Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 12
People, Places, and Appointments
In This Chapter
Understanding the calendar's different views and functions
Mingling with Contacts
We hate to break the news to you, but your iPad mini isn't all fun and games; it has a serious side. The
iPad mini can remind you of appointments and help you keep all your contacts straight. If you buy a
new iPad (or iPhone or iPod touch or Mac) after October 22, 2013, you also receive the iWork suite,
which includes Numbers (a first-class spreadsheet), Pages (a terrific word processor), and Keynote
(the best presentation program we know), as well as the iLife suite (iPhoto, iMovie, and Gar-
ageBand).
In this chapter, we explore Calendar and Contacts, a pair of apps that aren't particularly flashy but can
be remarkably useful. Sadly, space constraints prohibit us from covering iWork and iLife in this book.
Working with the Calendar
The Calendar program lets you keep on top of your appointments and events (birthdays, anniversar-
ies, and the like). You open it by tapping the Calendar icon on the Home screen. The icon is smart in
its own right because it changes daily, displaying the day of the week and the date.
The app underwent a makeover as part of iOS 7. You can display five main calendar
views: by Year, by Month, by Day, by Week, and by a searchable list view that shows current
and future appointments
Tap one of the four tabs at the top of the screen — Day, Week, Month, or Year to choose a view.
Tap the Today button in the lower-left corner of the screen to return to the current date in any
view. (Also at the bottom of the screen are the Calendars button and Inbox button, which we
get to shortly.)
