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  • Copyright 2013
  • Edition: 3rd
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  • ISBN-10: 0-7897-5036-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5036-5

Your iPad at Work

iOS 6 on iPad 2  and iPad 3rd generation

Supercharge your business effectiveness with any model of iPad—in the office, on the road, everywhere!

Do you have an iPad? Put it to work! If you’re a manager, entrepreneur, or professional… a consultant, salesperson, or freelancer… this book will make you more efficient, more effective, and more successful!

Your iPad at Work includes the latest information about all iPad models running iOS 6 (or later), whether the tablet is equipped with Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi + 3G/4G Internet connectivity.

It’s packed witheasy, nontechnicalbusiness solutions you can use right now—each presented with quick, foolproof, full-color instructions. Securely connect your iPad to your network; sync your email, contacts, calendar, Office documents, and smartphone; make the most of iPad’s latest productivity apps; capture
up-to-the-minute news and financial data; even discover powerful specialized apps foryourjob andyourindustry.

You already know how much fun your iPad is, now discover how incredibly productive it can make you!

•     Secure your iPad with passwords and data encryption

•     Connect your iPad to a wireless printer

•     Discover today’s most powerful iPad business apps

•     Manage your contacts and relationships with a Contact Relationship Manager (CRM) app

•     Do your word processing, spreadsheet and database management while on the go

•     Access your email and surf the Web from almost anywhere

•     Make winning sales and business presentations from your iPad

•     Read PC and Mac files, from Microsoft Office to Adobe PDF

•     Use Siri as your virtual assistant to control your iPad using your voice

•     Use your iPad more efficiently on the road and while traveling

•     Manage your company’s social networking presence from your tablet

•      Participate in real-time video conferences and virtual meetings using FaceTime, Skype, or another app

•     Print wirelessly from your iPad to almost any printer

•     Create and distribute iPad content, or have a custom app developed for your business

•     Add hardware and accessories that make your iPad even more useful

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 ACTIVATING YOUR iPAD AND CUSTOMIZING ITS SETTINGS

TURNING YOUR iPAD ON OR OFF

    PLACING YOUR iPAD INTO SLEEP MODE

ACTIVATING YOUR iPAD

    iPAD WIRELESS SETUP

    UPGRADING YOUR iPAD FROM iOS 5.X TO iOS 6

ACTIVATING YOUR iPAD’S DATA SERVICES

CUSTOMIZING iPAD’S SETTINGS

    SWITCHING TO AIRPLANE MODE

    CONNECTING TO A WI-FI HOTSPOT

    CONFIGURING NOTIFICATIONS SETTINGS

    SETTING LOCATION SERVICES OPTIONS

    CONFIGURING CELLULAR DATA OPTIONS

    ADJUSTING THE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS

    CUSTOMIZING THE LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN WALLPAPERS

    TRANSFORMING YOUR iPAD INTO A DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME

    GENERAL OPTIONS

KEEPING YOUR iPAD PRIVATE WITH THE PASSCODE LOCK FEATURE

CUSTOMIZING iCLOUD SETTINGS

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS FOR MAIL, CONTACTS, CALENDARS, NOTES, AND REMINDERS

SETTING UP THE TWITTER AND FACEBOOK APPS

CUSTOMIZING YOUR WEB SURFING EXPERIENCE WITH SAFARI

CUSTOMIZING THE MESSAGES APP

SETTING UP THE MAPS APP

PERSONALIZING MUSIC SETTINGS

PERSONALIZING VIDEO SETTINGS

MANAGING YOUR PHOTO STREAM

MAKING APP-SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS

USING THE NEW iPAD’S DICTATION FEATURE

NOW, LET’S PUT YOUR iPAD TO WORK

CHAPTER 2 INTERACTING WITH SIRI: YOUR VOICE-CONTROLLED ASSISTANT

SIRI CAN HANDLE A WIDE RANGE OF TASKS

SIRI RELIES ON CONTENT IN CERTAIN APPS

    SIRI TAPS IN TO DATA STORED IN THE CONTACTS APP

    SIRI ALSO USES DATA FROM CALENDAR AND OTHER APPS

USING THE iPAD’S DICTATION FEATURE

CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH EMAIL AND SURFING THE WEB

