Install and Use Typefaces (Fonts) on Your iPad

Like a good library of clipart, a large collection of fonts is an important tool in any designer's tool chest. Unfortunately Apple doesn't allow you to install them on the iPad. But don't let that stop you from getting the job done. Here is how to setup your existing type library so you can use them when creating material from the iPad. No jailbreak necessary.

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Use an Existing Clip Art Library with the iPad

A good library of clip art, is one of the first tools a graphic designer picks up. Useful in presentations or the start point for more customized designs, the use of existing clip art is valuable on the iPad. Here is how to get your art ready for the iPad.

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Backup Your iPhone/iPad Photo Library to the Cloud

Some of the most irreplaceable information on your iPhone/iPad are your photographs. The device itself can be easily (if not without cost) replaced. Lose your data and it may be gone forever. Having a good systematic backup scheme is important, easy, and pretty cheap.

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Read and Write to a SD Card from an iPad—SD Card Readers Review

Music players, audio recorders, GPS units, scanners, ebook readers, cameras of all sorts, even robots... gadgets of all sorts use SD cards to store data. A working SD Card reader for iOS brings the power of these great gadget to the iPad and iPhone. The following devices allow you to read and write to SD cards without jail-breaking your iPad.

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Scan Documents and Photos onto the iPad Using a Low Cost Wi-Fi Scanner/Printer

Epson WorkForce 600 All-in-One Printer

If you are looking for a cheap solution for scanning photos and documents into your iPad. Here is a solution which will cost you from free to $50 for a nice home network setup. Most multifunction printer manufactures have apps in the App Store to support the iPhone and iPad with their latest models, but many of their older models will also work. We'll use this fact to get a cheap scanner on the iPad.

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Add Audio and Video to a Presentation in Keynote for iPad or iPhone

Updated on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 5:35PM by James Chi

Last month's article on adding clip art to a Keynote presentation on the iPad, made me wonder what other media can be used. Can you add audio and video? The answer is yes you can, and this article will show you how you go about it on the iPad... and bonus it works with the iPhone as well.

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Create Custom Clip Art, Shapes, Charts and Drawings for Use in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iPad

Apple's Pages app is probably the closest thing to a traditional word processing application in iOS. It mixes text creation with page layout so you can easily create most types of documents most people will want to make. However need a org chart, a floor plan, how about a gant chart... there will be a point where you need to add custom drawings, charts, logos, and art to your documents. Here is how you do it.

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