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With the right applications, the iPad can become more than just a content consumption device for videos, music, and electronic books. It can be a content production device as well -- generating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for the workplace. This ability to produce content, given the right applications, immediately shifts the iPad into a useful business device. For example, businesses that depend on fast, accurate business processes can utilize the iPad to supply data quickly, invoice customers, and manage vendors from a reliable, highly mobile platform. Take Your iPad to Work is for anyone who wants to get started using the iPad in a professional environment. Think of this book as your personal tutorial, a one-on-one class with an expert user of the iPad. You get to stay in the comfort of your own home or office and learn how to do the following things: Familiarize yourself with the iPad controls and interfaces; Connect to the Internet with the iPad using Wi-Fi or a cellular connection; Add apps and multimedia content to your iPad; Communicate with colleagues via email; Create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations; Print documents from the iPad; Connect to an online storage service; Control your PC from the iPad remotely; Use the iPad as a point-of-sale and inventory tracking tool; Use the power of social media to connect to customers; View online meetings with the iPad; Manage your online blog sites; Manage your professional tasks and projects; Track customers with customer resource management tools; Plug in to any SharePoint site; Travel easily with the iPad. By demonstrating the different types of business apps available for the iPad, this book will show you how using an iPad in many situations is actually more convenient and productive than using a laptop or a PC. You'll also be able to make a stronger case for using the iPad effectively in your place of business. - Back cover.