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What is the iPad? 1

How this book is structured 3

Part I – Getting started with your iPad 5

Chapter 1 – Choosing and buying your iPad 7

Which generation do you want? 7

How much storage space do you need? 9

Connecting to the Internet: Wi-Fi or 4G/3G? 10

Where to buy your iPad 13

Chapter 2 – Getting your iPad up and running 17

Setting up your iPad 17

Navigating the Home screen 25

Changing the iPad orientation 26

Turning the iPad on and off 26

Setting up your Internet connection 27

Making your iPad easier to use 33

Adjusting other iPad settings 34

Securing your iPad 36

Using the iTunes software on your computer 37

Introducing iCloud 42

Updating your iPad software 47

Charging your iPad 48

Troubleshooting and fi xing your iPad 50

Chapter 3 – Keeping notes on your iPad 55

Understanding the Notes screen 56

Writing your first note 58

Dictating notes to your iPad 63

Using Auto-text to speed up your writing 64

Creating your own shortcuts 65

Editing your text 66

Adding and deleting notes 71

Emailing and printing notes 72

Searching your notes 72

Using the Reminders app 75

Part II – Using your iPad for communications 81

Chapter 4 – Managing your address book and birthday list 83

Browsing your contacts 84

Adding contacts to your iPad 86

Adding birthdays and anniversaries 88

Searching your contacts 90

Chapter 5 – Keeping in touch with friends by email 93

Creating an email account 94

Setting up your email account on your iPad 95

Sending an email 101

Reading your emails 105

Managing email folders 108

Searching your emails 110

Chapter 6 – Using FaceTime for video calls 115

Logging in to FaceTime 116

Starting a FaceTime call 117

Talking to a friend with FaceTime 119

Receiving a FaceTime call 122

Chapter 7 – Sending instant messages using iMessage 125

Sending messages 126

Splitting and centring the keyboard 129

Managing message alerts through the Notification Centre 130

Chapter 8 – Browsing the web on your iPad 135

Entering a website address 136

Using the Search box 139

Zooming the page 140

Scrolling the page 141

Using links on websites 143

Entering information into websites 144

Browsing multiple websites at the same time in tabs 145

Managing bookmarks, history and web clips 148

Sharing website content 154

Using Reader to make it easier to read pages 155

Using Private Browsing mode 156

Part III – Sound and vision 161

Chapter 9 – Adding music and video to your iPad 163

Browsing the iTunes store 164

Buying music and video from iTunes 167

Using the iTunes store on your computer 169

Removing content and downloading it again 170

Adding CDs to your iPad using your computer 172

Using iTunes Match to copy music from your computer to your iPad 174

Chapter 10 – Playing audio and video on your iPad 179

Playing audio content on your iPad 180

Playing podcasts and audiobooks 187

Watching videos on your iPad 188

Part IV – Getting creative with the iPad 197

Chapter 11 – Taking and browsing photos on your iPad 199

Using the cameras on your iPad 200

Viewing photos on your iPad 205

Editing your photos on your iPad 211

Viewing videos on your iPad 213

Chapter 12 – Adding and managing apps on your iPad 217

Downloading apps to your iPad 218

Rearranging your apps and web clips 222

Deleting apps and web clips 226

Multitasking with apps on your iPad 226

Using multitasking gestures 227

10 more apps to get you started 227

Part V – Using maps and books on the iPad 231

Chapter 13 – Finding your way with Maps 233

Finding where you are on the map 234

Getting directions to a friend’s house 237

Using Maps to update your address book 241

Chapter 14 – Reading books and magazines on your iPad 245

Installing iBooks on your iPad 246

Downloading books using iBooks 246

Reading books using iBooks 248

Using the Amazon Kindle app 250

Using Newsstand to buy magazines 250

Glossary 253

Index 259