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7. Organize Your Life with the iPad’s Apps > Use Reminders
Use Reminders
WHEN THE REMINDERS APP for the iPad arrived in Fall 2011 with iOS 5, a cheer of joy went up from compulsive listmakers everywhere because Apple had finally checked this task off its own to-do list of requested iPad features. Reminders is wonderfully easy to use, and you can write down your chores in a straightforward list or assign them to a future date. Here’s how to do either:
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By list. Tap open the Reminders icon on the iPad’s home screen. Tap the List button, tap the
button in the upper-right corner, and then type in what you need to accomplish, like “Buy Pampers.”
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By date. Tap the Date button at the top of the screen. A multi-month calendar appears on the left side of the iPad screen. You can flick through the months with your left thumb to get to the needed date. Tap to select it. On the right side of the screen, the date of the reminder note changes to that day. Tap the
