Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting To Know Your iPad 5 Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPad 7 Exploring the iPad''s Big Picture 8 The iPad as a media player 8 The iPad as an Internet communications device 9 The iPad as an e-book reader 10 The iPad as a multimedia powerhouse 10 The iPad as a platform for third-party apps 10 What do you need to use an iPad? 11 Touring the iPad Exterior 11 On the top 12 On the bottom 13 On the sides 13 On the front and back 14 Status bar 15 Discovering the Delectable Home Screen and Dock Icons 18 Home is where the screen is 18 Sittin'' on the dock of the iPad 20 Chapter 2: iPad Basic Training 23 Getting Started on Getting Started 24 Turning On and Setting Up the iPad 26 Automatic setup 27 Manual setup 30 Locking the iPad 33 Mastering the Multitouch Interface 33 Training your digits 34 Navigating beyond the Home screen 35 Select, cut, copy, and paste 36 Multitasking 37 Splitting the screen 39 Picture-in-picture 40 Organizing icons into folders 41 Printing 42 Proactive search 42 The Incredible, Intelligent, and Virtual iPad Keyboard 44 Anticipating what comes next 45 Discovering the special-use keys 46 Choosing an alternative keyboard 47 Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 47 Editing mistakes 52 Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad 53 A Brief iCloud Primer 54 Syncing with iTunes 57 Backing Up Your iPad 61 Disconnecting the iPad 63 Synchronizing Your Data 63 Contacts 64 Calendars 65 Advanced 66 Synchronizing Your Media 66 Music, music videos, and voice memos 67 Movies 69 TV shows 69 Podcasts and books 70 Photos 71 Manual Syncing 72 Part 2: The Internet iPad 75 Chapter 4: Going on a Mobile Safari 77 Surfin'' Dude 77 Exploring the browser 78 Blasting off into cyberspace 78 Zoom, zoom, zoom 80 Reading clutter-free web pages with reader view 81 Finding Your Way around Cyberspace 82 Looking at lovable links 82 Tabbed browsing 83 iCloud tabs 84 Doing the splits 85 Revisiting Web Pages Time and Again 85 Book(mark) ''em, Dano 85 Altering bookmarks 86 Saving to your reading list 87 Clipping a web page 88 Letting history repeat itself 88 Saving web pictures 89 Sharing Your Web Experiences 90 Launching a Mobile Search Mission 91 Private Browsing 93 Smart Safari Settings 94 Chapter 5: The Email Must Get Through 97 Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 98 Setting up your account the easy way 98 Setting up your account the less-easy way 99 See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 103 Reading messages 103 Threading messages 106 Managing messages 107 Searching emails 108 Don''t grow too attached to attachments 109 More things you can do with messages 110 Darling, You Send Me (Email) 111 Sending an all-text message 112 Formatting text in an email 113 Sending a photo with an email message 113 Adding attachments 114 Marking up attachments 114 Saving an email to send later 115 Replying to, forwarding, or printing an email message 116 Settings for sending email 117 Setting Your Message and Account Settings 118 Checking and viewing email settings 118 Altering account settings 120 Getting the iMessage 121 Sending iMessages 121 Group messages 122 Adding voice to an iMessage 122 Massive multimedia effects overhaul 123 Being a golden receiver: Receiving iMessages 126 Sending pix and vids in a message 128 Smart messaging tricks 129 Chapter 6: Maps Are Where It''s At 131 Finding Your Current Location with Maps 132 Searching 133 Finding a person, place, or thing 133 Connecting maps and contacts 134 Viewing, Zooming, and Panning 135 Saving Time with Favorites, Categories, and Recents 136 Favorites 136 Categories & Recents 137 Smart Map tricks 138 Getting route maps and driving directions 138 Getting traffic info in real time 141 Getting more info about a location 142 Part 3: The Multimedia iPad 143 Chapter 7: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPad 145 Introducing