Closing apps & deleting apps from Home Screen

Question

Ackkk.  What the manual says will happen isn't what happens. I looked.  Honest. Thing is, I don't always want stuff to keep running in the background.  (E.g., listening to music.  I know I can hit the pause button to stop the song from playing, but I don't just want it paused.  I want it turned off.)  (Make any sense?)
Bought iPad 2 yesterday, upgraded to iOS 5.0 just fine, did the little ICloud installation just fine, downloaded the "iPad User Guide for IOS 5.0 Software" , and actually read the applicable parts. (I'would point out that the fact that I read the manual is probably because I'm a girl-person and not a boy-person, but that would be sexist.)  (So I won't point that out.)
Here are the manual instructions I'm having problems with:
Page 23: Force an app to close: Touch and hold the app icon until it begins to jiggle, then tap "-" (the manual has an illustration showing a little red circle with a minus sign)
Page 24: Deleting an app from the Home screen: Touch and hold the app icon until it begins to jiggle, and an "X" appears.  Tap X to delete the app ..." (the manual has an illustration showing a little red circle with an X)
MY PROBLEM: I touch and hold ANY app icon, every app icon on the whole screen begins to jiggle (entertaining, but not helpful ...)  And none of the cute little jiggling icons (including the one I'm holding) shows me any little red circle containing a minus sign OR any little red circle containing an "X" ...
On Page 25: Move an icon to another screen:  Drag an icon to the right edge of the screen until another screen appears (yadda yadda)". 
MY PROBLEM: In the manual, it looks like they're dragging one of the standard Home Screen icons from the main home screen to a second screen.  I DID set up a second Home Screen just fine for other apps (Kindle, a game, etc.) but wanted to move some of the built-in icons to that second screen ... when I drag one to the right, it doesn't go off that screen.  (though all the icons start that cute litle jiggling thing.)  Am I stuck with all the icons on the main Home screen just staying there, or am I just not getting it?
Thank you thank you thank you thank you.
Annette

Answer 1

To close an app you first need to open the taskbar by double-clicking the home button (the taskbar will then show at the bottom of the screen and the rest of the screen will 'fade'), and then press and hold one of the apps that show on the taskbar - you should then get the  symbol on those open/recently used apps.
To move apps you first need to press and hold one of the apps (on the homescreen not on the taskbar) so that they start to shake. Then drag the app (not too quickly) that you want to move and hold it so that it overhangs the edge of the screen - after a second or so the display should then change to the next screen and you can then place the app. You can also move apps via the Apps tab when connected to your computer's iTunes using the mini-screens that show on the tab.