IPad at work

iPad as a business tool? Absolutely!

Need to make an impromptu presentation? Update a spreadsheet? Check on a project, e-mail a file, or polish up a document on your way to a meeting? Your iPad has it covered. This guide focuses on the iPad"s business life, detailing how to set it up, secure it, and take full advantage of everything it offers the enterprise. Best practices, productivity tools, working from the cloud, video conferencing, even using your iPad to get you to the meeting*all that and much more, explained right here.

• Set up your iPad for business, sync it, back it up, and choose accessories and utilities

• Investigate browser options, manage your Twitter feed, safely use cloud storage, set up a video conference, and explore e-meeting options

• Book flights and hotels, navigate a city, and convert currency

• Explore your choices for word processing, spreadsheets, note-taking, presentations, e-mail, reading e-books, and more

• Discover apps that work for your specific industry

• Communicate with Windows networks

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Credits vi

About the Author vii

Foreword xvi

Introduction xx

All about Gestures xxi

Of Macs, Menus, and Codes xxii

All about QR Codes xxii

Part I: IPad BasIcs 1

Chapter 1: IPad Fundamentals 2

Chapter 2: Useful Utilities 28

Chapter 3:Security 36

Part II: Communications and Connections 49

Chapter 4:The Internet 50

Chapter 5:The Cloud 68

Chapter 6:E-mail 80

Chapter 7:Contacts 90

Chapter 8:Calendars 98

Chapter 9:Video Conferencing and Messaging 110

Chapter 10:Remote Access 116

Chapter 11:Travel 124

Chapter 12:The Enterprise 138

Part III: iPad Productivity 145

Chapter 13:Writing 146

Chapter 14:PDFs and Your iPad 178

Chapter 15:Reading Books 190

Chapter 16:Notes and Meetings 204

Chapter 17:Brainstorming 216

Chapter 18:Presentations 226

Chapter 19:Task Management 242

Chapter 20:Calculators and Spreadsheets 258

Chapter 21:Business Graphics 280

Chapter 22:Databases 292

Chapter 23:Project Management 304

Chapter 24:Billing and Finance 314

Appendixes 325

Appendix A:The iPad for Specialty Work 326

Appendix B:Index 334

Appendix C:Book Excerpt:Mac at Work342