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

By Kevin Wilson

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

Updated to cover the iPadOS update, Exploring Apple iPad 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

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

Finally, maintenance, system updates, backups, and general housekeeping tips complete this invaluable guide. You'll want to keep this edition handy as you make your way around your tablet. Have Fun!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elluminet Press
• Release date: Mar 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781913151201

Kevin Wilson

KEVIN WILSON is Vice President of Videologies, Inc., a company that specializes in training administrative professionals in Fortune 500 companies. JENNIFER WAUSON is President of Videologies, Inc.

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Exploring Apple iPad: iPadOS Edition

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Publisher: Elluminet Press

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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 with greater understanding.

Have fun!

Table of Contents

iPads 10

What’s New? 10

Available iPads 13

iPad Mini 14

iPad 10.2" 14

iPad Air 15

iPad Pro Series 15

Setting up Your iPad 16

Insert your SIM 16

Power Up & Power Down 19

Unlock & Wake iPad 20

Force Shutdown 21

Upgrading your iPad to iPadOS 22

Initial Setup 23

Auto Setup 23

Manual Setup 26

Charging your iPad’s Battery 35

Connecting your iPad to a Mac/PC 36

Using iTunes 37

Sync your iPad/iPhone with your Mac 38

Restore iPad 40

Connecting to the Internet 41

WiFi 41

Setting up Email Accounts 43

Add Social Media Accounts 46

Change your Wallpaper 47

Dark & Light Mode 50

Touch ID 51

Face ID 52

Sign in & Sign Out of iCloud 53

Pairing Bluetooth Devices 54

Find My 56

Setup 56

Locating & Taking Action 57

Sharing Locations 58

Getting Around Your iPad 60

Home Screen 60

Widgets 61

Shortcuts 62

The Dock 66

Status Bar 66

Control Centre 67

Customising Control Centre 68

Notifications & Lock Screen 69

Touch Gestures 71

Tap 71

Drag 72

Pinch & Spread 73

Swipe 74

Four Finger Swipe 75

Home Button 76

Reveal Home Screen 77

Reveal App Switcher 78

New Touch Gestures 79

Cut, Copy & Paste 79

Text Selection 81

Multitasking 82

Open Multiple Apps at a Time 85

Using Slide Over 85

Multiple Apps in Slide Over 86

Swipe Between Slide Over Apps 87

Using Split View 88

Drag & Drop 89

Picture in Picture 92

Handoff 94

Sidecar 96

The On-screen Keyboard 100

Apple Smart Keyboard 102

Bluetooth Keyboards 103

Mouse Support 104

Spotlight Search 106

Arranging Icons 109

Removing Icons 111

Siri 112

Using Siri 112

Siri Translate 113

Voice Dictation 115

Voice Control 116

Settings Search 117

Family Sharing 118

Add a Family Member 120

Invite in Person 121

Child Accounts 122

Managing your Family 125

Screen Time 126

Downtime 128

App Limits 129

Always Allowed 131

Content & Privacy Restrictions 131

Allowing and Blocking Content 132

Internet, Email, Communication 134

Using Safari 134

Bookmarking a Site 138

Revisiting a Bookmarked Site 139

Browsing History 140

Reader View 141

Page Zoom 142

Download Manager 143

Generate Automatic Strong Passwords 144

Autofill Passwords on Websites 145

Automatically add Password to Keychain 146

Using Email 148

Reply to a Message 148

New Message 149

Formatting Messages 150

Attachments 151

Flagging Messages 152

Block Sender 152

Contacts 153

View Contact Details 154

New Contact 155

New Contact from a Message 156

Delete a Contact 157

Calendar (iCal) 158

Adding an Appointment 159

Add a Recurring Appointment 160

Adding an Appointment from a Message 161

FaceTime 162

Making a Call 163

Adding Effects 167

Group FaceTime 169

Adding a Contact 171

iMessage 173

Sending Photos from Photos App 175

Sending Photos from Camera 176

Adding Effects 177

Digital Touch in iMessage 179

Sending Payments with iMessage 184

Emojis 185

Using Emojis 185

AirDrop 186

To Send a file to Someone using AirDrop 187

To Receive a File from Someone using AirDrop 189

Using Multimedia 190

Photos 190

Import Photos 191

Browsing Through your Photos 192

Editing Photos 193

Adjusting Images 194

Crop an Image 195

Rotate an Image 197

Creating Albums 198

Search for Photos 199

Sharing Photos 200

Camera App 203

Adjusting your Photo 206

Panoramic Photos 207

Recording Video 208

Enhancing Video 209

Music App 210

Apple Music 211

The Main Screen 213

Searching for Music 214

Add to Library 216

Creating Playlists 217

Importing CDs 218

Podcasts App 221

iTunes Store 223

Music 224

Films & TV 225

Apple TV App 227

Watch Now 227

Library 228

Airplay 229

Apple Pencil 231

Charge your Pencil 232

Pairing your Pencil with your iPad 233

Using Apple Pencil 234

Document Scanner 236

QR Code Scanner 240

Common Apps 242

App Store 242

Search for Apps 244

Browsing the Store 247

The Arcade 250

Taking Notes 252

Typing Notes 253

Inserting Photos 254

Handwritten Notes 255

Dictating Notes 256

Organising your Notes 257

Inviting other Users 258

Reminders 260

Create a Reminder 260

Create a New List 261

Schedule a Reminder 262

Reminder When Messaging Someone 263

Reminder at a Location 264

Maps 265

Driving Directions 267

3D Maps 271

News App 273

Apple Books App 276

Browse the Store 277

Search the Store 278

Files App 281

Create New Folders 282

Drag Files into Folders 283

Delete Files or Folders 283

Share a File 284

External Drive Support 284

Rename Files or Folders 285

File Servers 286

Apple Pay 287

Setup 287

Using Apple Pay 289

Voice Memos 290

Recording Memos 291

Renaming Memos 292

Trim a Memo 293

Measure App 294

Clock App 296

World Clock 296

Alarm 298

Bed Time 299

Stop Watch 301

Timer 301

Productivity Apps 302

Pages Word Processing 302

Formatting Text 305

Adding a Picture 307

Collaboration 308

Keynote Presentations 309

Editing a Slide 310

Adding Media 312

Animations 313

Formatting Text Boxes 315

Formatting Text Inside Textboxes 316

Numbers Spreadsheets 318

Entering Data 319

Simple Text Formatting 320

Resizing Rows and Columns 321

Inserting Rows & Columns 321

Formulas 322

Functions 322

Fonts 323

Downloading 324

Installing from File 325

Printing Documents 326

Air Print 326

Older Printers 327

Maintaining Your iPad 328

iPad Backups 328

System Updates 329

App Updates 332

Deleting Apps 333

iPad Storage Maintenance 334

iPad Recovery 336

Accessorise Your iPad 338

Smart Keyboards 338

Cases 339

USB Adapters 339

AV Adapters 340

Power Chargers 341

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 has been added to the iPad which allows you to install additional fonts from the App store should you need