iPad and iPad Pro For Dummies, 2022nd Edition

Chapter 11

Staying in Touch with People and Appointments

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding Calendar’s different views and functions

Mingling with contacts

I hate to break the news to you, but your iPad isn’t only for fun and games; it also has a serious side. The iPad can remind you of appointments and help you keep all your contacts straight.

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Working with the Calendar

The Calendar program lets you keep on top of your appointments and events (birthdays, anniversaries, 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 right in the app icon on your Home screen.

You can display five calendar views: year, month, day, week, and a searchable list view, which 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 Today, near the top-right corner of the screen (just below the Search box), to return to the current date in any view.

To get to list view, tap the list view icon in the upper-left corner ...