Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . .1
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK . . . 2
UNBOXING YOUR NEW iPAD . . . . 3
CHOOSING THE RIGHT iPAD TO MEET YOUR NEEDS . . 4
iPAD HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS . . . 5
PREINSTALLED APPS ON ALL iPADS RUNNING iOS 7.0 . . 6
OPTIONAL “MUST-HAVE” iPAD APPS DEVELOPED BY APPLE . . 9
THE ANATOMY OF THE iPAD MODELS . . . .10
USING THE MULTITOUCH DISPLAY . . . .11
EXPLORING THE iPAD’S HOME SCREEN . . . .14
1 ACTIVATING AND PERSONALIZING YOUR TABLET . . 19
TURNING YOUR iPAD ON OR OFF . . . . .20
PLACING YOUR iPAD INTO SLEEP MODE. . . .20
ACTIVATING AND SETTING UP YOUR iPAD . . . .21
UPGRADING YOUR iPAD FROM iOS 6.X TO iOS 7.X . . .27
ACTIVATING YOUR iPAD’S DATA SERVICES . . . .27
USING NOTIFICATION CENTER ON YOUR iPAD . . . .28
NOTIFICATION CENTER’S TODAY VIEW . . . .28
NOTIFICATION CENTER’S ALL VIEW . . . .28
NOTIFICATION CENTER’S MISSED VIEW . . . .29
OPENING CONTROL CENTER FOR QUICK ACCESS TO COMMONLY USED FEATURES . . . . . .29
CUSTOMIZING iPAD’S SETTINGS . . . . .30
SWITCHING TO AIRPLANE MODE . . . .32
CONNECTING TO A WI-FI HOTSPOT . . . .32
ADJUSTING BLUETOOTH OPTIONS . . . .34
CONFIGURING CELLULAR DATA OPTIONS . . . .34
CONFIGURING NOTIFICATION CENTER SETTINGS . . .36
CUSTOMIZING CONTROL CENTER OPTIONS . . . .39
SETTING DO NOT DISTURB OPTIONS . . . .39
WORKING WITH THE GENERAL SUBMENU WITHIN SETTINGS . .41
KEEPING YOUR iPAD PRIVATE WITH THE PASSCODE LOCK FEATURE . .45
CONTROLLING YOUR iPAD’S SOUNDS. . . .47
ADJUSTING THE WALLPAPERS AND BRIGHTNESS . . .47
ADJUSTING THE PRIVACY SETTINGS . . . .49
CUSTOMIZING iCLOUD SETTINGS . . . .51
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS FOR MAIL, CONTACTS, CALENDARS, NOTES, AND REMINDERS . . . . .53
CUSTOMIZING MESSAGES, FACETIME, MAPS, AND SAFARI FROM SETTINGS . . . . . .53
PERSONALIZING YOUR SAFARI WEB SURFING EXPERIENCE . .53
iTUNES STORE AND APP STORE PURCHASE OPTIONS . . .54
PERSONALIZING MUSIC SETTINGS . . . .55
PERSONALIZING VIDEO SETTINGS . . . .55
MANAGING YOUR PHOTO STREAMS . . . .55
iBOOKS AND GAME CENTER CAN BE CUSTOMIZED, TOO . . .55
SETTING UP THE TWITTER, FACEBOOK, FLICKR, AND VIMEO APPS AND RELATED iOS 7 INTEGRATION . . . .56
MAKING APP-SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS . . . .57
USING THE iPAD’S DICTATION FEATURE . . . .58
WORK WITH iOS 7’S MULTITASKING BAR . . . .59
NOW, LET’S PUT YOUR iPAD TO WORK . . . .60
2 INTERACTING WITH SIRI: YOUR VOICE-CONTROLLED ASSISTANT . 61
CUSTOMIZING SIRI TO MEET YOUR NEEDS . . . .63
SIRI CAN HANDLE A WIDE RANGE OF TASKS . . . .64
SIRI RELIES ON CONTENT IN CERTAIN APPS . . . .71
SIRI TAPS INTO DATA STORED WITHIN THE CONTACTS APP . .71
SIRI ALSO USES DATA FROM CALENDAR AND OTHER APPS . .72
USING SIRI EYES FREE WHILE DRIVING . . . .73
3 STAYING IN TOUCH USING EMAIL AND INSTANT MESSAGES . 77
USING THE MAIL APP TO MANAGE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS ON YOUR iPAD . . . . . .78
SETTING UP YOUR iPAD TO WORK WITH EXISTING EMAIL ACCOUNTS . . . . . .78
CUSTOMIZING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT SETTINGS . . .81
CUSTOMIZING MAIL OPTIONS . . . . .83
MANAGING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH THE MAIL APP . .85
WORKING WITH THE INBOX . . . . .87
CREATING A VIP LIST IN THE MAIL APP . . . .95
COMPOSING EMAIL MESSAGES . . . . .97
ADDITIONAL MAIL APP FEATURES . . . .101
USING THE WEB OR OTHER APPS TO ACCESS EMAIL . . .102