USING THE MAIL APP TO MANAGE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS ON YOUR iPAD

    SETTING UP YOUR iPAD TO WORK WITH EXISTING EMAIL ACCOUNTS

    CUSTOMIZING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT SETTINGS

    CUSTOMIZING MAIL OPTIONS

    MANAGING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH THE MAIL APP

    WORKING WITH THE INBOX

    CREATING A VIP LIST IN THE MAIL APP

    COMPOSING MESSAGES

    ADDITIONAL MAIL APP FEATURES

    USING THE WEB OR OTHER APPS TO ACCESS EMAIL

SURFING THE WEB USING SAFARI

    CUSTOMIZING SAFARI SETTINGS

    WHERE’S THE FLASH?

    YOU’RE READY TO BEGIN SURFING

    EDITING YOUR BOOKMARKS

    ACCESSING AND MANAGING YOUR READING LIST

    SAFARI’S ADDRESS FIELD

    USING THE SEARCH FIELD

    USING TABS

    USING SAFARI’S READER FEATURE

    UNDERSTANDING THE WEB PAGE VIEWING AREA

    SYNCING BOOKMARKS WITH YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER

ACCESSING SOCIAL NETWORKS ON YOUR iPAD

    WORKING WITH FACEBOOK

    TWEETING FROM YOUR iPAD

    TAPPING INTO LINKEDIN TO NETWORK WITH BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

    MANAGING YOUR GOOGLE+ ACCOUNT FROM YOUR iPAD

    SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH INSTAGRAM

CHAPTER 4 USING THE CALENDAR, REMINDERS, NOTIFICATION CENTER, AND CLOCK APPS

CALENDAR APP BASICS

    CONTROLLING THE VIEW

    ENTERING A NEW APPOINTMENT

    USING SIRI TO ENTER AND VIEW CALENDAR DATA

    VIEWING INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT DETAILS

    SUBSCRIBING TO CALENDARS

    FINDING AN APPOINTMENT

    VIEWING CALENDARS

    INVITING PEOPLE TO MEETINGS OR EVENTS

CUSTOMIZING THE CALENDAR APP

SYNCING SCHEDULING DATA WITH YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER OR SMARTPHONE

    SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WITH A PC OR MAC USING iTUNES SYNC

    SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY USING iCLOUD

    SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY WITH SCHEDULING SOFTWARE ON A MICROSOFT EXCHANGE—COMPATIBLE NETWORK

    SYNCING CALENDAR DATA WIRELESSLY WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR OR YAHOO! CALENDAR

USING THE REMINDERS APP

    MANAGING MULTIPLE TO-DO LISTS SIMULTANEOUSLY

KEEPING INFORMED WITH THE NOTIFICATION CENTER

    COMPOSE AND SEND TWEETS OR UPDATE YOUR FACEBOOK STATUS FROM THE NOTIFICATION CENTER WINDOW

    AVOID BEING DISTURBED WHEN YOU NEED TO CONCENTRATE

USING THE CLOCK APP

    WHAT TIME IS IT IN TOKYO AND DALLAS, TEXAS?

    USE YOUR iPAD AS A RELIABLE ALARM CLOCK

    USING THE STOPWATCH AND TIMER FEATURES

CHAPTER 5 WORKING WITH THE CONTACTS APP

CUSTOMIZING THE CONTACTS APP

ALLOWING THE CONTACTS APP TO WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH OTHER APPS

GETTING STARTED USING THE CONTACTS APP

    CREATING NEW CONTACT ENTRIES

    EDITING OR DELETING AN ENTRY

    SHARING CONTACT ENTRIES

SYNCING CONTACT DATA WITH OTHER CONTACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

    SYNCING CONTACTS DATA FROM YOUR iPAD WITH iCLOUD

    SYNCING WITH MICROSOFT EXCHANGE—COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS

    SYNCING WITH CARDDAV- OR LDAP-COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS

    HOW DOES SYNCING YOUR CONTACTS INFO HELP YOU?

