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It’s tablet time! Get acquainted with the latest iPadOS and devices, the easy way Up a creek without an iPaddle? Dummies has got you covered, with iPad & iPad Pro 2022-2023 For Dummies. This is your stay-afloat guide to the latest version of iPadOS and all the new features of Apple’s leading tablet. We offer a step-by-step guide to iPad maintenance, operation, and personalization, so you can figure out your new device quickly and spend your time doing the fun stuff. Photos, videos, apps, productivity, communication, maps, and beyond—plus a host of new features that we’ll introduce you to, right in this book. Get acquainted with the basics of using and customizing your iPad or iPad Pro Discover the new and exciting changes that come with the latest iPadOS release Get the most out of your iPad by mastering the top apps and productivity tricks Learn how to ease the transition from computers to tablets, at home or at work For personal projects or in business settings, the iPad is the tablet of choice, and Dummies is here to show you why. Grab this full-color guide and get iPaddling!

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Author:   Paul McFedries ,  Edward C. Baig
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   For Dummies
Edition:   2022-2023 Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781119875734

ISBN 10:   1119875730
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   23 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781394241286
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

 Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting to Know Your Ipad 5 Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPad 7 The iPad: A Bird’s-Eye View 8 The iPad as a media player 8 The iPad as an internet device 9 The iPad as an e-book reader 9 The iPad as a multimedia powerhouse 10 The iPad as a platform for third-party apps 10 The iPad as a multitasking content production device 10 What do you need to use an iPad? 11 Touring the iPad Exterior 11 On the top 11 On the bottom 13 On the front and back 14 Status bar 15 Exploring the Home Screen and Dock 17 Exploring the Home screen 18 Getting to know the dock 21 Chapter 2: Basic Training 23 Getting Started on Getting Started 24 A Closer Look at Cellular Data on Your iPad 24 Turning On and Setting Up the iPad 25 Automatic setup 25 Manual setup 28 Locking the iPad 31 Mastering the Multitouch Interface 32 Training your digits 33 Navigating beyond the main Home screen page 34 Select, cut, copy, and paste 35 Multitasking 36 Splitting the screen 38 Picture-in-picture 39 Organizing icons into folders 40 Printing 41 Proactive search 41 Getting to Know the iPad’s Virtual Keyboard 42 Anticipating what comes next 44 Discovering the special-use keys 45 Choosing an alternative keyboard 46 Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards 47 Editing mistakes 49 Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad 51 A Brief iCloud Primer 52 Getting in Sync 54 Sync prep 101 54 Backing up your iPad 57 Disconnecting the iPad 58 Synchronizing Your Data 59 Contacts 59 Calendars 60 Advanced syncing 61 Synchronizing Your Media 61 Music, music videos, and voice memos 62 Movies 63 TV shows 64 Photos 64 Manual Syncing 66 Part 2: The Internet Ipad 69 Chapter 4: Exploring the Web with Safari 71 Introducing the Safari Web Browser 72 Exploring the browser 72 Blasting off into cyberspace 72 Zooming in and out of a page 74 Reading clutter-free web pages with reader view 75 Finding Your Way around the Web 76 Looking at links 76 Tabbed browsing 77 Wrangling tabs into tab groups 78 Doing the splits 79 Revisiting Web Pages 80 Bookmarking your favorite sites 80 Managing bookmarks 81 Saving a page to your reading list 81 Clipping a web page to the Home screen 82 Letting history repeat itself 83 Saving web pictures 84 Sharing Your Web Experiences 84 Launching a Mobile Search Mission 85 Private Browsing 87 Smart Safari Settings 87 Chapter 5: The Email Must Get Through 93 Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts 94 Getting started 94 Setting up an email account with iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, or Microsoft Outlook 95 Setting up an account with another provider 96 Setting up corporate email 97 See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages 98 Reading messages 99 Threading messages 101 Managing messages 102 Searching emails 103 Dealing with attachments 104 More things you can do with messages 106 Sending Email 107 Sending an all-text message 107 Formatting text in an email 108 Sending a photo or video with an email message 110 Adding an attachment to an email message 110 Marking up an attachment 111 Saving an email to send later 112 Replying to, forwarding, or printing an email message 112 Settings for sending email 113 Setting Your Message and Account Settings 114 Checking and viewing email settings 114 Altering account settings 116 Chapter 6: Text Messaging 119 iMessage versus SMS/MMS: What’s the Difference? 119 Sending Text Messages 120 Sending a text message to one person 120 Sending group text messages 121 Adding voice to an iMessage 122 Massive multimedia effects 123 Memoji, a mouthful, but worth it 127 Animoji, too! 128 Apple Pay Cash, right in Messages 129 Being a Golden Receiver: Receiving iMessages 130 Changing some receive settings 131 Working with received text messages 131 Sharing received photos and videos 133 Smart Messaging Tricks 133 Part 3: Banish Boredom With the Multimedia Ipad 135 Chapter 7: Apple Music, Books, News, and TV+ 137 Introducing Your iPad’s Music Player 138 Listen Now: The Apple Music section of the Music app 138 Finding new music in Browse 139 Listening to human DJs in the age of streaming music 140 Managing music in the library 140 Working with playlists 141 Managing your own music with iTunes Match 142 Searching for music in the Music App 143 What about the iTunes Store? 143 Reading Just about Anything You Want on the iPad 144 Your personal library 145 Font and layout controls in Books 146 Searchable books 147 Bookmarks that don’t fall out 148 Highlights and notes 148 Buying books in the Book Store 149 Read books with your ears in the Audiobooks section 150 Searching the Book Store 152 Knowing What’s Happening with Apple News and Apple News+ 152 Tuning In to Apple TV+ 154 Chapter 8: iPad Videography 157 Finding Stuff to Watch 158 Watching shows with the TV app 158 Renting and buying at the iTunes Store 160 Watching your own videos 161 Are we compatible? 161 A moment for HEVC 161 Playing Video 162 Finding and working the video controls 163 Watching video on a big TV 164 Restricting video usage 165 Deleting video from your iPad 166 Shooting Your Own Videos 166 Going slow 168 Going fast 169 Editing what you shot 169 Sharing video 170 Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime 170 Getting started with FaceTime 171 Making a FaceTime call 172 Receiving a FaceTime call 174 Chapter 9: Photography on a Larger Scale 177 Shooting Pictures 178 Syncing pix 181 Connecting a digital camera or memory card 181 Saving images from emails and the web 182 Tracking Down Your Pictures 182 Choosing albums 183 Navigating your pics 184 Making memories 186 Live photos 187 A moment for HEIF 188 Searching for pictures 188 Sharing your photos 189 Admiring Your Pictures 190 Maneuvering and manipulating photos 190 Launching a slideshow 190 Storing pictures in the (i)Cloud 191 Editing and Deleting Photos 192 Editing photos 192 Editing live photos 194 Deleting photos 195 More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 196 Entering the Photo Booth 199 Part 4: Putting the Ipad to Work 203 Chapter 10: Harnessing the Power of Apps 205 Tapping the Magic of Apps 206 Finding Apps in the App Store 207 Browsing the App Store 207 Playing in the arcade 208 Searching for apps 209 Finding details about an app 209 Downloading an app 210 Updating apps 212 Working with Apps 212 Check out App Library 213 Writing an app review 214 Taking an app off the Home screen 214 Deleting an app 215 Working with Widgets 215 Viewing your widgets 215 Adding a widget 216 Removing a widget 217 Chapter 11: Staying in Touch with People and Appointments 219 Working with the Calendar 219 Year view 220 Month view 220 Day view 220 Week view 221 List view 222 Adding Calendar Entries 223 Managing your calendars 225 Letting your calendar push you around 226 Choosing which calendars to display 227 Responding to meeting invitations 227 Subscribing to calendars 228 Sifting through Contacts 228 Adding and viewing contacts 229 Searching contacts 230 Contacting and sharing your contacts 230 Linking contacts 231 Removing a contact 231 Chapter 12: Indispensable Apps and Utilities 233 Jotting Things Down with Notes 234 Remembering with Reminders 237 Working with lists 237 Setting up a reminder 238 Viewing and checking off reminders 240 Loving the Lock Screen 240 Navigating Notifications 241 Taming Time with the Clock App 241 Seeing the time anywhere in the world 242 Setting an alarm 243 