ACCESSING YOUR iCLOUD-RELATED EMAIL ACCOUNT FROM iCLOUD.COM . . . . . 102
COMMUNICATING VIA INSTANT MESSAGES VIA THE MESSAGES APP . 102
QUICK START: APPLE’S iMESSAGE SERVICE . . . .103
SETTING UP A FREE iMESSAGE ACCOUNT . . . .103
PROS AND CONS OF USING iMESSAGE . . . .104
STRATEGIES FOR USING THE MESSAGES APP . . .105
CREATING AND SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE . . .106
PARTICIPATING IN A TEXT-MESSAGE CONVERSATION . . .107
RESPONDING TO AN INCOMING TEXT MESSAGE . . .108
RELAUNCHING OR REVIEWING PAST CONVERSATIONS . . .108
CUSTOMIZING THE MESSAGES APP . . . .109
4 USING THE CALENDAR AND CLOCK APPS TO ORGANIZE
YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE . . 111
CALENDAR APP BASICS . . . . 112
CONTROLLING THE VIEW . . . . .113
COMMAND OPTIONS AVAILABLE FROM ALL CALENDAR VIEWS . 116
CREATING A NEW APPOINTMENT . . . .117
USING SIRI TO ENTER AND VIEW CALENDAR DATA . . .120
VIEWING INDIVIDUAL EVENT DETAILS . . . .121
SUBSCRIBING TO CALENDARS . . . . .122
FINDING AN EVENT . . . . . 123
INVITING PEOPLE TO MEETINGS OR EVENTS . . .123
CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP . . . .124
SYNCING SCHEDULING DATA WITH YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER OR SMARTPHONE . . . . . 126
SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WITH A PC OR MAC USING iTUNES SYNC . . . . . .126
SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY USING iCLOUD . .126
SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY WITH SCHEDULING
SOFTWARE ON A MICROSOFT EXCHANGE–COMPATIBLE NETWORK . . . . . .127
SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR, YAHOO! CALENDAR, AOL, OR OUTLOOK.COM . .127
USING THE CLOCK APP . . . . 128
WHAT TIME IS IT IN TOKYO, LONDON, AND DALLAS? . . .128
USING YOUR iPAD AS A RELIABLE ALARM CLOCK . . .129
5 WORKING WITH THE CONTACTS APP . . . 133
CUSTOMIZING THE CONTACTS APP . . . .134
ALLOWING THE CONTACTS APP TO WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH OTHER APPS . . . . . .135
GETTING STARTED USING THE CONTACTS APP . . .136
CREATING NEW CONTACT ENTRIES . . . .137
EDITING OR DELETING AN ENTRY . . . .143
SHARING CONTACT ENTRIES . . . . .144
SYNCING CONTACT DATA WITH OTHER CONTACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE . . . . . .145
SYNCING CONTACTS DATA FROM YOUR iPAD WITH iCLOUD . .146
SYNCING WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE–COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS . . . . . 147
SYNCING WITH CARDDAV- OR LDAP-COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS . 147
HOW DOES SYNCING YOUR CONTACTS INFO HELP YOU? . .147
6 MANAGING INFORMATION USING THE REMINDERS AND NOTES APPS. 149
MANAGING MULTIPLE TO-DO LISTS SIMULTANEOUSLY . . .153
SETTING UP REMINDERS TO WORK WITH iCLOUD AND OTHER ONLINE SERVICES . . . . .154
USING YOUR TABLET AS A NOTE-TAKING DEVICE WITH THE NOTES APP . . . . . .156
ORGANIZING YOUR NOTES . . . . .159
CERTAIN CONTENT WITHIN NOTES IS INTERACTIVE . . .160
7 SURFING THE WEB USING SAFARI . . . 161
YOU’RE READY TO BEGIN SURFING . . . .163
CUSTOMIZING SAFARI’S SETTINGS . . . .164
WHERE’S THE FLASH? . . . . .167
HOW TO USE TABBED BROWSING WITH SAFARI . . .168
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW iCLOUD TABS FEATURE . .169
REMOVING SCREEN CLUTTER WITH SAFARI READER . . .169
CREATING AND MANAGING READING LISTS . . . .170
NEW OPTIONS FOR SHARING WEB CONTENT IN SAFARI . . .172
CREATING, MANAGING, AND SYNCING SAFARI BOOKMARKS . .175