CHAPTER 6 EXPLORE YOUR WORLD WITH THE MAPS APP

USING THE NEW iOS 6 VERSION OF THE MAPS APP

QUICKLY ACCESS DRIVING DIRECTIONS BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS

VIEWING A MAP OF A SINGLE LOCATION

CHANGING THE MAP VIEW WITH A TAP

THE MAPS APP INTEGRATES NICELY WITH OTHER APPS

USING SIRI WITH THE MAPS APP

CHAPTER 7 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON YOUR iPAD

LOADING DIGITAL IMAGES ONTO YOUR iPAD

TAKING PICTURES WITH THE CAMERA APP

    HOW TO SNAP A PHOTO

    HOW TO SHOOT VIDEO

TIPS FOR SHOOTING EYE-CATCHING PHOTOS USING YOUR iPAD

    HOW TO USE THE RULE OF THIRDS WHEN SHOOTING

USING THE PHOTOS APP TO VIEW, EDIT, ENHANCE, PRINT, AND SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

    VIEWING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

    VIEWING AN IMAGE IN FULL-SCREEN MODE

    EDITING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

    PRINTING PHOTOS

    SHARING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

    DELETING PHOTOS STORED ON YOUR iPAD

    WORKING WITH iCLOUD’S PHOTO STREAM IN THE PHOTOS APP

    SHARING YOUR IMAGES USING A SHARED PHOTO STREAM

UPGRADING TO APPLE’S iPHOTO APP

ORGANIZING YOUR IMAGES FROM THE iPHOTO ALBUMS SCREEN

VIEWING INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS USING iPHOTO

PRINTING AND SHARING IMAGES USING iPHOTO

CREATING AND SHOWING OFF JOURNALS

iPHOTO OFFERS MANY PHOTO-RELATED TOOLS IN A SINGLE APP

UTILIZE POWERFUL PHOTO EDITING CAPABILITIES WITH THIRD-PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY APPS

    INSTAGRAM

CHAPTER 8 FINDING AND INSTALLING APPS FROM THE APP STORE

APPLE’S APP STORE: ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR iPAD APPS

