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7Navigating Your iPadand Browsing the Web

I always like to start exploring a new device by understanding its fea-tures, so lets take a quick walking tour of your new iPad (see Figure 1):

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A. On/Off Buttonto turn the iPad on, just press and hold theOn/Off button. To turn it off, press and hold the On/Off buttonuntil the slide to power off screen appears. The On/Off button willalso put the iPad to sleep if you press it once.

B. Screen Rotation Lock/Mutethis button can do one of two things:1) lock the iPads screen rotation, so it will not change when youmove from Landscape to Portrait mode, or vice versa; or 2) auto-matically mute the volume on your iPad. To select the feature youwant to enable, go to Settings and choose General, and check offyour preference under Use Side Switch to:.

C. Volumepress the top half of this switch to turn up the volume,and the bottom half to turn it down. If you press the lower half fora second or two, you automatically mute the sound. Youll see avolume graphic on-screen that shows the current volume level.

D. Headphone Jackhere you plug your earbuds or headphones towatch videos or listen to music on the iPads Music app or in othermusic apps like Pandora or Spotify.

E. Dock Connectorheres where you plug in the USB cable to con-nect your iPad to your computer for syncing or to a power outletfor charging.

F. Microphoneuse this to take advantage of the iPads dictation fea-ture, which is available in just about every app that offers textentry. (If dictation is available, youll see the icon to the left ofthe space bar on your virtual keyboard). The microphone is alsoavailable to other apps that need to listen to whats going on.

G. Facetime Camerathe camera used by Facetime or other videochat apps, to capture your face whenever you want to talk tosomeone else. The iSight Camera, which will take pictures or videoof other things, is located on the back side of the iPad.

H. Speakerssound is projected from the iPad here.

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I. Home Buttonthe only button on the front of the iPad has a fewfunctions. First, it always takes you Hometo the main screen, orthe first screen you see when you turn on the iPad. You can alsouse the Home button to:

Move to another programjust press the button, go back to themain iPad screen, and tap to open another program.

Go home, fastif youre on a faraway screen, double-click theHome button and youll immediately be taken to the main screen.

Search your iPadafter you get to the Home screen, click theHome button again and youll be on the Spotlight Search page,where you can search through whatever is on your iPad.

The iPads Default Apps

When you first turn on your iPad, youll notice that it comes with sev-eral apps or features already installed. They include: App Storesearch for the latest apps and download them to

your iPad, all with the click of a button. Calendarlearn how to set up the calendar in Lesson 2. Camerathe iPad features a 5 megapixel camera for taking pho-

tos and videos. Contactsyoull have easy access to all your contactslearn how

to set them up in Lesson 2. Emailaccess your messages heresee Lesson 2 to learn how to

set up your email. iTunesbrowse the iTunes store and download music, books, or

videos directly to your iPad. Mapssearch for addresses, get directions, and explore locations

by Street View.

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Messagessend a text message for free to anyone with an iPad,iPhone, or iPod Touch.

Musicthe new name for Apples iPod feature, this is where you can access your music, audiobooks, podcasts, and otheraudio files.

Newsstandaccess subscriptions to certain magazines or news-papers.

Notesuse a very basic note-taking app (read about better noteapps in Lesson 5).

Photospress this button to view all the photos stored on youriPad.

Photo Boothuse this fun application to add special effects topictures you take.

Reminderssee a basic task or to-do list or get reminders ofapproaching deadlines or actions that are due.

Safariaccess the iPads built-in Web browser. Settingsconfigure your iPad and apps; this is where all the

magic happens. Videospress this button to access any videos that are stored on

your iPad. YouTubewatch and explore YouTube videos.

Browsing the Web

To get onto the Web, just press the Safari button (icon) on your Homescreen. The first time you do this, youll see a blank window, ready foryour instructions. Tap the address bar above, and the iPad keyboardwill pop up. Enter the URL of the site you want to visit. Alternatively,tap your finger in the Search box in the upper-right corner, and enter asearch term; Google is your default search engine. You can change thedefault search engine by going to Settings Safari Search Engineand selecting either Google, Yahoo! or Bing.

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Safari acts mostly like the browser on your computer, but withfewer buttons (see Figure 2).

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Figure 2

The sideways triangles send you Back or Forward, so you canmove back to the previous Web page or forward to a later Webpage.

The next button helps you access your Bookmarks, bringing up alist of saved Web sites.

The icon allows you to add a Web site as a bookmark, toyour Reading List (for reading later) or Home screen, and emailor Tweet the link.

Within the Address Bar, youll see either an X or a circular arrow.Click on the X to interrupt the download of a Web page, or clickthe circular arrow to refresh the page youre already viewing.

When you first open a Web page, you see the whole page, not just partof it. To get a closer look, you need to use your fingers to zoom in.There are three ways to do this: 1) rotate your screen from Portrait toLandscape mode; 2) do the two-finger spread (put your thumb andforefinger close together on the screen and move them apart); or 3) sim-ply tap twice. Learn more about these shortcuts in Beyond the Lessons.

Once you have browsed a few Web pages, you may be ready to savesome of them as bookmarks. Tap the Open In . . . button and press AddBookmark. When you do, the following will appear (see Figure 3):


You can customize the name of your bookmark here, and by press-ing the Bookmarks button you can specify where you want the book-mark to goon the Bookmarks Bar (which appears right below theAddress Bar in your browser, for easy access), into the Bookmarks list,or within a folder you create yourself (to create a folder, press Edit onthe Bookmarks list, then press the New Folder button). Click Save, andyoure done.

To manage your bookmarks, tap on the Bookmarks button andthen press Edit. You can do a few things here: Press New Folder to create a topical folder to better manage your

bookmarks. Tap on to delete the bookmark.

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Figure 3


Tap on the bookmark itself to edit the name or URL of the book-mark.

Tap and hold on the lines to move the bookmark up or downto another location in the bookmarks list.

Thats it! Now you can start surfing the Web, and bookmark any sitesyou want to visit later.

The last major upgrade to Safari introduced a new feature thatother browsers already had: tabbed browsing. You can now keep mul-tiple sites open in Safari by opening a new tab for each site. To open anew tab, just press the button, located to the right of the last tab.To delete a tab, press the X on the tab you want to remove.

Surfing the Web on the iPad is a lot of fun, and more satisfying than trying to view a Web site on a smaller phone. But the iPad offersso much more; lets get your email, calendars, and contacts set up next.

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