word processing question
erilar
IF I break down and buy iWork 09 for my laptop and the Pages app for the
iPad, can someone who has done so tell me how transferring files works?
The required OS upgrade on my laptop to mate with the iPad has severely
injured my old WP(it's working but really limping) and I'm told iWork
can open the AW6 documents, so I'm dithering but probably going to do it.
I don't want to DO a lot of word processing on the iPad, but do have
some documents, such as some bibliographies that are in such documents
and color-coded rather than in a data base that I might want to add to
somewhere where I'd have the iPad with me.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Tom Harrington
<drache-BBCB43....@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> IF I break down and buy iWork 09 for my laptop and the Pages app for the
> iPad, can someone who has done so tell me how transferring files works?
It's done via iTunes. When the iPad is connected you can move files to
or from the device. You can also upload documents from the iPad to
<https://www.iwork.com/> and then download them elsewhere.
--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/
erilar
Tom Harrington <t...@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:
> In article
> <drache-BBCB43....@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
> erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> > IF I break down and buy iWork 09 for my laptop and the Pages app for the
> > iPad, can someone who has done so tell me how transferring files works?
>
> It's done via iTunes. When the iPad is connected you can move files to
> or from the device. You can also upload documents from the iPad to
> <https://www.iwork.com/> and then download them elsewhere.
You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
editable documents?
nospam
<drache-7367CF....@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, erilar
<dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
> you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
> it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
> editable documents?
there's a section for apps that support editable documents, except it's
a clusterfuck right now.
Davoud
> You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
> you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
> it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
> editable documents?
jpeg, shmepeg. It's digital data. iTunes transfers Pages documents,
Numbers spreadsheets, PDF's, and other files beyond music and video
just fine.
Davoud
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Tom Harrington
<drache-7367CF....@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
They're just files, why not? JPGs are editable too. If you have apps
like Pages, iTunes will show a new tab for exchanging files. It's not a
great system but it's there and it reportedly works.
Megabyte
> New one 8-)
>
> IF I break down and buy iWork 09 for my laptop and the Pages app for the
> iPad, can someone who has done so tell me how transferring files works?
>
> The required OS upgrade on my laptop to mate with the iPad has severely
> injured my old WP(it's working but really limping) and I'm told iWork
> can open the AW6 documents, so I'm dithering but probably going to do it.
>
> I don't want to DO a lot of word processing on the iPad, but do have
> some documents, such as some bibliographies that are in such documents
> and color-coded rather than in a data base that I might want to add to
> somewhere where I'd have the iPad with me.
>
Rather than going with iWork 09 on your laptop you might want to
consider Documents to Go on the iPad. It is compatible with MS Office
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and allows you to transfer documents in and
out from email, Google Apps, DropBox, iDisk, SugarSync and Box.net. I
have both iWork 09 suite on my MacBook Pro and iPad but tend to use
Documents to Go far more because of the ease in accessing and saving
documents. Pages on the iPad is a nicer looking Word Processor but the
more difficult file handling gives Documents to Go the edge.
erilar
Megabyte <Megabyt...@sent.com> wrote:
> Rather than going with iWork 09 on your laptop you might want to
> consider Documents to Go on the iPad. It is compatible with MS Office
> (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and allows you to transfer documents in and
> out from email, Google Apps, DropBox, iDisk, SugarSync and Box.net. I
> have both iWork 09 suite on my MacBook Pro and iPad but tend to use
> Documents to Go far more because of the ease in accessing and saving
> documents. Pages on the iPad is a nicer looking Word Processor but the
> more difficult file handling gives Documents to Go the edge.
That sounds interesting, but my documents are not in any of those
formats/sources. They're all in AppleWorks 8-( Ease in accessing and
saving is certainly something I want, but the access needed is to AW6.
I've saved your advice, however. Thanks.
erilar
<michelle-80F253...@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
Michelle Steiner <mich...@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <drache-7367CF....@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
> erilar <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> > You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
> > you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
> > it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
> > editable documents?
>
> iTunes is merely the transfer app; that has nothing to do with what
> applications can read and write to the files.
OK, I know I can transfer anything with a .jpg on it via iPhoto and
iTunes, but documents? What's the secret?