    UNDERSTANDING THE APP STORE

    MANAGING YOUR APP STORE ACCOUNT OR iTUNES GIFT CARDS

    ACCESSING YOUR PURCHASED APPS

    UNDERSTANDING THE APP PREVIEWS

    LEARNING ABOUT AN APP BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE

    VISITING THE APP STORE FROM iTUNES ON YOUR COMPUTER

HOW APP PRICING WORKS

    FREE APPS

    PAID APPS

    SUBSCRIPTION-BASED APPS

    IN-APP PURCHASES

QUICK TIPS FOR FINDING APPS

KEEPING YOUR APPS UP TO DATE

CHAPTER 9 WIRELESS PRINTING AND SCANNING VIA YOUR iPAD

WIRELESS PRINTING FROM YOUR iPAD

    USING THE AIRPRINT FEATURE TO WIRELESSLY PRINT FROM YOUR iPAD

    PRINTING FROM AN iPAD TO A NON-AIRPRINT—COMPATIBLE PRINTER

SCANNING DOCUMENTS ON THE GO INTO YOUR iPAD

    UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS CREATED BY SCANNERS

CHAPTER 10 SYNCING YOUR iPAD VIA iTUNES OR iCLOUD

MAKING THE iTUNES SYNC CONNECTION

    CUSTOMIZING THE iTUNES SYNC PROCESS

    UNDERSTANDING THE iTUNES SUMMARY SCREEN

    ADJUSTING SYNC OPTIONS WITH THE iTUNES INFO SCREEN

    SYNCING YOUR APPS WITH THE iTUNES APP SCREEN

    TRANSFERRING APP-SPECIFIC DATA OR FILES BETWEEN YOUR COMPUTER AND iPAD

    MANAGING, TRANSFERRING, AND SYNCING RINGTONES VIA iTUNES

    SYNCING YOUR MUSIC WITH THE iTUNES MUSIC SCREEN

    SYNCING YOUR MOVIES WITH THE iTUNES MOVIES SCREEN

    SYNCING YOUR TV SHOWS WITH THE iTUNES TV SHOWS SCREEN

    SYNCING YOUR eBOOKS WITH THE iTUNES BOOKS SCREEN

    SYNCING YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES WITH THE iTUNES PHOTOS SCREEN

ADDITIONAL iTUNES COMMANDS AND FEATURES

    CHARGING YOUR iPAD’S BATTERY WHILE IT’S CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER

WORKING WITH iCLOUD

    MAINTAINING A BACKUP OF YOUR ENTIRE iPAD VIA iCLOUD

    CREATING A SHARED PHOTO STREAM FROM YOUR iPAD

CHAPTER 11 WORKING WITH PAGES, NUMBERS, AND KEYNOTE

WORKING WITH PAGES

    USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS WITHIN PAGES

    USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON WITHIN PAGES

    ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU WITHIN PAGES

    USING THE DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR FEATURE

    WORKING IN FULL-SCREEN MODE

WORKING WITH NUMBERS

    USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS IN NUMBERS

    USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON IN NUMBERS

    ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU IN NUMBERS

WORKING WITH KEYNOTE

    USING THE FORMATTING COMMANDS IN KEYNOTE

    USING THE PLUS-SIGN ICON IN KEYNOTE

    ACCESSING THE TOOLS MENU IN KEYNOTE

    IT’S SHOWTIME: USING THE PLAY ICON IN KEYNOTE

USING THE iWORK FOR iPAD APPS WITH iCLOUD

THIRD-PARTY APPS THAT ALSO OFFER MICROSOFT OFFICE COMPATIBILITY

    WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS AND FILES USING THE DOCUMENTS TO GO APP

    WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS AND FILES USING THE QUICKOFFICE PRO HD APP

ACCESSING YOUR PRIMARY COMPUTER REMOTELY WITH YOUR iPAD

CHAPTER 12 CONDUCTING VIDEO CONFERENCES AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS

USING FACETIME FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING

    CREATING A FACETIME FAVORITES LIST

    USING FACETIME’S AUTOMATIC RECENTS LIST

    CHOOSING PREFERRED FACETIME CONTACTS

    PARTICIPATING IN A FACETIME CALL

PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS FROM ANYWHERE

    GOTOMEETING OFFERS VIRTUAL MEETING CAPABILITIES

    ANOTHER VIRTUAL MEETING OPTION: THE WEBEX PLATFORM

MAKING AND RECEIVING PHONE CALLS OR VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH SKYPE

SENDING AND RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES WITH iMESSAGE

