iPad and iPad Mini Absolute Beginner's Guide

Introduction 1 How This Book Is Organized 3 Conventions Used in This Book 3 Let Me Know What You Think ..5 I Get Acquainted with iPad Hardware and iOS Basics 1 Overview of the iPad 7 What Is the iPad? 7 How Does the iPad Differ from Laptops and Desktops? 10 What Are the Benefits of an iPad? 12 What Are the iPad's Weaknesses? 13 A Closer Look at the iPad Hardware 14 2 Overview of the iOS 19 Say Hello to iOS! ...19 What Is iOS? 27 Take a Quick Tour of iOS 29 Moving Apps and Creating Folders .35 Using Gestures with iOS 38 What About Typing? .39 3 iCloud and Settings .43 Customization and Backup ...43 Settings, Settings, Settings ...44 Take a Tour of Settings ...46 Fun and Easy Settings to Tweak ...54 The Power of iCloud .57 II Using the iPad's Basic Productivity Apps 4 Contacts ...65 Say Hello to the Contacts App ...65 Adding a New Contact ...68 Send Message ...78 FaceTime ...78 Share Contact ...79 Add to Favorites ...80 Settings Tweaks ...80 5 Notes and Reminders ...83 Takin' Some Notes! ...84 Creating Notes ...86 Editing Notes ...88 Searching and Deleting Notes ..93 Using Reminders ...95 Choosing When You Want to Be Reminded 96 Setting Recurring Reminders ...98 Receiving Alerts ..101 6 The Calendar App ...103 Check Your Schedule ...104 Create an Event ...110 Create a Recurring Event ...113 Add a New Calendar Category ...119 Importing Other Calendars ...120 7 The Mail App 123 Configuring the Mail App ...124 Touring Mail ...126 Adding New Mailboxes ...127 Flagging Emails ..129 Marking an Email as Unread ...129 Archiving and Trashing Email .130 Replying, Forwarding, and Printing ...131 Writing a New Email 132 Extra Features ...132 Sending Attachments ...137 Other Email Apps ...141 Email Access with a Web Browser ..142 Mail Settings ...142 8 The Safari App .145 Opening Safari ...147 Touring Safari ...150 Using the Share Feature 155 Bookmarks and Reading List ...158 iCloud Tabs ...161 III Camera, Video, and Communication Apps 9 Apps for Photos and Videos ... 163 Using

James Floyd Kelly is an author and blogger from Atlanta, Georgia. He has a B.A. in English (University of West Florida) and B.S. in Industrial Engineering (Florida State University). He has worked in technology for more than 15 years, including work as a technical trainer, a network systems administrator, and a technology outsourcing consultant. Jim has written books and articles on numerous subjects, including LEGO Robotics, building a CNC machine and a 3D printer, and open source software. When not writing books, he can usually be found tinkering in his workshop or spending time with his wife and two young boys.