Using the Digital Compass......Page 406
Calibrating and Using the Digital Compass......Page 407
The Notes App......Page 408
Getting Started with Notes......Page 409
Adding a New Note......Page 410
Adding a Title to the Note......Page 411
Viewing or Editing Your Notes......Page 412
Editing Your Notes......Page 413
Emailing a Note......Page 414
Another Note App: Evernote......Page 415
Adding and Tagging Notes......Page 416
Adding a Picture from Your Library to Your Evernote......Page 418
Various Views of Evernotes......Page 419
The Evernote Places View......Page 420
Evernote Viewing Options......Page 421
Evernote Synchronization and Settings......Page 422
Viewing or Updating Evernotes on Your Computer or Other Mobile Device......Page 423
iWork: Productivity on Your iPad......Page 424
Creating Documents with iWork Pages Word Processor......Page 425
Using Pages for the First Time......Page 426
Choose a Template......Page 427
Working With Tools and Styles......Page 428
Navigator......Page 435
Using Numbers for the First Time......Page 436
Using the Toolbar in Numbers......Page 437
Editing Cells, Charts, and Graphs......Page 441
Working with Tables......Page 443
Using Keynote for the First Time......Page 444
Using the Toolbar in Keynote......Page 445
Send via Mail......Page 450
Share via iWork......Page 451
Faxing a File via E-Fax Service......Page 452
Export a File......Page 453
File Sharing......Page 454
Getting Started with iTunes on the iPad......Page 456
Starting iTunes......Page 457
Navigating iTunes......Page 458
Top Charts –the Popular Stuff......Page 459
Browsing for Videos (Movies)......Page 460
Finding TV Shows......Page 462
Audiobooks in iTunes......Page 463
iTunes U – Great Educational Content......Page 464
Searching iTunes......Page 466
Purchasing or Renting Music, Videos, Podcasts, and More......Page 467
Check out Customer Reviews......Page 468
Purchasing a Song, Video, or Other Item......Page 469
Downloading a Podcast......Page 471
Where the Downloads Go......Page 472
Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 473
App Store Facts and Figures......Page 475
Where to Find Apps News and Reviews......Page 476
The App Store Home Page......Page 477
Finding an App to Download......Page 479
View What’s Hot......Page 480
Using Categories......Page 481
Looking at the Top Charts......Page 482
Searching for an App......Page 483
Downloading an App......Page 484
Maintaining and Updating Your Apps......Page 486
The iPad As a Gaming Device......Page 488
Where to Get Games and Fun Apps......Page 490
Read Reviews Before You Buy......Page 491
Be Careful When You Play......Page 492
Online and Wireless Games......Page 493
Playing Music with Your iPad......Page 494
Other Fun Stuff: Baseball on the iPad......Page 497
Phone Calls and More with Skype......Page 501
Create Your Skype Account on Your iPad......Page 502
Login to the Skype App......Page 503
Finding and Adding Skype Contacts......Page 504
Making Calls With Skype on Your iPad......Page 506
Receiving Calls with Skype on your iPad......Page 508
Skype on your Computer Create Account and Download Software......Page 509
Different Ways to Connect to Facebook......Page 511
The Facebook App......Page 515
LinkedIn.com on the Safari Browser......Page 522
LinkedIn App......Page 524
Twitter Options for the iPad......Page 526
Download Twitter App......Page 527
Using TweetDeck......Page 528
Add Column......Page 531
Using Twitterific......Page 533
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Options from Within Tweet......Page 536
Enter the iPad Interactive Newspaper......Page 537
Popular Choices: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today......Page 538
Magazines on the iPad......Page 546
Zinio Magazine App – A Sampler......Page 548
Comic Books on the iPad......Page 551
Transferring Files to your iPad......Page 553
Connecting to Google Docs and other Servers with GoodReader......Page 556
Why do we say Google/Exchange?......Page 558
Set Up your iPad to Access Your Google or Exchange Account......Page 561
Working With the Google or Exchange Contacts and Calendar on your iPad......Page 565
Wireless Sync Using the MobileMe Service......Page 570
Sign up for the MobileMe Service (PC or Mac)......Page 571
Set Up MobileMe on Your Mac......Page 574
Set Up MobileMe on Your Windows PC......Page 578
Set Up Your iPad to Access Your MobileMe Account......Page 584
Using MobileMe After Setup......Page 586
How to Cancel Your MobileMe Account......Page 588
What to Do If the iPad Stops Responding......Page 590
How to Hard-Reset Your iPad......Page 592
How to Soft-Reset Your iPad......Page 593
No Sound in Music or Video......Page 594
Re-register with Your iTunes Account......Page 597
iPad Does Not Show Up in iTunes......Page 601
Synchronization Problems......Page 602
Reinstalling the iPad Operating System (With or Without a Restore)......Page 603
On-Device iPad User Guide......Page 608
iPad-Related Blogs......Page 610
Part 4: iPad’s Soulmate: iTunes......Page 612
Your iTunes User Guide......Page 613
The iTunes User Guide Contents......Page 614
Common Questions about iTunes......Page 615
The iTunes Guided Tour......Page 617
Apple Video Tutorials for iTunes......Page 620
List View......Page 621
Cover Flow View......Page 622
Playing Songs, Videos and More......Page 623
Finding Things in iTunes......Page 624
Ways to Search iTunes......Page 625
Creating a New Playlist......Page 626
Creating a Normal Playlist......Page 627
Creating a New Smart Playlist......Page 629
Edit a Smart Playlist......Page 630
The iTunes Genius Feature......Page 631
Creating Genius Mixes and Playlists......Page 634
Turn Off Genius......Page 636
The Home Sharing Feature......Page 637
Importing Shared Content to Your Library......Page 640
To Toggle Home Sharing Off or On......Page 641
Create an iTunes Account......Page 642
Sign Into the iTunes Store......Page 648
Getting to the iTunes Store......Page 649
Browse Store by Genre......Page 650
Making Sure All Items Are Downloaded......Page 652
Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card......Page 653
Import Music CDs......Page 655
Import Movies from DVDs......Page 656
Authorize and Deauthorize Computers to Play iTunes Media......Page 657
Getting iTunes Software......Page 659
Determining Your Windows or Mac Computer Operating System Version......Page 660
How to Start the iTunes Installation......Page 661
The iTunes Installation Screens for a Windows PC......Page 665
iTunes Installation Screens for a Mac......Page 669
Getting iTunes Updated......Page 673
What to Do If the iTunes Auto Update Fails......Page 675
How Do I Get My Music Back if My Computer Crashes?......Page 679
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