CHAPTER 13 DISCOVERING “MUST-HAVE” BUSINESS APPS

25 BUSINESS APPS THAT ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF YOUR iPAD

    1PASSWORD PRO

    AMAZON MOBILE

    DROPBOX

    eFAX MOBILE

    EVERNOTE

    FILEMAKER GO FOR iPAD

    FLIGHTTRACK PRO

    GRUBHUB

    INVOICE2GO FOR iPAD

    LINE2

    MICROSOFT ONENOTE FOR iPAD

    MONSTER.COM JOBS FOR iPAD

    PDFPEN

    PHOTON FLASH WEB BROWSER

    PULSE

    QUICKVOICE RECORDER

    REMEMBER THE MILK

    SPLASHTOP 2–REMOTE DESKTOP

    SQUARE

    THE WEATHER CHANNEL

    THINGS FOR iPAD

    TIME MASTER + BILLING

    VIPORBIT

    XPENSETRACKER

    YELP

DISCOVERING WHAT TRAVEL APPS CAN DO FOR YOU

ONLINE BANKING MADE EASY ON YOUR iPAD

SAVING TIME IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE

CHAPTER 14 STAYING INFORMED USING iBOOKS, NEWSSTAND, AND WEB CONTENT

SELECTING AND DOWNLOADING eBOOKS

    ACCESSING THE iBOOKSTORE

    UNDERSTANDING AN eBOOK DESCRIPTION PAGE

    REVIEWING eBOOK DESCRIPTIONS

CUSTOMIZING iBOOKS SETTINGS

READING PDF FILES USING THE iBOOKS APP

READING NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES ON YOUR iPAD

    WORKING WITH THE NEWSSTAND APP

    READING PUBLICATIONS USING NEWSSTAND

    MANAGING YOUR NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

DOWNLOADING VERSUS STREAMING ONLINE CONTENT

    UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOWNLOADING AND STREAMING CONTENT

    WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DOWNLOADING CONTENT

    YOU CAN ALSO STREAM CONTENT FROM THE INTERNET

APPS FOR STREAMING WEB CONTENT

    DOWNLOADABLE iPAD CONTENT

    STREAMING TV AND MOVIE PROGRAMMING

    STREAMING AUDIO CONTENT

CHAPTER 15 PROTECTING YOUR iPAD AND ITS DATA

PROTECTING YOUR iPAD FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE

    TOUCHSCREEN FILMS

    PROTECTIVE SKINS FOR YOUR iPAD

    SCREEN COVERS AND CASES

    FULL-BODY CASES

    SLIPCOVERS, SLEEVES, AND POUCHES

SECURING YOUR DATA

PROTECTING YOUR iPAD FROM THEFT OR LOSS

INSURING YOUR iPAD

CHAPTER 16 CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING CONTENT ON THE iPAD

CREATING INTERACTIVE eBOOKS FOR iPAD USING iBOOKS AUTHOR

    ADOBE OFFERS HIGHER-END DIGITAL PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS

    BLURB.COM’S eBOOK PUBLISHING SOLUTION

    TRANSFORM MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENTS INTO COMPELLING iPAD eBOOKS

DOES YOUR COMPANY NEED A CUSTOM APP?

    WHAT TO CONSIDER FIRST WHEN DEVELOPING AN APP

    HAVING A CUSTOM APP CREATED

    OTHER POTENTIAL LOW-COST CUSTOM APP SOLUTIONS

iPAD CUSTOM APP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

    ALSO CONSIDER A MOBILE WEBSITE TO REACH iPAD USERS

CHAPTER 17 MUST-HAVE ACCESSORIES

EXTERNAL KEYBOARDS FOR YOUR TABLET

REPLACING FINGER MOTIONS WITH A STYLUS

BATTERY OPTIONS

    BATTERY PACKS

    BATTERY CHARGERS

DESKTOP STANDS FOR EASIER iPAD ACCESS

iPAD CAMERA CONNECTION KIT

ENHANCE THE RECORDING CAPABILITIES OF YOUR iPAD

HEADPHONES AND EXTERNAL SPEAKERS

EXTERNAL WIRELESS STORAGE FOR YOUR iPAD

USE YOUR iPAD TO PROCESS CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

CONNECTION OPTIONS: HD, VGA, HOME THEATER

    CONNECTING TO AN HD MONITOR OR AN HDTV

    CONNECTING TO A VGA MONITOR

    CONNECTING TO A SOUND SYSTEM OR HOME THEATER SYSTEM

CONTROLLING LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WITH BELKIN’S WEMO

USE A WIRELESS CAMERA TO TRANSFORM YOUR iPAD INTO A REMOTE BABY MONITOR

CHAPTER 18 TRAVELING ABROAD WITH YOUR iPAD (ONLINE ONLY)

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