SYNCING USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS USING iCLOUD KEYCHAIN . . . . . .175
LAUNCHING YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES FAST WITH HOME SCREEN ICONS . . . . . 176
ACCESSING SOCIAL NETWORKS ON YOUR iPAD . . .178
WORKING WITH FACEBOOK . . . . .178
TWEETING FROM YOUR iPAD . . . . .179
TAPPING INTO LINKEDIN TO NETWORK WITH BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS . . . . 179
MANAGING YOUR GOOGLE+ ACCOUNT FROM YOUR iPAD . .180
SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH INSTAGRAM . . .180
MANAGING YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FROM YOUR TABLET . .180
MOBILE BLOGGING AND WEBSITE MANAGEMENT IS EASY FROM YOUR iPAD . . . . . 181
8 EXPLORING YOUR WORLD WITH THE MAPS APP . . 183
OVERVIEW OF THE MAPS APP’S SCREEN . . . .186
THE MAPS APP’S INFO SCREEN . . . . .190
OBTAINING TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS . 193
VIEWING A LISTING OF TURNS TO YOUR DESTINATION . . .196
LOOKING UP CONTACT ENTRIES, BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, LANDMARKS, AND POINTS-OF-INTEREST . . . .197
USING THE INTERACTIVE LOCATION SCREENS TO FIND MORE INFORMATION . . . . . 198
THE MAPS APP’S FLYOVER VIEW . . . . .200
THE MAPS APP INTEGRATES NICELY WITH OTHER APPS . . .201
USING SIRI WITH THE MAPS APP . . . . .201
MAPS APP ALTERNATIVES . . . . .202
9 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON YOUR iPAD . . . 203
LOADING DIGITAL IMAGES ONTO YOUR iPAD . . . .204
THE REDESIGNED CAMERA APP . . . . .206
HOW TO SNAP A PHOTO . . . . .208
HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO . . . . .209
TIPS FOR SHOOTING EYE-CATCHING PHOTOS USING YOUR iPAD . .211
ADJUSTING CAMERA AND PHOTOS APP OPTIONS FROM WITHIN SETTINGS . . . . .212
HOW TO USE THE RULE OF THIRDS WHEN SHOOTING . . .213
USING THE PHOTOS APP TO VIEW, EDIT, ENHANCE, PRINT, AND SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS . . . . .214
VIEWING AN IMAGE IN FULL-SCREEN MODE . . .215
EDITING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS . . . . .216
PRINTING PHOTOS . . . . . 218
SHARING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS . . . .219
DELETING PHOTOS STORED ON YOUR iOS DEVICE . . .226
WORKING WITH iCLOUD’S PHOTO STREAM IN THE PHOTOS APP . 226
CREATING AND MANAGING A SHARED PHOTO STREAM . .227
UPGRADING TO APPLE’S iPHOTO APP . . . .229
UTILIZING POWERFUL PHOTO-EDITING CAPABILITIES WITH THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY APPS . . . .230
10 FINDING AND INSTALLING APPS FROM THE APP STORE . 231
APPLE’S APP STORE: ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR iPAD APPS . .232
UNDERSTANDING THE APP STORE . . . .233
ACCESSING YOUR PURCHASED APPS . . . .239
HOW TO ACQUIRE AN APP FROM THE APP STORE . . .240
LEARNING ABOUT AN APP BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE . .240
VISITING THE APP STORE FROM iTUNES ON YOUR COMPUTER . .244
HOW APP PRICING WORKS . . . . .245
FREE APPS . . . . . .245
PAID APPS . . . . . .245
SUBSCRIPTION-BASED APPS . . . . .245
IN-APP PURCHASES . . . . 246
QUICK TIPS FOR FINDING APPS . . . . .246
KEEPING YOUR APPS UP-TO-DATE . . . . .248
11 WIRELESS PRINTING AND SCANNING VIA YOUR iPAD . . 249
WIRELESS PRINTING FROM YOUR iPAD . . . .250
USING THE AIRPRINT FEATURE TO WIRELESSLY PRINT FROM YOUR iPAD . . . . . 251
PRINTING FROM AN iPAD TO A NON-AIRPRINT–COMPATIBLE PRINTER . . . . . .252
SCANNING DOCUMENTS ON-THE-GO INTO YOUR iPAD. . .254
UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS CREATED BY SCANNERS . .256
12 USING iCLOUD WITH YOUR iPAD TO BACK UP AND
SYNC DATA . . . . . 259
SET UP AN iCLOUD ACCOUNT . . . . .261
TURN ON iCLOUD FEATURES FROM THE iCLOUD CONTROL PANEL . .263
SET UP iCLOUD TO SYNC APP-SPECIFIC DATA . . . .264
TURN ON THE iCLOUD BACKUP FEATURE . . . .265
SET UP AND USE THE FIND MY… FEATURE . . . .267
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE iCLOUD.COM WEBSITE . . .268
ACCESS ALL iTUNES STORE CONTENT PURCHASES VIA iCLOUD . .270
CLOUD-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO iCLOUD . . . .270
13 WORKING WITH PAGES, NUMBERS, AND KEYNOTE . . 273
WORKING WITH PAGES . . . . 275
USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS WITHIN PAGES . . .278
USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON WITHIN PAGES . . .279
ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN PAGES . . .280
THE NEW SHARE ICON . . . . .281
USING THE DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR FEATURE . . .285
WORKING IN FULL-SCREEN MODE . . . .286
USING THE FORMATTING TOOLBAR . . . .288
WORKING WITH NUMBERS. . . . .290
USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS IN NUMBERS . . .292
USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON IN NUMBERS . . . .292
ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU IN NUMBERS . . .293
WORKING WITH KEYNOTE . . . . .293
USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS IN KEYNOTE . . .295
USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON IN KEYNOTE . . . .296
ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU IN KEYNOTE . . .296
IT’S SHOWTIME: USING THE PLAY ICON IN KEYNOTE . . .297
USING THE iWORK FOR iOS APPS WITH iCLOUD . . .298
WORKING WITH THE iWORK FOR iCLOUD APPS . . .299
THIRD-PARTY APPS THAT ALSO OFFER MICROSOFT OFFICE COMPATIBILITY . . . . . 302
WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS AND FILES USING THE DOCUMENTS TO GO PREMIUM—OFFICE SUITE APP . 303
WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS AND FILES USING THE QUICKOFFICE PRO HD APP . . . .304
ACCESSING YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER REMOTELY WITH YOUR iPAD . 305
14 CONDUCTING VIDEOCONFERENCES AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS . 307
USING FACETIME FOR VIDEO CALLS . . . .308
CREATING A FACETIME FAVORITES LIST . . . .309
USING FACETIME’S AUTOMATIC RECENTS LIST . . .309
CHOOSING PREFERRED FACETIME CONTACTS . . .310
PARTICIPATING IN A FACETIME CALL . . . .310
PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS FROM ANYWHERE . . .311
GOTOMEETING OFFERS VIRTUAL MEETING CAPABILITIES . .312
ANOTHER VIRTUAL MEETING OPTION: THE WEBEX PLATFORM . 313
MAKING AND RECEIVING PHONE CALLS OR VIDEOCONFERENCING WITH SKYPE . . . . . .313
15 DISCOVERING “MUST-HAVE” BUSINESS APPS . . 317
25 BUSINESS APPS THAT ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF YOUR iPAD . 319
1PASSWORD—PASSWORD MANAGER AND SECURE WALLET . .320
DROPBOX . . . . . .321
EFAX MOBILE . . . . . .321
EVERNOTE . . . . . .322
FILEMAKER GO FOR iPAD . . . . .323
FLIGHTTRACK PRO . . . . . 324
GRUBHUB . . . . . .325
INVOICE2GO FOR iPAD . . . . .327
INVOICE MANAGER . . . . 328
LINE2. . . . . . .329
MICROSOFT ONENOTE FOR iPAD . . . .330
PDFPEN . . . . . .331
PHOTON FLASH WEB BROWSER . . . .333
QUICKBOOKS ONLINE FOR iPAD . . . .334
QUICKVOICE RECORDER . . . . .334
REMEMBER THE MILK . . . . .335
