Jason R. Rich - Your iPad at Work

Second Edition

Covers iOS 5.1 on iPad, iPad2 and iPad 3rd generation

Jason R. Rich

800 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

Your iPad at Work

Copyright 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4852-2
ISBN-10: 0-7897-4852-5

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Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: June 2012

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Greg Wiegand

ACQUISITIONS EDITOR
Laura Norman

DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
Mark Renfrow

MANAGING EDITOR
Sandra Schroeder

SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR
Tonya Simpson

COPY EDITOR
Charlotte Kughen

INDEXER
Cheryl Lenser

PROOFREADER
Leslie Joseph

TECHNICAL EDITOR
Greg Kettell

PUBLISHING COORDINATOR
Cindy Teeters

BOOK DESIGNER
Anne Jones

COMPOSITOR
Bumpy Design

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Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is the bestselling author of more than 52 books, as well as a frequent contributor to a handful of major daily newspapers, national magazines, and popular websites. He also is an accomplished photographer and an avid Apple iPad, iPhone, and Mac user.

You can read more than 80 free feature-length how to articles by Jason R. Rich covering the Apple iPhone and iPad at the Que Publishing website. Visit www.iOSArticles.com and click the Articles tab. You can also follow Jason R. Rich on Twitter (@JasonRich7).

This book is dedicated to the late Steve Jobs, as well as to my newborn niece, Natalie.

Thanks to Laura Norman at Que Publishing for inviting me to work on this book, and for all of her guidance as Ive worked on this project. My gratitude also goes out to Mark Renfrow, Greg Wiegand, Tonya Simpson, Cindy Teeters, Todd Brakke, Gregg Kettell, and Paul Boger, as well as everyone else at Que Publishing and Pearson who contributed their expertise, hard work, and creativity to the creation of Your iPad at Work.

Thanks to my friends and family for their ongoing support. Finally, thanks to you, the reader. I hope this book helps you take full advantage of the power and capabilities of this amazing tablet device so that youre able to fully utilize your iPad in every aspect of your life.

As the reader of this book, you are our most important critic and commentator. We value your opinion and want to know what were doing right, what we could do better, what areas youd like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom youre willing to pass our way.

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When Apple announced the original iPad back in 2010, the companys iconic CEO, the late Steve Jobs (19552011), referred to the tablet device as magical. That was the start of a technological revolution that has since captured the imaginations of iPad users around the world, and for Apple, it has resulted in tens of millions of iPad units sold each subsequent year.

In 2011, the original, first-generation iPad was replaced by the iPad 2. Almost exactly a year after that (March 2012), Apple launched the third-generation iPad (see ), referred to as the new iPad, and demand for the tablet continues to be unprecedented.

Figure I.1. The iPad 2 and new iPad (third-generation iPad) look almost identical on the outside, but inside, the new iPad is more advanced.

In just a few short years, the iPad has gone from being a cool, high-tech gadget to becoming an indispensible business tool used in virtually all industries. With each generation of iPad thats been released, more and more business people, entrepreneurs, consultants, freelancers, and other types of professionals have discovered firsthand that the iPad can often replace the need to carry around a larger and heavier laptop computer or netbook.

Regardless of what you do for a living, this all new edition of Your iPad at Work helps you quickly learn how to use your iPad 2 or new iPad. When you combine any iPad model with the right collection of apps and accessories, it becomes the perfect tool for anyone who needs advanced computing power while on the goat a desk, by the pool, on an airplane, in the car (not while driving), or while sitting on a couch at home.

Your iPad at Work provides step-by-step instructions, plus hundreds of tips, strategies, and ideas for incorporating the iPad 2 or new iPad into your personal and professional life with the shortest learning curve possibleeven if you dont consider yourself to be technologically savvy or adept at using the latest high-tech gadgets.