iPad How-To Library

The iTeam is a volunteer employee-initiative, which works with ITS and Mobile Services, to bring together members of the Carleton community who use iPhones & iPads on campus. We maintain this How-To library, and offer custom workshops to your department or faculty, on request by contact form or email: iteam@carleton.ca.

1. Determine which version of IOS, which iPad, & which iPhone you have.
2. Reset or restart your iPhone, iPad.
3. Name your device, secure with a passcode, set up Find My IPhone…
4. Configure Carleton‘s WiFi, VPN (more), email: staff/faculty, students, W-drives (more)
5. Read books on your iPad/iPhone (or iPad/iPhone manuals).
6. Type notes in iOS Notes app (Use iCloud sync to access from any PC/Mac).
7. Read and Edit MicroSoft Office files
8. Handwrite Notes
9. Print from your iPad/iPhone.
10. Backup using iCloud
11. Update iOS (more).
12. Connect a projector to your iPad/iPhone.
13. Share your PC/Mac screen to your iPad (RDP/VNC client for iPad)
14. …More Apps

Additional Notes:

7. Editing MicroSoft Office Files

• DISPLAY MS OFFICE FILES:
  
  iOS has built-in support to display MS Office files — Powerpoint, Word, Excel — you do not need to buy a 3rd-party App! The fidelity of an Office file being displayed will depend on its complexity. If the built-in iOS MS Office viewer is not adequate, additional options include Microsoft’s own  Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for iPad apps.
  
• EDIT MS OFFICE FILES:
  
  …but to Edit MS Office files you do need to install a 3rd-party app. Microsoft provides free Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for iPad apps.
  
• PS. Mac-based iPad owners, who are already using Apple’s Office suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), will find the iPad equivalents — Pages, Numbers, Keynote apps — not only can edit MS Office files, but will also integrate well with their OS X counterparts. See Also: Using your iPhone to control Keynote on your Mac
  
  Tip: Editing PowerPoint files  (iTeam March 25 Tip post)

8. Handwritten Notetaking

Both these suggested apps require a stylus and a learning-curve commitment. Neither does OCR, but they will let you email, transfer to the cloud service of your choice, or share your handwritten notes and sketches as PDFs.

• Notability  ←  less daunting user interface (UI) than NoteTaker HD (See also April 23 2013 session)
  • Note: Notability can convert MS Office files to PDF format, over which hand-written markup can be added.
• NoteTaker HD  ←  more features than Notability, but steeper learning-curve

14. Find Still More Recommended Apps

• Fun apps from the iTeam’s MacOdrum Library Staff day workshop
• Healthy apps from the iTeam’s Healthy Workplace workshop
• Uniconsole App: Insert emoticons & special characters into your tweets and emails

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