Many people hesitate between buying an iPad or a MacBook . As said many times , the two devices were designed for different uses and iPad not a laptop. But if we could use iPad other activities related to work, in addition to mail , calendar or calculator, I am sure that many would consider the iPad more carefully , unlike iPhone and iPod touch iPad was designed thinking of the need to write, with its great keyboard and support for an external keyboard.
Most people use Microsoft Office suite for text files and there is a specific version of Microsoft Word for iPad . This prompts the question : we can work with Word files on the iPad ? With the appropriate app, can.
First of all, if you only need to read a Word file the iPhone OS that mounts iPad is already able to do natively . You can also use app to synchronize data with your computer as Air Sharing HD or other apps that add more options to viewing and managing files , for example GoodReader or better ReaddleDocs .
Write a file and export in Word format requires some more research . The application for iPad Pages Of package Apple iWork is capable of working with files. doc without losing many of the features of this format. Among the limitations , Pages ignore the marginal notes , hypertext and subsequent revisions of the text. The document will then be exported . doc format , which would you directly from Pages.
Another possibility is to use Google Docs. Google reads the page and allows the edition of texts in Word format , you can also load the “cloud ” a Word file and then access them later from another computer or iPad . One obstacle , however, the user is presented : accessing the Safari on iPad, You are redirected to the mobile version of Google Docs , which allows you to edit documents (these appear as read-only ) . Access the full version of Google Docs is still possible, using third-party app.
