Exploring iPad Pro: iPadOS Edition: The Illustrated, Practical Guide to Using iPad Pro

By Kevin Wilson

Exploring iPad Pro is the perfect companion for your new iPad Pro. Written by best-selling technology author, lecturer, and computer trainer Kevin Wilson, Exploring iPad Pro is packed with step-by-step instructions, full color photos, illustrations, helpful tips and video demos.

Updated to cover the iPadOS update, Exploring iPad Pro will help you :

Upgrade your iPad to iPadOS

The new features introduced in iPadOS

Find your way around the dock, menus, and icons

Navigate with touch gestures: tap, drag, pinch, spread and swipe

Multi-task with slide over, split view, and drag & drop

Use iPad as a second screen on your Mac with SideCar.

Use control centre, lock screen, notifications, and handoff

Connect external keyboards as well as the on-screen keyboard

Use Apple Pencil to draw, annotate, and take notes

Get to know Siri, voice dictation, and recording voice memos

Communicate with email, FaceTime, and iMessage

Use digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments

Browse the web with Safari web browser

Take, enhance, and share photos and video

Stream music with Apple Music, buy tracks & albums from iTunes Store

Stream TV programs & movies with the new Apple TV App

Use Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, and Notes

Get productive with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers

Setup and use Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts, and more...

In addition, you will learn how to make the most of the new features of iPadOS with clear explanations and video demos to help you along the way.

Finally, maintenance, system updates, backups, and general housekeeping tips complete this invaluable guide. You'll want to keep this edition handy as you explore the new iPadOS.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elluminet Press
• Release date: Mar 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781913151218

Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Nothing to See Here, which was a Read with Jenna book club selection; The Family Fang, which was adapted into an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman; and Perfect Little World; as well as the story collections Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award; and Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine. His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Southern Review, One Story, A Public Space, and Best American Short Stories. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons.

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Exploring iPad Pro: iPadOS Edition

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Publisher: Elluminet Press

Director: Kevin Wilson

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About the Author

With over 15 years’ experience in the computer industry, Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin has held various positions in the IT industry including graphic & web design, building & managing corporate networks, training, and IT support.

He currently serves as Elluminet Press LTD’s senior writer and director, he periodically teaches computer science at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England. His books have become a valuable resource among the students in England, South Africa and our partners in the United States.

Kevin’s motto is clear: If you can’t explain something simply, then you haven’t understood it well enough. To that end, he has created the Exploring Technology Series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all the staff at Luminescent Media & Elluminet Press for their passion, dedication and hard work in the preparation and production of this book.

To all my friends and family for their continued support and encouragement in all my writing projects.

To all my colleagues, students and testers who took the time to test procedures and offer feedback on the book

Finally thanks to you the reader for choosing this book. I hope it helps you to use your iPad Pro with greater understanding.

Have fun!

