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More About This Title iPad for the Older and Wiser - Get up and RunningSafely and Quickly with the Apple iPad 2
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This heavily illustrated, approachable guide for the anyone over 50 provides a solid resource for learning how to use the iPad in everyday situations. Veteran author and technology expert Sean McManus clearly explains how to use the iPad to send e-mails, listen to music, watch movies, and play games. Detailed coverage walks you step by step through setting up and registering your iPad, connecting to the Internet, syncing your iPad to other devices, and much more. The iPad is an ideal companion for making your life easier, and this friendly guide will help you gain a firm understanding of how to get started.
Serves as a friendly tutorial for learning how to use the iPad for everyday functionsWalks you through connecting to the Internet to browse and shop online, setting up your e-mail to keep in touch with family and friends, and watching movies anywhere at anytimeExplains how to sync your iPad to other devices, visit the app store to download apps, play games, organize your photos, and much moreThis friendly and understandable book gets you up to speed with this highly usable gadget in no time.
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What is the iPad? 1
What computer and software will you need? 3
How this book is structured 5
Part I – Getting Started with Your iPad 7
Chapter 1 – Choosing and buying your iPad 9
How much storage space do you need? 9
Connecting to the Internet: Wi-Fi or 3G? 11
Buying accessories for your iPad 13
Where to buy your iPad 15
Summary 16
Brain training 17
Chapter 2 – Setting up your iPad 19
Downloading and installing iTunes 20
Connecting your iPad to your computer 22
Synchronising your iPad with your computer 25
Charging your iPad 28
Switching on your iPad 30
Changing the iPad orientation 32
Navigating the Home screen 32
Setting up your Internet connection 33
Securing your iPad 39
Making your iPad easier to use 41
Adjusting other iPad settings 42
Troubleshooting and fi xing your iPad 43
Summary 45
Brain training 46
Chapter 3 – Keeping notes on your iPad 47
Understanding the Notes screen 48
Writing your fi rst note 50
Using Auto-text to speed up your writing 55
Editing your text 56
Adding and deleting notes 60
Emailing notes 61
Searching your notes 62
Summary 67
Brain training 68
Part II – Using Your iPad for Communications 69
Chapter 4 – Managing your address book and birthday list 71
Synchronising contacts from your computer 72
Browsing your contacts 73
Adding contacts to your iPad 75
Adding birthdays and anniversaries 78
Searching your contacts 80
Summary 81
Brain training 82
Chapter 5 – Keeping in touch with friends by email 83
Creating an email account 84
Setting up your email account on your iPad 85
Sending an email 91
Reading your emails 95
Managing email folders 97
Searching your emails 99
Downloading new emails 100
Summary 101
Brain training 102
Chapter 6 – Using FaceTime for video calls 103
Logging in to FaceTime 104
Starting a FaceTime call 105
Talking to a friend with FaceTime 107
Receiving a FaceTime call 109
Summary 110
Brain training 111
Chapter 7 – Browsing the web 113
Entering a website address 114
Zooming the page 117
Scrolling the page 118
Using links on websites 120
Entering information into websites 121
Browsing multiple websites at the same time 122
Managing bookmarks, history and web clips 125
Sharing website content 132
Summary 134
Brain training 135
Chapter 8 – Visiting friends using Maps 137
Finding where you are on the map 138
Getting directions to a friend’s house 140
Using Maps to update your address book 144
Summary 145
Brain training 146
Part III – Sound and Vision 147
Chapter 9 – Adding music and video to your iPad 149
Browsing the iTunes store 150
Buying music and video from iTunes 153
Using the iTunes store on your computer 155
Backing up your content and synchronising with your computer 156
Adding CDs to your iPad using your computer 158
Summary 161
Brain training 162
Chapter 10 – Playing audio and video on your iPad 163
Playing audio content on your iPad 164
Watching videos on your iPad 174
Summary 181
Brain training 182
Part IV – Having Fun with Your iPad 183
Chapter 11 – Taking and browsing photos on your iPad 185
Taking photos with your iPad 186
Copying photos between your computer and your iPad 190
Copying photos from your camera to your iPad 192
Viewing photos on your iPad 195
Watching a slideshow 198
Viewing videos on your iPad 200
Summary 201
Brain training 202
Chapter 12 – Adding and managing apps and books 203
Downloading apps to your iPad 204
Rearranging your apps and web clips 208
Deleting apps and web clips 211
Changing the apps on your iPad using your computer 211
Multitasking with apps on your iPad 213
Reading books on your iPad with iBooks 214
20 more apps to get you started 216
Summary 219
Brain training 220
Glossary 221
Index 225
