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Table of Contents

Cover

Introduction

About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here

Part 1: Getting to Know Your iPad

Chapter 1: Buying Your iPad
1. Discover the Newest iPads and iPadOS 13
2. Choose the Right iPad for You
3. Decide How Much Storage Is Enough
4. Know What Else You May Need: Internet and Computer
5. Choose Wi-Fi Only or Wi-Fi + Cellular
6. Consider iPad Accessories
7. Explore What’s in the Box
8. Take a First Look at the Gadget
Chapter 2: Exploring Your iPad
1. See What You Need to Use iPad
2. Turn On iPad for the First Time
3. Meet the Multitouch Screen
4. Say Hello to Tap and Swipe
5. The Dock
6. Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard
7. Use the Small Keyboard
8. Flick to Search
9. Easily Switch Between Apps
10. Use Slide Over and Split View
11. Examine the iPad Cameras
12. Discover Control Center
13. Understand Touch ID
14. Take a Look at Face ID
15. Lock Screen Rotation
16. Explore the Status Bar
17. Take Inventory of Preinstalled Apps
18. Lock iPad, Turn It Off, or Unlock It
Chapter 3: Beyond the Basics
1. Update the Operating System to iPad OS 13
2. Charge the Battery
3. Sign into an iTunes Account for Music, Movies, and More
4. Sync Wirelessly
5. Understand iCloud
6. Turn on iCloud Drive
7. Setup iCloud Sync
8. Browse Your iPad’s Files
Chapter 4: Managing and Monitoring iPad Usage
1. Meet Screen Time
2. Create Some Downtime
3. Allow Certain Apps During Downtime
4. Set App Limits
5. Set Content and Privacy Restrictions
6. Manage Children’s Accounts

Part 2: Beginning to Use Your iPad

Chapter 5: Making Your iPad More Accessible
1. Use Magnifier
2. Set Brightness and Night Shift
3. Change the Wallpaper
4. Set Up VoiceOver
5. Use VoiceOver
6. Make Additional Vision Settings
7. Use iPad with Hearing Aids
8. Adjust the Volume
9. Set Up Subtitles and Captioning
10. Turn On and Work with AssistiveTouch
11. Turn On Additional Physical and Motor Settings
12. Focus Learning with Guided Access
13. Control Your iPad with Voice Control
Chapter 6: Conversing with Siri
1. Activate Siri
2. Understand All That Siri Can Do
3. Get Suggestions
4. Call Contacts via FaceTime
5. Create Reminders and Alerts
6. Add Tasks to Your Calendar
7. Play Music
8. Get Directions
9. Ask for Facts
10. Search the Web
11. Send Email, Messages, or Tweets
12. Use Dictation
13. Translate Words and Phrases
14. Type Your Commands or Questions
Chapter 7: Expanding Your iPad Horizons with Apps
1. Search the App Store
2. Get Applications from the App Store
3. Organize Your Applications on Home Screens
4. Organize Apps in Folders
5. Delete Apps You No Longer Need
6. Update Apps
7. Purchase and Download Games
Chapter 8: Managing Contacts
1. Add a Contact
2. Sync Contacts with iCloud
3. Assign a Photo to a Contact
4. Add Social Media Information
5. Assign a Relationship Label to a Contact
6. Delete a Contact
Chapter 9: Getting Social with Your iPad
1. Understand Who Can Use FaceTime
2. Make a FaceTime Call with Wi-Fi or Cellular
3. Accept and End a FaceTime Call
4. Switch Views
5. Set Up an iMessage Account
6. Use Messages to Address, Create, and Send Messages
7. Read Messages
8. Clear a Conversation
9. Send Emojis in Place of Text
10. Use the App Drawer
11. Send and Receive Audio
12. Send a Photo or Video
13. Send a Map of Your Location
14. Understand Group Messaging
15. Activate the Hide Alerts Feature
16. Find and Install Social Media Apps
17. Create a Facebook Account
18. Create a Twitter Account
19. Create an Instagram Account
Chapter 10: Browsing with Safari
1. Connect to the Internet
2. Explore Safari
3. Navigate among Web Pages
4. Use Tabbed Browsing
5. View Browsing History
6. Search the Web
7. Add and Use Bookmarks
8. Save Links and Web Pages to Safari Reading List
9. Enable Private Browsing
10. Download Files
Chapter 11: Working with Email in Mail
1. Add an Email Account
2. Manually Set Up an Email Account
3. Open Mail and Read Messages
4. Reply To or Forward Email
5. Create and Send a New Message
6. Format Email
7. Search Email
8. Mark Email as Unread or Flag for Follow-Up
9. Create an Event from Email Contents
10. Delete Email

Part 3: Enjoying Media

Chapter 12: Shopping the iTunes Store
1. Explore the iTunes Store
2. Find a Selection
3. Preview Music, a Video, or an Audiobook
4. Buy a Selection
5. Rent Movies
6. Use Apple Pay and Wallet
7. Set Up Family Sharing
Chapter 13: Reading Books
1. Find Books with Apple Books
2. Explore Other E-Book Sources
3. Buy Books
4. Navigate a Book
5. Adjust Brightness in Apple Books
6. Change the Font Size and Type
7. Search in Your Book
8. Use Bookmarks and Highlights
9. Set Reading Goals
Chapter 14: Enjoying Music and Podcasts
1. View the Library Contents
2. Create Playlists
3. Search for Music
4. Play Music
5. Shuffle Music
6. Use AirPlay
7. Find and Subscribe to Podcasts
8. Play Podcasts
Chapter 15: Taking and Sharing Photos
1. Take Pictures with the iPad Cameras
2. View an Album
3. View Individual Photos
4. Edit Photos
5. Organize Photos
6. Share Photos with Mail, Twitter, or Facebook
7. Share a Photo Using AirDrop
8. Share Photos Using iCloud Photo Sharing
9. Print Photos
10. Delete Photos
Chapter 16: Creating and Watching Videos
1. Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-In Cameras
2. Edit Videos
3. Play Movies or TV Shows with TV
4. Turn On Closed-Captioning
5. Delete a Video from the iPad

