Apple iPad series - How This Book Is Organized

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Introduction
To help you learn the multiple features of the iPad, this book will gently guide
you through the basics of using your iPad for personal and business use. With an
iPad, you actually have a miniature computer for both viewing and creating con-
tent, and this book will show you how to make your iPad work best for you.
If you already use an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you already know how to use
most of the iPad’s features. If you use any type of smartphone that offers touch
screen gestures, you’ll find many of the iPad’s touch screen gestures familiar as
well. Even if you’ve never used any type of touch screen device before, you’ll find
that the iPad can be friendly, forgiving, and fun.
Think of the iPad as a multipurpose, portable computer that you can take
wherever you go and use whenever you need it. The iPad isn’t just a replacement
for an existing computer, but a versatile device that offers an infinite number of
possible uses, limited only by your imagination.
How This Book Is Organized
To help you get started using your iPad right away, this book is divided into short
chapters that act like recipes in a cookbook. Each chapter explains how to accom-
plish a specific task and then lists all the steps you need to follow.
By following the book’s hands-on instructions for accomplishing common
tasks, you can learn how to achieve specific results using your iPad right away. Best
of all, you don’t have to read this book in any specific order. Just bounce around
and follow the chapters that catch your interest while ignoring the chapters that
you don’t care about.
Although the iPad comes packed with plenty of features, don’t feel you need
to learn everything at once. Just learn the features that you need right now and
have fun right away. By following the chapters in this book, you’ll learn how to use
your iPad and make it a useful and indispensable tool that you can rely on wher-
ever you go.