Tips+and+Tricks

//Once I open a link in an e-mail, is there any way to return to the e-mail from the link? This is a bit annoying. It seems that I need to close back out to the home screen and then open the e-mail separately//. [TC]

When you open a document in the iPad reader, tap on the document to show a "Close" button in the upper left hand corner. When you touch that button, the document will close and the email message will be visible again. [AJS]

To add - If the link takes you to a website on Safari, you can toggle back to your e-mail or any other app that you've used by double-clicking the home button. Double click again after choosing e-mail and you can go back to Safari where you left off. It's a great trick for moving from app to app in general. [GL]

//Why doesn't my Safari browser allow me to create an entry in the visual editor of our blog?//

Because Java Script is required to use the visual editor. Go to Settings, and click on the Safari settings. If the Java Script setting is set to Off, change it to On. Most of the visual editors will not work without Java Script enabled. Unfortunately, this solution does not solve all of the visual editor issues in Blackboard. More on that later. [JB]

//How do I save an email attachment?//

The iPad can read most documents that would be attached to an email, but does not have the ability to save that document to Dropbox, for instance, in one step. You must first open that document in a "reader app" that has access to Dropbox. When I open an attachment, I have several options for readers/note-taking software: 1) I can open in Noterize (the Swiss Army Knife), select all pages, and Share to Dropbox; 2) I can open in iAnnotate PDF, and move to Dropbox using the iAnnotate File Manager; 3) I can open in Quickoffice, and do the same, but it is a number of steps to move the document into the appropriate folder. You can also save email attachments to Evernote. [JB]

//How do I attach a document to an email?//

The process seems backward to me, but I understand that some Office users take this approach as a matter of course. Instead of attaching the document from email, you attach it from the application in which you have created or read the document. Email Document is available in most applications. [JB]