Your iPad''s Music Player 146 It''s music, just not YOUR music 147 Your Music Library 150 A library without library cards 151 Play it again, list 153 Share and share alike 155 Taking Control of Your Tunes 157 Customizing Your Audio Experience 160 Setting preferences 160 Setting a sleep timer 161 Using your voice to control your music 162 Shopping with the iTunes Store App 163 Chapter 8: iPad Videography 165 Finding Stuff to Watch 166 Watching shows with the TV app 166 Renting and buying at the iTunes Store 167 Perusing podcasts and courseware 168 Watching your own videos 169 A moment for HEVC 170 Playing Video 170 Finding and Working the Video Controls 171 Watching Video on a Big TV 173 Restricting Video Usage 173 Deleting Video from Your iPad 174 Shooting Your Own Videos 174 Going slow 176 Going fast 177 Editing what you shot 177 Sharing video 178 Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 178 Getting started with FaceTime 179 Making a FaceTime call 180 Receiving a FaceTime call 181 Chapter 9: Photography on a Larger Scale 183 Shooting Pictures 184 Syncing pix 187 Connecting a digital camera or memory card 187 Saving images from emails and the web 188 Tracking Down Your Pictures 188 Choosing albums 189 Categorizing your pics 190 Making memories 192 Live Photos 193 A moment for HEIF 194 Searching for pictures 194 Sharing your photos 194 Admiring Your Pictures 196 Maneuvering and manipulating photos 196 Launching slideshows 197 Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 198 Editing and Deleting Photos 199 Editing Live Photos 201 More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 202 Entering the Photo Booth 205 Chapter 10: Curling Up with a Good iBook 209 Why E-Books? 210 Beginning the iBook Story 211 Reading a Book 213 Turning pages 214 Jumping to a specific page 216 Going to the table of contents 216 Adding bookmarks 216 Adding highlights and notes 217 Changing the type size, font, and page color 219 Searching inside and outside a book 220 Shopping for E-Books 220 Just browsing the iBooks Store 221 Searching the iBooks Store 222 Deciding whether a book is worth it 223 Buying a book from the iBooks Store 223 Buying books beyond Apple 224 Finding free books outside the iBooks Store 225 Reading Newspapers and Magazines 225 Part 4: The iPad at Work 229 Chapter 11: App-solutely! 231 Tapping the Magic of Apps 231 Finding Apps in the App Store 233 Browsing the App Store 233 Updating apps 234 Searching for apps 235 Finding details about an app 235 Downloading an app 237 Working with Apps 238 Deleting an app 238 Writing an app review 239 Chapter 12: People, Places, and Appointments 241 Working with the Calendar 241 Year view 242 Month view 242 Day view 242 Week view 243 List view 244 Adding Calendar Entries 245 Managing your calendars 247 Letting your calendar push you around 248 Displaying multiple calendars 249 Responding to meeting invitations 249 Subscribing to calendars 250 Sifting through Contacts 250 Adding and viewing contacts 251 Searching contacts 252 Contacting and sharing your contacts 252 Linking contacts 253 Removing a contact 253 Chapter 13: Indispensable iPad Utilities 255 Taking Note of Notes 255 Remembering with Reminders 258 Working with lists 259 Setting up reminders 260 Viewing and checking off reminders 261 Loving the Lock Screen and Navigating Notifications 261 Punching the Clock 263 World clock 263 Alarm 265 Bedtime 266 Stopwatch 266 Timer 266 Controlling Smart Appliances 267 Socializing with Social Media Apps 267 Facebook 268 Twitter 269 Sharing Your Connection (Personal Hotspot) 269 Dropping In on AirDrop 270 Chapter 14: Taking iPad Controls Siri-ously 273 Controlling Control Center 274 Summoning Siri 276 Figuring Out What to Ask 278 Correcting Mistakes 279 Using Dictation 279 Making Siri Smarter 281 Part 5: The Undiscovered iPad 283 Chapter 15: Setting You Straight on Settings 285 Checking Out the Settings Screen 286 The New Apple ID Settings 286