SCANNER PRO BY READDLE . . . . .336
SPLASHTOP 2—REMOTE DESKTOP. . . .337
SQUARE REGISTER . . . . . 338
THE WEATHER CHANNEL . . . . .341
THINGS FOR iPAD . . . . . 341
TIME MASTER + BILLING . . . . .341
VIPORBIT . . . . . .342
XPENSETRACKER . . . . . 345
YELP! FOR iPAD. . . . . 345
VERTICAL MARKET APPS ARE ALSO READILY AVAILABLE . . .347
DISCOVERING WHAT TRAVEL APPS CAN DO FOR YOU . . .347
ONLINE BANKING MADE EASY ON YOUR iPAD . . . .350
SAVING TIME IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE . . . .350
16 STAYING INFORMED USING iBOOKS, NEWSSTAND, AND WEB CONTENT . . 353
READING EBOOKS AND MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL LIBRARY USING THE iBOOKS APP . . . . . 355
CUSTOMIZING YOUR EBOOK READING EXPERIENCE . . .357
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AS YOU’RE READING . 358
HOW TO FIND A SPECIFIC EBOOK—FAST. . . .360
READING PDF FILES WITH iBOOKS . . . .361
ALTERNATIVES TO THE iBOOKS APP . . . .363
READING NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES ON YOUR iPAD . . .363
WORKING WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP . . . .363
READING DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS . . . .365
MANAGING YOUR NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS . 366
DOWNLOADING VERSUS STREAMING ONLINE CONTENT . . .367
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOWNLOADING AND STREAMING CONTENT . . . . .367
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DOWNLOADING CONTENT . 368
YOU CAN ALSO STREAM CONTENT FROM THE INTERNET . .369
APPS FOR STREAMING WEB CONTENT . . . .369
17 CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING CONTENT ON THE iPAD . 373
CREATING INTERACTIVE EBOOKS FOR iPAD USING iBOOKS AUTHOR . 374
ADOBE OFFERS HIGHER-END DIGITAL PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS . 376
PRSS OFFERS A POWERFUL iPAD DIGITAL PUBLISHING SOLUTION FOR BUSINESSES . . . .376
TRANSFORM MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENTS INTO COMPELLING iPAD EBOOKS . . . .377
DOES YOUR COMPANY NEED A CUSTOM APP? . . . .378
WHAT TO CONSIDER FIRST WHEN DEVELOPING AN APP . .378
HAVING A CUSTOM APP CREATED . . . .380
OTHER POTENTIAL LOW-COST CUSTOM APP SOLUTIONS . .383
iPAD CUSTOM APP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES . . .383
18 MUST-HAVE iPAD ACCESSORIES . . . 387
THREE WAYS YOU SHOULD PROTECT YOUR TABLET . . .388
EXTERNAL KEYBOARDS FOR YOUR TABLET . . . .388
REPLACING FINGER MOTIONS WITH A STYLUS . . . .390
POWER OPTIONS . . . . . .392
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . 392
BATTERY CHARGERS . . . . .393
DESKTOP STANDS FOR EASIER iPAD ACCESS . . . .394
iPAD CAMERA CONNECTION KIT . . . . .395
ENHANCING THE RECORDING CAPABILITIES OF YOUR iPAD . .396
HEADPHONES AND EXTERNAL SPEAKERS . . . .396
EXTERNAL WIRELESS STORAGE FOR YOUR iPAD . . .398
CONNECTION OPTIONS: HD, VGA, HOME THEATER . . .399
CONNECTING TO AN HD MONITOR OR AN HDTV. . .399
CONNECTING TO A VGA MONITOR . . . .399
CONNECTING TO A SOUND SYSTEM OR HOME THEATER SYSTEM . 400
AUTOMATING YOUR HOME OR OFFICE LIGHTING WITH PHILIPS HUE . 401
USING A WIRELESS CAMERA TO TRANSFORM YOUR iPAD INTO A REMOTE SECURITY CAMERA OR BABY MONITOR . . .402
FINDING LOST ITEMS FAST USING TILE . . . .402
STAYING IN SHAPE USING THE NIKE+ FUELBAND . . .402
A SMART WATCH IS THE PERFECT COMPANION TO YOUR TABLET AND SMARTPHONE . . . . . 403
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