1. Activating and Customizing Your iPad

In This Chapter

• Setting up your iPad

• Choosing and activating a wireless data plan

• Custom configuring the pre-installed apps

• Personalizing your tablet

Before you can begin using an iPad you’ve just acquired, it must first be activated. Then—in addition to choosing your tablet’s Lock screen and Home screen wallpaper, and rearranging the app icons on your Home screen—you can customize your iPad, as well as individual apps, in a number of ways. Activating and customizing your iPad is the focus of this chapter.

Turning Your iPad On or Off

Like any electronic device, your iPad has a Power button. It’s located near the top-right corner of the tablet. To turn on the iPad when it’s powered off, press the ...

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