iPad Made Simple

Get the most out of your iPad with iPad Made Simple—learn all the key features, understand what’s new, and utilize dozens of time-saving tips and tricks. This book includes over 740 pages of easy-to-read instructions and over 1,000 carefully annotated screen shots to guide you to iPad mastery.

With iPad Made Simple, you’ll never be left wondering, “How did they do that?”

What you’ll learn

• Get up to speed lightning fast with the easy-to-understand Quick Start Guide
• Learn about useful accessories such as the iPad Keyboard Dock, camera connector, and VGA connector
• Employ time-saving short cuts and hidden gems to help you organize your work and social life
• Turn your iPad into an iPhone with the Skype app
• Stay in touch with friends on Twitter and Facebook
• Keep entertained with photo albums, videos, music, games, and much more
• Browse, buy, and read with iBooks
• Get productive with iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote)
• Learn how to send and receive Faxes from your iPad
• Learn how to view videos on the web and quickly navigate web pages
• Organize, view, and share your photos and albums
• Customize the Electronic Picture Display to make sure it shows exactly what you want and nothing more
• Get a list of some great apps just for your from the App Store
• How to squeeze every ounce of power from Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
• Synchronize your iPod touch with Windows, Mac, Google, Exchange, MobileMe, and more

This book also includes over 60 pages dedicated to learning all the key features of iTunes on your computer. This is a must for anyone who really wants to tap the tremendous power of iTunes, including: create and manage normal and smart playlists, the genius feature, home sharing, searching for content, getting great free content from iTunes U, authorizing and de-authorizing computers, redeeming gift cards, loading your music CDs, importing movies from DVDs, getting album artwork, and much more.

Who this book is for

This book is for new iPad users, as well as seasoned iPhone or iPod Touch users who are ready to explore the new world of the iPad.

Get the most out of your iPad with iPad Made Simple—learn all the key features, understand what’s new, and utilize dozens of time-saving tips and tricks. This book includes over 740 pages of easy-to-read instructions and over 1,000 carefully annotated screen shots to guide you to iPad mastery.

With iPad Made Simple, you’ll never be left wondering, “How did they do that?”

What you’ll learn

• Get up to speed lightning fast with the easy-to-understand Quick Start Guide
• Learn about useful accessories such as the iPad Keyboard Dock, camera connector, and VGA connector
• Employ time-saving short cuts and hidden gems to help you organize your work and social life
• Turn your iPad into an iPhone with the Skype app
• Stay in touch with friends on Twitter and Facebook
• Keep entertained with photo albums, videos, music, games, and much more
• Browse, buy, and read with iBooks
• Get productive with iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote)
• Learn how to send and receive Faxes from your iPad
• Learn how to view videos on the web and quickly navigate web pages
• Organize, view, and share your photos and albums
• Customize the Electronic Picture Display to make sure it shows exactly what you want and nothing more
• Get a list of some great apps just for your from the App Store
• How to squeeze every ounce of power from Mail, Calendar, and Contacts
• Synchronize your iPod touch with Windows, Mac, Google, Exchange, MobileMe, and more

This book also includes over 60 pages dedicated to learning all the key features of iTunes on your computer. This is a must for anyone who really wants to tap the tremendous power of iTunes, including: create and manage normal and smart playlists, the genius feature, home sharing, searching for content, getting great free content from iTunes U, authorizing and de-authorizing computers, redeeming gift cards, loading your music CDs, importing movies from DVDs, getting album artwork, and much more.

Who this book is for

This book is for new iPad users, as well as seasoned iPhone or iPod Touch users who are ready to explore the new world of the iPad.

Sample Content (Click on images to zoom)

Add a Web Page Icon to Your Home Screen:

If you love a web site or page, it’s very easy to add it as an icon to your Home Screen.

That way, you can instantly access the web page without going through the Safari

Bookmarks select bookmark process. You’ll save lots of steps by putting the icon on

your Home Screen. This is especially good for quickly launching web

apps, like Gmail or Buzz from Google, or web app games.

