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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Introduction

About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
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 15
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 the iPad
2. Turn On Your iPad for the First Time
3. Meet the Multitouch Screen
4. Say Hello to Tap and Swipe
5. Introducing App Library
6. The Dock
7. Display and Use the Onscreen Keyboard
8. Use the Small Keyboard
9. Flick to Search
10. Easily Switch Between Apps
11. Use Slide Over and Split View
12. Examine the iPad Cameras
13. Discover Control Center
14. Understand Touch ID
15. Take a Look at Face ID
16. Lock Screen Rotation
17. Explore the Status Bar
18. Wonderful Widgets
19. Take Inventory of Preinstalled Apps
20. Lock iPad, Turn It Off, or Unlock It
Chapter 3: Beyond the Basics
1. Update the Operating System to iPadOS 15
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. Set Up iCloud Sync Settings
8. Browse Your iPad’s Files

Part 2: Beginning to Use Your iPad

Chapter 4: 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 5: Conversing with Siri
1. Activate Siri
2. Discover 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 6: 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 7: Managing Contacts
1. Add a Contact
2. Sync Contacts with iCloud
3. Assign an Image to a Contact
4. Add Social Media Information
5. Assign a Relationship Label to a Contact
6. Delete a Contact
Chapter 8: Getting Social with Your iPad
1. What You Need to Use FaceTime
2. An Overview of FaceTime
3. Make a FaceTime Call with Wi-Fi or Cellular
4. Use a Memoji with FaceTime
5. Accept and End a FaceTime Call
6. Switch Views
7. Set Up an iMessage Account
8. Use Messages to Address, Create, and Send Messages
9. Read Messages
10. Clear a Conversation
11. Send Emojis in Place of Text
12. Use the App Drawer
13. Send and Receive Audio
14. Send a Photo or Video
15. Send a Map of Your Location
16. Understand Group Messaging
17. Find and Install Social Media Apps
18. Create a Facebook Account
19. Create a Twitter Account
20. Create an Instagram Account
Chapter 9: Browsing with Safari
1. Connect to the Internet
2. Explore Safari
3. Navigate Web Pages
4. Use Tabbed Browsing
5. Organize with Tab Groups
6. View Browsing History
7. Search the Web
8. Add and Use Bookmarks
9. Save Links and Web Pages to Safari Reading List
10. Enable Private Browsing
11. Download Files
12. Translate Web Pages
Chapter 10: 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
11. Organize Email
12. Create a VIP List

Part 3: Enjoying Media

Chapter 11: 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 12: 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 13: Enjoying Music and Podcasts
1. View the Music Library
2. Create Playlists
3. Search for Music
4. Play Music
5. Shuffle Music
6. Listen with Your Earbuds
7. Listen with Spatial Audio
8. Use AirPlay
9. Find and Subscribe to Podcasts
10. Play Podcasts
Chapter 14: 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, Social Media, or Other Apps
7. Share a Photo Using AirDrop
8. Share Photos Using iCloud Photo Sharing
9. Print Photos
10. Delete Photos
Chapter 15: Creating and Watching Videos
1. Capture Your Own Videos with the Built-In Cameras
2. Edit Videos
3. Play Movies or TV Shows with the TV App
4. Turn On Closed-Captioning
5. Delete a Video from the iPad

Part 4: Living with Your iPad

Chapter 16: 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 an Alert to an Event
7. Search for an Event
8. Create a Calendar Account
9. Use a Family Calendar
10. Delete an Event
11. Display the Clock App
12. Delete a Clock
13. Set an Alarm
14. Use Stopwatch and Timer
Chapter 17: 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. Get Notified!
8. Stay Focused and Undisturbed
Chapter 18: 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
8. Speeding Along with Quick Notes
Chapter 19: Using Utilities
1. Record Voice Memos
2. Measure Distances
3. Find a Missing Apple Device
4. An Overview of the Home App
5. Translate Words and Phrases
Chapter 20: 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

If you are a mature person who is relatively new to using a tablet, or you want to update to iPadOS 15 and learn about all the new features of that version, you need this book. In this book, you discover the basics of buying an iPad, working with its preinstalled apps, getting on the Internet, and using social media.

This book uses a few conventions to assist you:

Bold: I use bold type to make figure references stand out in the text.
Italics: I use italics for emphasis and for placeholder text that substitutes for what you might be seeing onscreen, such as Price when the actual price is what you would be seeing.
Command sequences: When you need to follow a series of actions, you might see it presented like this: Tap Settings ⇒ General ⇒ Display Date & Time. That means to first tap the Settings icon, and then tap General on the screen that appears, and then tap the Date & Time option.
URLs: Web addresses appear in monofont type in the printed book and as clickable links in the e-book, like this: www.dummies.com.

The Tip icon in the margin of a page alerts you to brief pieces of advice to help you to take a skill further, provide an alternative way of doing something, or, occasionally, to be aware of a problem an action might cause.

Like all For Dummies books, this book uses nontechnical language as it guides you through basic steps of working with your iPad. To make the content of this book easily accessible, it’s organized into sets of tasks within the following parts:

Part 1: Getting to Know Your iPad: The first chapter in this part guides you through buying an iPad, in case you don’t have one yet, as well as any accessories you might need with it. Also in this part, you learn what buttons to push and what movements to make to turn on and use your iPad effectively. If you need to update your iPad to the latest version, you can find out about that and more in this part.
Part 2: Beginning to Use Your iPad: This part begins by showing you how to enable accessibility features that may help you to more easily use your iPad. You then learn more about Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, and how to manage apps and contacts and use communication tools such as FaceTime and social media apps. Finally, I give you a good start on surfing the web and sending and receiving email.
Part 3: Enjoying Media: Your iPad will quickly become indispensable for all things media related. From reading books to watching movies and television shows to listening to your favorite tunes and podcasts, this part shows you the ropes for acquiring new content and enjoying it. You also find out how to take stunning pictures and videos using your iPad’s built-in cameras.
Part 4: Living with Your iPad: Finally, this part of the book helps you to stay on top of your busy life by setting reminders of important items on your to-do lists, calendar events, and appointments, and by taking notes. You’ll also explore several utilities that come with iPadOS 15 and learn how to troubleshoot and maintain your iPad.

Foolish Assumptions

This book assumes that you are a mature iPad user who wants to get straight to the basics of using an iPad. It assumes that you may not be familiar with using a tablet, or that you are updating to iPadOS 15 and want to discover all the new features that come with that update. In writing this book, I’ve tried to consider the types of activities that might interest someone who is 50 years old or older.

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, 3th, 4th, and 5th generations), 11-inch iPad Pro (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations), 10.5-inch iPad Pro, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, iPad (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th generations), iPad Air 2, iPad Air (3rd and 4th generations), iPad mini (5th and 6th generations), iPad mini 4, version 15 of iPadOS (the operating system used by the iPad), and version 12.8 (for Macs) or 12.12 (for PCs) 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

Understanding iCloud