Table of Contents

iPads 10

What’s New? 10

Setting up Your iPad 14

Insert your SIM 14

Power Up & Power Down 17

Upgrading your iPad to iPadOS 18

Initial Setup 19

Auto Setup 19

Manual Setup 22

Charging your iPad’s Battery 31

Connecting your iPad to a Mac/PC 32

Using iTunes 33

Sync your iPad/iPhone with your Mac 34

Restore iPad 36

Connecting to the Internet 37

WiFi 37

Setting up Email Accounts 39

Add Social Media Accounts 42

Change your Wallpaper 43

Dark & Light Mode 46

Touch ID 47

Face ID 48

Sign in & Sign Out of iCloud 49

Pairing Bluetooth Devices 50

Find My 52

Setup 52

Locating & Taking Action 53

Sharing Locations 54

Getting Around Your iPad 56

Home Screen 56

Widgets 57

Shortcuts 58

The Dock 62

Status Bar 62

Control Centre 63

Customising Control Centre 64

Notifications & Lock Screen 65

Touch Gestures 67

Tap 67

Drag 68

Pinch & Spread 69

Swipe 70

Four Finger Swipe 71

Reveal Home Screen 72

Reveal App Switcher 73

New Touch Gestures 74

Cut, Copy & Paste 74

Text Selection 76

Multitasking 77

Open Multiple Apps at a Time 80

Using Slide Over 80

Multiple Apps in Slide Over 81

Swipe Between Slide Over Apps 82

Using Split View 83

Drag & Drop 84

Picture in Picture 87

Handoff 89

Sidecar 91

The On-screen Keyboard 95

Apple Smart Keyboard 97

Bluetooth Keyboards 98

Mouse Support 99

Spotlight Search 101

Arranging Icons 104

Removing Icons 106

Siri 107

Enable Siri 107

Using Siri 108

Siri Translate 109

Voice Dictation 111

Voice Control 112

Settings Search 113

Family Sharing 114

Add a Family Member 116

Invite in Person 117

Child Accounts 118

Managing your Family 121

Screen Time 122

Downtime 124

App Limits 125

Always Allowed 127

Content & Privacy Restrictions 127

Allowing and Blocking Content 128

Internet, Email, Communication 130

Using Safari 130

Bookmarking a Site 134

Revisiting a Bookmarked Site 135

Browsing History 136

Reader View 137

Page Zoom 138

Download Manager 139

Generate Automatic Strong Passwords 140

Autofill Passwords on Websites 141

Automatically add Password to Keychain 142

Using Email 144

Reply to a Message 144

New Message 145

Formatting Messages 146

Attachments 147

Flagging Messages 148

Block Sender 148

Contacts 149

View Contact Details 150

New Contact 151

New Contact from a Message 152

Delete a Contact 153

Calendar (iCal) 154

Adding an Appointment 155

Add a Recurring Appointment 156

Adding an Appointment from a Message 157

FaceTime 158

Making a Call 159

Adding Effects 163

Group FaceTime 165

Adding a Contact 167

iMessage 169

Sending Photos from Photos App 171

Sending Photos from Camera 172

Adding Effects 173

Digital Touch in iMessage 175

Sending Payments with iMessage 180

Emojis 181

Using Emojis 181

AirDrop 182

To Send a file to Someone using AirDrop 183

To Receive a File from Someone using AirDrop 185

Using Multimedia 186

Photos 186

Import Photos 187

Browsing Through your Photos 188

Editing Photos 190

Adjusting Images 191

Crop an Image 192

Rotate an Image 193

Creating Albums 194

Search for Photos 195

Sharing Photos 196

Camera App 199

Adjusting your Photo 202

Panoramic Photos 203

Recording Video 204

Enhancing Video 205

Music App 206

Apple Music 207

The Main Screen 209

Searching for Music 210

Add to Library 212

Creating Playlists 213

Importing CDs 214

Podcasts App 217

iTunes Store 219

Music 220

Films & TV 221

Apple TV App 223

Watch Now 223

Library 224

Airplay 225

Apple Pencil 227

Pair Apple Pencil 228

Charge your Pencil (2nd Gen) 228

Using Apple Pencil 229

Document Scanner 231

QR Code Scanner 235

Common Apps 236

App Store 236

Search for Apps 238

Browsing the Store 241

The Arcade 244

Taking Notes 246

Typing Notes 247

Inserting Photos 248

Handwritten Notes 249

Dictating Notes 250

Organising your Notes 251

Inviting other Users 252

Reminders 254

Create a Reminder 254

Create a New List 255

Schedule a Reminder 256

Reminder When Messaging Someone 257

Reminder at a Location 258

Maps 259

Driving Directions 261

3D Maps 265

News App 267

Apple Books App 270

Browse the Store 271

Search the Store 272

Files App 275

Create New Folders 276

Drag Files into Folders 277

Delete Files or Folders 277

Share a File 278

External Drive Support 278

Rename Files or Folders 279

File Servers 280

Apple Pay 281

Setup 281

Using Apple Pay 284

Voice Memos 285

Recording Memos 286

Renaming Memos 287

Trim a Memo 288

Measure App 289

Clock App 291

World Clock 291

Alarm 293

Bed Time 294

Stop Watch 296

Timer 296

Productivity Apps 298

Pages Word Processing 298

Formatting Text 300

Adding a Picture 303

Collaboration 304

Keynote Presentations 305

Editing a Slide 306

Adding Media 308

Animations 309

Formatting Text Boxes 311

Formatting Text Inside Textboxes 312

Numbers Spreadsheets 314

Entering Data 315

Simple Text Formatting 316

Resizing Rows and Columns 317

Inserting Rows & Columns 317

Formulas 318

Functions 318

Fonts 319

Downloading 320

Installing from File 321

Printing Documents 322

Air Print 322

Older Printers 323

Maintaining Your iPad 324

iPad Backups 324

System Updates 325

App Updates 328

Deleting Apps 329

iPad Storage Maintenance 330

iPad Recovery 332

Accessorise Your iPad 334

Smart Keyboards 334

Cases 335

USB Adapters 335

AV Adapters 336

Power Chargers 337

iPads

As iPads have continued to develop and evolve, they have received more and more features not available on iPhones. Because of this, iPads now have their own operating system called iPadOS.

So what’s an Operating System? An Operating System is a program that manages the device’s hardware resources such as memory, processor and storage. The Operating System also provides a platform for you to run apps such as web browsers, maps, email, photos, games and so on.

The iPadOS user interface is a touch screen, meaning you can directly manipulate sliders, switches, buttons and icons on screen using your finger.

iPadOS has a main screen called the home screen containing icons that represent apps. You can download countless apps from the App Store - you’ll find an app for almost anything you can think of.

Security has improved on these devices, you can unlock just with a finger print - no need to keep remembering a PIN.

Finally there’s Siri, the voice activated personal assistant that uses natural language AI to interpret voice commands you speak out loud. You can ask Siri to send messages, dial a number, as well as search the web, and answer certain questions.

What’s New?

The home screen has a few changes. The icons are now smaller, and in horizontal mode, down the left hand side you’ll see your clock with app widgets for weather, calendar, siri suggestions, maps, and screen time.

Also introduced in iPadOS is dark mode. This reduces the amount of white on the screen making it easier on the eyes.

iPadOS introduces a new feature called Sidecar that allows you to use your iPad as a second screen on a Mac running macOS Catalina. Useful for marking up documents, drawing and graphic design.

There are some new touch gestures you can use to copy & paste text or images, as well a gesture to undo edits. You can pick up the cursor and drag it precisely where you want it, or select a block of text by dragging your finger over it. You can also select a word with a double tap, a sentence with three taps, or a whole paragraph with four taps.

There is a floating on-screen keyboard you can position wherever you want, to make typing easier, as well as keyboard short-cuts should you want to add a physical keyboard.

Font management