Here’s how to add the icon:

1. Touch the plus sign (+) next to the address bar in the top of the

   browser.

2. Touch Add to Home Screen.
3. Adjust the name; you may want to put in the name of the site, but keep

   it short because there’s not much room below the icons.

4. Tap the Add button in the upper right corner.

Making Calls With Skype on Your iPad

Your iPad can keep you in touch in many ways beyond e-mail and the Web. We will show how you how you can turn your iPad into a big iPhone.

Here’ how to make a call using the Skype app:

1. If you are not already in Skype, tap the Skype icon from your Home

   Screen and login if asked.

2. Tap the Contacts soft key at the bottom.
3. Tap All Contacts to see your contacts.
4. Tap the contact name you wish to call.
5. Tap the Call button.
6. You may see a Skype button and a Mobile or other phone button. Press

   the Skype button to make the free call. Any other call requires you pay

   for it with Skype Credits.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Quick Start Guide

A unique and highly visual section designed to help you get up and running in a hurry with your new iPad. Learn about the all the buttons, switches and ports and how to use the innovative and responsive touch screen. Use our App Reference Tables to learn what all the Apps on your iPad do and even how to add some cool new Apps. We finish up with some accessories to make your iPad even more useful.

Part 2: Introduction

Part 3: Main Book

1. Getting Started
2. Typing Tips, Copy/Paste & Search
3. Sync Your iPad with iTunes
4. Wi-Fi and 3G Connectivity
5. Moving, Docking, and Deleting Icons
6. Personalize & Secure Your iPad
7. Playing Music
8. iBooks and E-Books
9. Viewing Videos, TV Shows & More
10. Bluetooth on the iPad
11. Surfing the Web with Safari
12. E-mail on your iPad
13. Working with Contacts
14. Your Calendar
15. Working with Photos
16. Maps
17. Eliminate Your Paper Notes
18. iWork: Productivity on Your iPad
19. iTunes on your iPad
20. The Amazing App Store
21. Games and Fun
22. Social Networking
23. New Media: Reading Newspapers, Magazines, and More
24. Other Sync Methods (Exchange/Google & MobileMe)
25. Troubleshooting

Part 4: iPad's Soulmate: iTunes

26. Your iTunes User Guide

Gary Mazo is Vice President of Made Simple Learning and is a writer, a College Professor, a gadget nut and an ordained rabbi. Gary joined Made Simple Learning in 2007 and has co-authored the last thirteen books in the Made Simple Series. Along with Martin and Kevin Michaluk from CrackBerry.com, Gary co-wrote CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse—a book about BlackBerry addiction and how to get a grip on one’s BlackBerry use. Gary also teaches at the University of Phoenix—teaching Writing, Philosophy, Technical Writing and more. Gary is a regular contributor to CrackBerry.com—writing product reviews and adding Editorial Content. He holds a BA in Anthropology from Brandeis University. Gary earned his M.A.H.L (Masters in Hebrew Letters) as well as ordination as Rabbi from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has served congregations in Dayton, Ohio, Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Gary is married to Gloria Schwartz Mazo and between them, they have six children. Gary can be reached at: [email protected].

Martin Trautschold is the Founder and CEO of Made Simple Learning, a leading provider of Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry and Palm webOS Books and Video Tutorials. He has been a successful entrepreneur in the Mobile Device training and software business since 2001. With Made Simple Learning, he has been helping to train thousands of BlackBerry Smartphone users with short, to-the-point video tutorials. He has now co-authored fifteen Made Simple guide books. Martin also co-founded, ran for 3 years, then sold a Mobile Device software company. Prior to this, Martin spent 15 years in technology and business consulting in the US and Japan. He holds an engineering degree from Princeton University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Martin and his wife, Julia, have three daughters. Martin enjoys rowing and cycling. Martin can be reached at [email protected].