iPhone in easy steps: Covers iOS 11

by Drew Provan

Overview

In full-colour and straightforward, jargon-free language, iPhone in easy steps, 7th Edition gives you all the information you need to get up and running with your new iPhone, so you will quickly feel you are in control of it. Learn how to:

Find your way around the iPhone and customize it to your requirements

Find and download apps

Make and receive texts, phone & video calls

Use email and social networking accounts

Access music, movies and books

Take and edit photos and videos

Surf the web and shop online

Share content with family members

iPhone in easy steps, 7th Edition takes the mystery out of using your iPhone and shows how it can become your most useful digital companion, ready to help keep you in touch, up-to-date and entertained.

Covers iOS 11, released September 2017.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840787924
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	05/15/2018
Series:	In Easy Steps
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,043,187
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Drew Provan is currently a senior lecturer at Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. He's also a keen iPhone user. Drew enjoys writing and editing and has been involved with the production of a number of medical books. He also writes for GP Magazine, and have written pieces for other publications including Financial Times, Tesco Healthy Living, Readers Digest, and patient support group publications. Drew uses technology extensively at home and at work, for creating music, reading, writing, databases and giving presentations. As an early adopter of the iPad he has almost stopped using his laptop and switched over to the iPad for most of his computing and multimedia needs.

Table of Contents

1 iPhone X 7

The Best iPhone Yet! 8

What Does It Do? 9

iPhone X Specifications 10

The iPhone Itself 12

Other Buttons on the iPhone 14

Setting up Your iPhone 16

The Home Screen 18

Default Applications 19

The iPhone Dock 20

iPhone X Gestures 22

The Touchscreen Display 24

App Switcher Window 26

Closing Items 27

Control Center 28

The Virtual Keyboard 30

Where's Caps Lock? 31

Camera 32

Searching with Spotlight 34

Searching with Siri 35

Headphones & Earphones 36

Customizing iPhone X 37

User Settings 38

Using the Lock Screen 42

Face ID & Passcode 43

About Apple Pay 44

Using Apple Pay 47

Using 3D Touch 48

Data Roaming 50

2 iPhone X and iCloud 51

iCloud and an Apple ID 52

About the iCloud Drive 54

Using iCloud Drive Online 56

Continuity and Handoff 57

About Family Sharing 58

Using Family Sharing 60

Backing Up with iTunes 62

Backing Up with iCloud 64

3 The Phone Function 65

Answering Calls 66

Making Calls Using the Keypad 67

Make FaceTime Video Calls 68

Using the Contacts List 70

Using the Favorites List 71

Recents List 72

Assigning Ringtones 73

Do Not Disturb 74

Missed Calls 75

Make the Most of Contacts 76

Adding Contacts 77

Deleting Contacts 78

Making Calls Using Earphones 79

Hide or Show Your Caller ID 80

Call Forwarding 81

Conference Calls 82

Call Waiting 83

iPhone Usage Data 84

4 Messaging 85

Text Messaging 86

Using Predictive Text 88

Sending MMS Messages 90

Sending Audio Clips 92

Sharing Your Location 93

Managing Text Messages 94

Animojis on iPhone X 95

Live Links 96

5 Music and Movies 97

The Music App 98

Play Audio on the Music App 99

Music App Controls 100

View the Music Tracks 101

Starting with Apple Music 102

Using Apple Music 103

Buying Music 104

Watching Movies 105

Podcasts 106

6 Photos and Videos 107

Sharing Content 108

Sharing with AirDrop 109

Where Are My Pictures? 110

Creating Albums 112

Selecting Photos 113

Editing Photos 114

Taking Videos 116

Editing the Video 117

Have Fun with Clips! 118

7 The Standard Apps 119

Calendar 120

Calendar Views 121

Searching Calendar 123

Adding Appointments 124

Keeping Notes 126

Maps App 128

News 130

iBooks 132

Health 133

Notification Center 135

8 Working with Apps 137

Organizing Apps 138

About the App Store 140

Finding Apps 142

Installation Process 144

Updating Apps 145

Removing Apps 146

9 Web Browsing 147

Network Connections 148

Configuring Networks 149

Browse with Safari 150

Navigating Pages 152

Add Web Clips to the Home Screen 153

Opening New Tabs 154

Bookmarking Pages 155

Reading List and PDFs 156

Safari Settings 157

10 Email 159

Setting Up Email 160

Using Exchange Server 162

Email Viewing Settings 163

Composing Email 164

Reading Email 165

Forwarding Email 166

Deleting Email 167

Moving Email to Folders 168

11 Accessibility Settings 169

Accessibility Settings 170

VoiceOver 172

Activate Settings on iPhone X 173

Zoom 174

Other Accessibility Settings 175

Restrictions 176

12 Solving Problems 177

General iPhone Care 178

Keep iPhone X Up-to-Date 179

Maximize iPhone X Battery 180

Restart, Reset & Hard Reset 181

Apple Resources 184

If You Lose Your iPhone 185

Index 187