Part 4: Living with Your iPad

Chapter 17: Keeping on Schedule with Calendar and Clock
1. View Your Calendar
2. Add Calendar Events
3. Add Events with Siri
4. Create Repeating Events
5. View an Event
6. Add Alerts
7. Search for an Event
8. Create a Calendar Account
9. Use a Family Calendar
10. Delete an Event
11. Display Clock
12. Delete a Clock
13. Set an Alarm
14. Set Bedtime and Waking Alerts
15. Use Stopwatch and Timer
Chapter 18: Working with Reminders and Notifications
1. Create a Reminder
2. Edit Reminder Details
3. Schedule a Reminder by Time, Location, or When Messaging
4. Create a List
5. Sync with Other Devices and Calendars
6. Mark as Complete or Delete a Reminder
7. Set Notification Types
8. View Notification Center
9. Get Some Rest with Do Not Disturb
Chapter 19: Making Notes
1. Open a Blank Note
2. Use Copy and Paste
3. Insert a Picture
4. Add a Drawing
5. Apply a Text Style
6. Create a Checklist
7. Delete a Note
Chapter 20: Getting the News You Need
1. Read Your News
2. See Who or What Is in the Spotlight
3. Follow Favorite Channels and Topics
Chapter 21: Using Utilities
1. Record Voice Memos
2. Measure Distances
3. Find a Missing Apple Device
4. An Overview of the Home App
Chapter 22: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your iPad
1. Keep the iPad Screen Clean
2. Protect Your Gadget with a Case
3. Extend Your iPad’s Battery Life
4. What to Do with a Nonresponsive iPad
5. Update the iPadOS Software
6. Restore the Sound
7. Get Support
8. Back Up to iCloud

Index

About the Author

Connect with Dummies

End User License Agreement

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Introduction

If you bought this book (or are even thinking about buying it), you’ve probably already made the decision to buy an iPad. The iPad is designed to be easy to use, but you can still spend hours exploring the preinstalled apps, configuring settings, and learning out how to sync the device to your computer or through iCloud. I’ve invested those hours so that you don’t have to — and I’ve added advice and tips for getting the most from your iPad.

This book helps you get going with your iPad quickly and painlessly so that you can move directly to the fun part.

About This Book

This book is specifically written for mature people like you, folks who may be relatively new to using a tablet and want to discover the basics of buying an iPad, working with its preinstalled apps, getting on the Internet, and using social media. In writing this book, I’ve tried to consider the types of activities that might interest someone who is 50 years old or older and picking up an iPad for the first time.

Foolish Assumptions

This book is organized by sets of tasks. These tasks start from the beginning, assuming that you’ve never laid your hands on an iPad, and guide you through basic steps using nontechnical language.

This book covers going online using either a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, browsing the web (Chapter 10), and checking email (Chapter 11). I’m also assuming that you’ll want to use the Apple Books e-reader app, so I cover its features in Chapter 13. I also assume that you might be interested in getting to know Apple’s personal assistant, Siri, so I give you an overview of it in Chapter 6. Not to mention covering other great things you can do with your iPad, such as monitoring use of your iPad and its apps (Chapter 4), taking and sharing your photos and videos (Chapters 15 and 16, respectively), getting the latest news (Chapter 20), and much more!

Icons Used in This Book

Icons are tiny pictures in the margin of pages that call your attention to special advice or information, such as

These brief pieces of advice help you to take a skill further or provide alternative ways of getting things done.

Heads up! This may be difficult or expensive to undo.

This is information that’s so useful it’s worth keeping in your head, not just on your bookshelf.

Maybe this isn’t essential information, but it’s neat to know.

Beyond the Book

Like every For Dummies book, this one comes with a free Cheat Sheet that brings together some of the most commonly needed information for people learning to use, in this case, the iPad. To get the Cheat Sheet, head for www.dummies.com and enter iPad For Seniors For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the Search box.

Where to Go from Here

You can work through this book from beginning to end or simply open a chapter to solve a problem or acquire a specific new skill whenever you need it. The steps in every task quickly get you to where you want to go, without a lot of technical explanation.

At the time I wrote this book, all the information it contained was accurate for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations), 11-inch iPad Pro, 10.5-inch iPad Pro, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, 9.7-inch iPad (6th generation, a.k.a. “iPad 2018”), iPad Air 2, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad (5^th, 6^th, and 7^th generations), iPad mini (5th generation), iPad mini 4, version 13 of iPadOS (the operating system used by the iPad), and version 12.9 or later of iTunes. Apple may introduce new iPad models and new versions of iOS and iTunes between book editions. If you’ve bought a new iPad and found that its hardware, user interface, or the version of iTunes on your computer looks a little different, be sure to check out what Apple has to say at www.apple.com/iPad. You’ll no doubt find updates there on the company’s latest releases.

Part 1

Getting to Know Your iPad

IN THIS PART …

Starting out with your iPad

Navigating the home screen

Updating and synchronizing your iPad

Discovering preinstalled apps

Activating special features

Seeing how your iPad is being used