If I sound stupid here, please excuse; the iPad and I are still getting
acquainted 8-)
erilar
Tom Harrington <t...@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:
> They're just files, why not? JPGs are editable too. If you have apps
> like Pages, iTunes will show a new tab for exchanging files. It's not a
> great system but it's there and it reportedly works.
That's what Apple tells me, but they want to sell things 8-)
erilar
wrote:
> erilar:
> > You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
> > you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
> > it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
> > editable documents?
>
> jpeg, shmepeg. It's digital data. iTunes transfers Pages documents,
> Numbers spreadsheets, PDF's, and other files beyond music and video
> just fine.
Pages if I buy iWork I get, but PDF"s? Does that require yet another
piece of software for my computer? I've already discovered that there
are cheap or free apps for the iPad that require a relatively expensive
one for my laptop.
erilar
nospam <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
I'm glad to see I'm not alone in that impression 8-) That's why I'm
asking for comments from people who may have presorted them for me.
Davoud
> > > You transfer WP documents via iTunes, too? I can't see how on earth
> > > you'd get editable documents through there! I've put sheet music on to
> > > it by turning the pages into .jpg and feeding them in via iPhoto, but
> > > editable documents?
Davoud:
> > jpeg, shmepeg. It's digital data. iTunes transfers Pages documents,
> > Numbers spreadsheets, PDF's, and other files beyond music and video
> > just fine.
erilar:
> Pages if I buy iWork I get, but PDF"s? Does that require yet another
> piece of software for my computer? I've already discovered that there
> are cheap or free apps for the iPad that require a relatively expensive
> one for my laptop.
I don't know what you want to do with the PDF's on your Mac.
Preview.app, included on every Mac, reads PDF's. So does Adobe Reader,
which is also free. You can print just about any document from your Mac
to a PDF. If you want to edit PDF's then you will need other software.
I use Adobe Acrobat Pro, but I'm told there are cheap apps that can
edit PDF's as well.
Davoud
> That sounds interesting, but my documents are not in any of those
> formats/sources. They're all in AppleWorks 8-( Ease in accessing and
> saving is certainly something I want, but the access needed is to AW6.
> I've saved your advice, however. Thanks.
> Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Just because you're a medievalist does not mean you must use medieval
software. Export those files from AW to Word, Rich Text, or something
else readable by 21st-century software and get some modern software.
You'll be glad you did. If you're writing books or articles, you'll
want Scrivener <http://www.literatureandlatte.com/>, Mac-only, and
without a peer on any platform.
Lloyd Parsons
wrote:
> erilar:
>
> > That sounds interesting, but my documents are not in any of those
> > formats/sources. They're all in AppleWorks 8-( Ease in accessing and
> > saving is certainly something I want, but the access needed is to AW6.
> > I've saved your advice, however. Thanks.
>
> > Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
>
> Just because you're a medievalist does not mean you must use medieval
> software. Export those files from AW to Word, Rich Text, or something
> else readable by 21st-century software and get some modern software.
> You'll be glad you did. If you're writing books or articles, you'll
> want Scrivener <http://www.literatureandlatte.com/>, Mac-only, and
> without a peer on any platform.
>
> Davoud
Interesting software and much more interesting trial period too.
--
Lloyd
erilar
wrote:
> I don't know what you want to do with the PDF's on your Mac.
Probably nothing extensive, though that's probably a better way to
handle sheet music than a pile of photos, which is what I've fed my iPad
so far. I have to keep the "albums" small and alphabetize so I can find
the "page" I want quickly.
> Preview.app, included on every Mac, reads PDF's. So does Adobe Reader,
> which is also free. You can print just about any document from your Mac
> to a PDF.
Oh, I've saved lots of things that way 8-) I've just discovered I can't
seem to mail them, however. That's the next step 8-)
> If you want to edit PDF's then you will need other software.
> I use Adobe Acrobat Pro, but I'm told there are cheap apps that can
> edit PDF's as well.
Yes, some have been mentioned here 8-)
Erilar
(yuck!). I just want something that will convert whatever I need to open
when I happen to want to open it.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist