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11 Cool Things to do with your iBook

1. Sherlock - Translating words and phrases

Using the Translation channel in Sherlock, you can translate words and phrases between a number of different languages. For example, you can translate "apple" from English to French. 1. Open Sherlock and click Translation. 2. Type the word or phrase you want to translate in the Original Text box. 3. Choose the original language and the language you want to translate the word into from the pop-up menu, then click Translate. 4. You can select and copy the translation, then paste it into another application.

2. Safari - 3 Cool Things!

1. Built-in Google search - Safari includes Google searching in the address bar. Just type what you're looking for in the search box and press Return. 2. SnapBack as you browse - Safari lets you quickly return to your starting web page by clicking the SnapBack button in the address box. 3. Blocking pop-up windows - Safari can block pop-up windows so that you only see the web pages you want to see. Just choose Block Pop-up Windows from the Safari menu.

3. Any selected text can be spoken by your iBook. Do this:

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Speech. 2. Click Spoken User Interface. 3. To have the computer speak the text that's highlighted when you press specific keys, select the "Selected text when the key is pressed" checkbox and enter the key or keys to press. For example, if you select a sentence on a web page and then press the keys you entered in the Spoken User Interface pane, the computer speaks the sentence. 4. iLife for the Classroom - Incredible student projects

1. Visit http://www.apple.com/education/ilife/ 2. Find student iMovie and iPhoto projects in social studies, science, language arts, math and more. 3. Find the lesson plan and state and national standards that accompany each project. 5. Exposé is a cool way to see all your windows at once or hide all windows to see your desktop.

1. To see all your open windows, hold down the F9 key. 2. To see all the windows open in your current application, hold down F10. 3. To hide all open windows so you can see the desktop, hold down F11.

6. Instead of using the trackpad, try using these top 5 keyboard shortcuts. Use the COMMAND key.

1. SAVE - Command S 2. PRINT - Command P 3. QUIT - Command Q 4. UNDO - Command Z 5. HIDE - Command H

7. Get copyright-free music to use in iMovie and iPhoto projects.

1. Visit http://www.freeplaymusic.com. 2. Choose the mp3 version of whatever tune you’d like to download. 3. The tune will be downloaded and played in iTunes on your iBook and will be saved there for use in future projects. 8. Use the Character Palette to find math symbols, Greek or Latin accented characters, punctuation marks galore, and more.

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click International. 2. Select Input Menu. 3. Check the boxes for Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer. 4. Quit System Preferences. 5. You will now find the Character Palette under the American Flag menu at the right side of the menu bar. 9. Check out Universal Access for computer assistance for those challenged with use of the keyboard or mouse or with vision or hearing disabilities.

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Universal Access. 2. Investigate the 4 areas: Seeing, Hearing, Keyboard, Mouse. 10. Check out the World’s Best Jukebox and the #1 Online Music Store. 1. Launch iTunes from the Dock on your iBook. 2. Make sure your have access to the Internet. 3. Select Music Store from the Source list on the left. 4. Experience free 30-second previews from any of 700,000 music tracks and audiobooks.

11. Check out the “talking calculator” on your iBook.

1. Click on the Calculator on the Dock. 2. Look at the Speech pull-down menu . Try out “Speak Button Pressed” and “Speak Total.” 3. Look at the Convert pull-down menu. Try out several of the conversions.