Timing events with Stopwatch 244 Starting a countdown timer 244 Controlling Smart Appliances with the Home App 244 Taking the Measure of Things with the Measure App 246 Sharing Your Internet Connection with Personal Hotspot 247 Dropping In on AirDrop 248 Chapter 13: Navigating the World 251 Mapping Locations 252 Mapping a location by searching for it 252 Dropping a pin 253 Looking around your destination 254 You are here: Mapping your current location 254 Putting a contact on the map 255 Mapping an address from an email message 255 Saving a location as a favorite 256 Sharing a map 256 Mapping locations with Siri voice commands 257 Getting There from Here: Navigating with Maps 257 Getting directions to a location 258 Getting live traffic information 259 Getting directions with Siri voice commands 260 Chapter 14: Taking Control 261 Controlling Control Center 262 Controlling Your iPad with Voice Commands? Siri-ously! 264 Summoning Siri 264 Figuring out what to ask 266 Correcting mistakes 267 Making Siri smarter 268 Using Dictation 268 Part 5: The Secret Life of An Ipad 271 Chapter 15: Tweaking Settings 273 Checking Out the Settings Screen 274 Apple ID Settings 275 Controlling Your iPad’s Antennas 276 Flying with airplane mode 276 Working with Wi-Fi connections 277 Making Bluetooth connections 279 Roaming among cellular data options 280 Managing Alerts and Notifications 282 Customizing app notifications 282 Setting sound settings 284 Coming into focus 284 Location, Location, Location Services 285 Settings for Your Senses 287 Display & Brightness 287 Home Screen & Dock 288 Accessibility 288 Wallpaper 294 Siri & Search 295 Monitoring Screen Time 295 Exploring Settings in General 296 About 296 Software Update 298 AirDrop 298 AirPlay & Handoff 298 iPad Storage 298 Background App Refresh 299 Date & Time 299 Keyboard 300 Fonts 301 Language & Region 301 Dictionary 301 VPN & Device Management 301 Legal & Regulatory 302 Transfer or Reset iPad 302 Shut Down 303 Customizing Control Center 304 Setting Up Touch ID (or Face ID) & Passcode 304 Promoting Harmony through Family Sharing 305 Setting up Family Sharing 305 Sorting and displaying contacts 306 Configuring Transactional Settings 306 App Store 306 Wallet & Apple Pay 306 Locating a Lost iPad with Find My iPad 307 Chapter 16: Accessorizing Your Tablet 309 Accessories from Apple 310 Listening and Talking 311 Wired headphones, earphones, and headsets 311 Bluetooth stereo headphones, earphones, and headsets 311 Listening with Speakers 312 Desktop speakers 312 Bluetooth speakers 312 AirPlay speakers 313 Wrapping Your iPad in Third-Party Cases 313 Standing Up Your iPad 314 Chapter 17: Troubleshooting Common Problems 315 Troubleshooting iPad Problems: A Quick Guide 316 Troubleshooting iPad Problems Step-by-Step 316 Shut down whatever app you’re using 317 Restore a changed setting 317 Shut down and then restart your iPad 318 Reboot the iPad hardware 318 Recharge your iPad 319 Check for iPadOS updates 319 Free up storage space 319 Check your Wi-Fi connection 321 Reset your settings 323 Erase and restore your content and settings 324 Getting Help on the Apple Website 325 If Nothing I Suggest Helps 326 Dude, Where’s My Stuff? 327 Part 6: The Part of Tens 329 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Beef Up Privacy and Security 331 Lock Your iPad with a Passcode 332 Lock Your iPad with a Fingerprint 333 Lock Your iPad with Facial Recognition 334 Configure Your iPad to Sleep Automatically 335 Back Up Your iPad 336 Control Which Apps Can Use Your Location 337 Make Sure Apps Can’t Track You 337 Control App Access to Your iPad’s Hardware and Data 338 Check for Compromised Passwords 339 Set Restrictions on a Child’s iPad 339 Chapter 19: Ten Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts 341 Use Do Not Disturb for Others 341 Turn Off Keyboard Clicks 342 Create a Website Home Screen Shortcut 342 Customize Your Dock with Your Most Used Apps 342 Type on a Floating Keyboard 343 Look Up Words 343 Find Almost Anything Using Spotlight 343 Long-Press Home Screen Icons 344 Lock Your Screen’s Rotation 344 Use a Volume Button as a Camera Shutter 344 Index 345

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Paul McFedries is a technical writer who has been authoring computer books since 1991 and has over 100 books to his credit. These books include Alexa For Dummies, Amazon Fire TV For Dummies, and Cord Cutting For Dummies. You can visit Paul on the web at www.mcfedries.com.

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