How come my notes on outlook for office Mac not syncing to iPad 2

Question

Hi folk,
I am a bit curious as to why when I created notes within outlook 2011 ( office Mac 2011) I don't see them on my iPad device?
On my iPad/cloud services/ notes sync is on
Also under settings/ notes "iCloud" is checked
What am I missing here ?
Thanks in advance...
Rich

Answer 1

First, keep in mind that Notes in Outlook is not the same as the Notes in Mountain Lion (in terms of applications).
Notes in Outlook sync with Exchange.  On the iMac, you can sync the Notes app with Exchange, so you will see your Outlook notes in the Mac Notes App (in addition to any iCloud notes you have).  To set that up, go to Settings, Mail Contacts Calendars, and select your Exchange account.  Check the box next to Notes.  Now if you go into the Mac Notes app, you will see you have two Accounts, an iCloud account and your Exchange account, each showing the respective notes.
Now, on the iPad, things are a bit different at present.  Here, you can only sync your iCloud notes.  Under iOS 5, it is not possible to sync notes from Exchange anymore.  Hopefully this will be addressed in iOS 6 coming out this Fall.
One workaround I've used for the omission of syncing Notes from Exchange on the iPad is to instead turn them into Tasks in Outlook.  Under ML and Exchange, Reminders syncs with Tasks in Outlook, so you will be able to see those Tasks in the Reminders App on both your iMac/ML and your iPad.