Word Processing in the iPad?

The Pages review sounds awful. Anything viable?

What's missing??? How about a basic filing system for your documents. ... from everything I can see and every view option it appears that the 10$ pages app has no alphabetic sort? no folders... Nuttin just a big long line of docs in some order that seems based on when they were brought onto the iPad. And no document search function (title search for full document finds)... No sort no search.....but apple has allowed this dogs breakfast to be used at the same time as the iPod... Something that seems a no no for other developers... Iget the font limitation thing ...good idea as font conflicts fill these discussion boards all the time .. And most users have no clue about how badly font conflicts can bring your computer to it's knees... All the substitutions seem close enough .... I'm not looking for a full on os here. But come on!!! No PDF import? But you can Export a PDF??? And when you get the files over from iTunes and you want to write them into the iPad permanently ??? ONE AT A TIME????
I bought a .99 cent program call write HD and it does all the organizational things. It falls short as an editor and creator. But this is supposed to be satellite system and not a laptop. Best practices for this device will fall somewhere short of a laptop so im not deluded here. Sure... So a way to get your docs on it is one of the prime directives.... Without having to drastically alter or rework them. (basically i have 1000 pages of lyric sheets.. Basic stuff, no graphics or links... In PDF in .doc and .docx pages and HTML ... Pages transfer locked up the computer 3 times trying to transfer 200 files... Write HD did 690 without a problem and the files that were not recognized had a generic icon that was easy to bulk select and delete!!!
Now. With pages on my laptop I can do the editing just fine..and pages docs are read pretty accurately by Write Hd and I'd junk pages altogether BUT it wont allow the iPod to continue playing when opening a doc. Very frustrating and really shows the limitations of the apple approach to what could have been an absolute monster addition to their line... Rushed to market without their usual attention to detail. I'm thinking this would have been a side effect of Steve not at the helm at the time this would have been in the hopper... I'm a loyal apple advocate but there are some real issues with their integration here... I have officially stopped drinking the cool aid... Bring on filemaker!!!

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How do you do word processing on the iPad is there a word processing App?

How do you do word processing on the iPad is there a word processing App?

It all depends on what I need to use the document for.
When I need to create a text document that I need to share at work I use OnLive Desktop. This gives me a Windows 7 Desktop with Office 2010 apps on it that I can connect to DropBox. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onlive-desktop/id490292278?mt=8 or CloudOn https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudon/id474025452?mt=8. You have to be connected to a FAST wifi network to use this option.
If I need to create a Word doc on the go I use QuickOffice Pro. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickoffice-pro-hd-edit-office/id376212724?mt=8
Connects to DropBox.
If I just need to create a formatted text document, think Word document, I use Pages. It is easy to use on the iPad, because it was designed for it from the start and it now supports TrackChanges. But it does Track Changes a bit clumsy. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8
Connects to iCloud and you can open in Pages from DropBox.
If I just need a plain text document, I use PlainText. Connects to DropBox and is easy to use. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plaintext-dropbox-text-editing/id391254385?mt=8
There are lots of options out there, it just depends on what you need to do the most.

Word Processing on the iPad Retina Display

Hi There,
I've been browsing the forums for a while and have seen various threads about the WP possibilities with iPad. I've looked at ipages and iworks, and also a couple of others which are paid apps and claim to do mostly the same things (I really only want basic word processing which I can then save and email).
Many of the apps I've tried out are SO slow to load that it's really not worth the hassle. In particular, those which rely on iCloud, Google Drive, DropBox or Sky Drive. On the other hand, a few of the free apps seem to have no possibility to save anywhere which is daft. Some autosave, but woe betide you if you log off before it's done that.
I used Polaris with my Samsung Note to very good effect, it allows export in both word or PDF (or other) formats and also allows direct export from the app if you want to do that. It's pretty basic but sufficed for my needs however there doesn't appear to be a version for the iPad sadly.
If you were about to buy an app PURELY for word processing, and required something which allowed you to email from the app, to convert to pdf (I have a pdf converting app) AND allowed you either to store the doc on the iPad (is this even possible? I'm guessing it is as the Note allows for this and has the same memory size) or uses iCloud or Google Docs - don't really mind which.
I can't seem to find any overall opinion on which is best. Many seem to say iPages but I'm unsure how malleable it is and I don't have an Apple computer, only a PC so I need it to be fully compatible.
Thanks for any advice, help or experience anyone feels like sharing.

Yes, I was wondering about using the Notes app too. Hmm, I've just been looking at some of the links on another similar question and the real problem is, the reviews are terrible for many of the Office Pro type apps. They cost around the same as Pages and claim to do all kinds of things but Documents to Go and Doc to Go Premium are simply slated in the review sections.
Thanks very much. I shall probably try Pages first.

After downloading a movie to my iPad it is blocked with the word "processing" under the movie icon. What should I do?

After downloading a movie to my iPad it is blocked with the word "processing" under the movie icon. What should I do?

Do you not want a backup of the iTunes content on your computer in the event the iPad is lost, stolen, or simply fails?

Word Processing with an IPad 2

Hi all! I just got an iPad 2 (WiFI, 32GB) and want to write some documents on it. I know I can read word documents on the iPad, but how can I create and save them? I apologize if this question has previously been answered, but I've been looking much of the morning and can't locate an answer. Thanks in advance.

You need a word processing app - there are several decent ones in the App Store. If you're working on MSWord docs, Documents 2 Go, QuickOffice and Office2HD are good. If you don't need ultimate MS compatibility, Apple's Pages is very good indeed

What is best word processing for the iMac?

What is best word processing to use on my imac?

Depends. What word processing are you doing?
Word is probably the most capable, but do you need all that capability? Pages is very good, but not as powerful, as are Nisus Writer and Mellel. But it comes down to the kind of power you need: You writing blog posts? Novels? Doctoral Theses? Letters to your Mummy? Each of these can be done in Word, but if you're only writing notes home then Word is overkill. If you need academic standards - citations, footnotes etc - then Word, Pages, Nisus etc. If you're writing a Novel or long project something like Scrivener or Ulysses 3 are likely better.
So... the best is the one appropriate for the writing you're doing - which is that?

What is the best app for word processing on the i pad

What is the best app for word processing using an i pad

Have a look at the following:
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/quickoffice-pro-hd-edit-office/id376212724?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/office2-hd/id364361728?mt=8&ls=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/documents-to-go-premium-office/id317107309?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/polaris-office/id513188658?mt=8&ls=1

BC - Word-Processing in the SAPscript Editor

Hi,
Could anyone tell me how the Link functionality in the SAPscript Editor is working?
Regards,
Morten

Thanks. Well there's a little bit of doco at:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/a4/d47f0f49e111d189730000e8322d00/frameset.htm
but basically the "link" option calls function 'DOCU_LINK_BUILD' which allows you to create a "hyperlink" to another document e.g. in the editor you could type
here is a link
and put your cursor on the word "link" and chose Insert > Link, and in the popup identify that you want it to go to (say) program ZLOCAL_JC_SDN_PROG2, and the following will be inserted in your SAPScript editor:
<DS:RE.ZLOCAL_JC_SDN_PROG2>link</>
and when you display this documentation you see the work "link" highlighted.
Is this the sort of info you needed?
Jonathan
(there should be a slash showing in the angle brackets after the "link" word in the example above)

Word processing on iPad

I wonder if you can adequately do some word processing on an iPad. If so, how? I did not find anywhere saying that you can download Mellel or Nisus Writer Pro (to me the two most important, the most reliable, the best word processing softwares for Mac) on an iPad. I hear that Pages can be downloaded on an iPad but is it really adequate? And how much is the cost for having a Pages software/application on your iPad? On a normal computer, I feel Pages still lags behind Mellel and Nisus Writer Pro. I also wonder if there is a TextEdit application for iPad! I am thinking of buying an iPad for light uses while in school as I have an iMac at home. Writing on a good word processor is a crucial thing for me. So any thoughts on this would be most appreciated. Ideally I would want the word processing application on the iPad to be easily compatible with those I have on my Apple computers: namely, TextEdit, Mellel, and Nisus Writer Pro.

I did not find anywhere saying that you can download Mellel or Nisus Writer Pro (to me the two most important, the most reliable, the best word processing softwares for Mac) on an iPad.
The iPad is a closed system, you can only download what is in the app store, and neither Mellel or Nisus or MS have made versions of their word processor that could be put in that store.
how much is the cost for having a Pages software/application on your iPad?
$9.99 It is not the full version of Pages, as you might expect.
I also wonder if there is a TextEdit application for iPad!
No.
I would want the word processing application on the iPad to be easily compatible with those I have on my Apple computers: namely, TextEdit, Mellel, and Nisus Writer Pro.
How compatible it would be depends on what you need to write. To me it sounds like you might well not be satisfied. See this info on Pages:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4065

Word processing on ipad retina?

I just purchased an ipad retina the other day and I realize there's no app for Microsoft word, however I do need to work on my word documents on ipad at times and I'm just wondering if there's any way to synchronize Microsoft office on Mac with word processing apps on ipad?

Have a look at the following (in my order of preference)
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/quickoffice-pro-hd-edit-office/id376212724?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/documents-to-go-premium-office/id317107309?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/office2-hd/id364361728?mt=8&ls=1

Word processing for iPad

have not been able to find an Apple or 3rd party word processing ap for iPad....maybe I am not looking at the right place....can you help.

Other options include Documents To Go, iWrite, and many others. Search the App Store or a compendium site like AppShopper for "word processor" or something similar and you'll find a number of options.
Regards.

Can anyone recommend a document word processing App for new ipad?

Can anyone recommend an App for word processing for the new ipad? I was hoping to be able to use the dictation function to save some time. Cloudon, evernote...anything better?

There are word processing apps such as Apple's Pages and from third-parties apps such as Documents To Go and QuickOffice Pro HD.

The yellow box around the pages when using Word Processing

I am somewhat new to the Mac, work with "Pages" to do newsletters. The first time I chose to use the Word Processing. Next I tried Pages layout.
It was when clicked on "View thumbnails" in Word Processing newsletter that I noticed the yellow box all around the pages. If I tried to delete a page, they all went. Luckily there is an "undo delete" button. (o:
I have since read the difference between layout and Word Processing from one of the posts. Is there any way to delete the yellow box?
Compumom4

There is one yellow box for each Section of the document. When you delete a Thumbnail, you delete the entire Section, however many pages are in that section. In Page Layout, each Page is a Section, so it may be deleted without affecting other pages.
To delete one page out of a Section in a Word Processing document, the easiest way is to highlight all its content and hit the Delete key.
Regards,
Jerry

Word for the ipad?

Can one open and type into a word document on the ipad?

You can open, edit and save with the following:
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/quickoffice-pro-hd-edit-office/id376212724?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/office2-hd/id364361728?mt=8&ls=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/documents-to-go-premium-office/id317107309?mt=8&l s=1
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/polaris-office/id513188658?mt=8&ls=1

Best word processing app without a sync feature?

Hi there. My Grandpa received an iPad for his birthday for use while working on the job. Here is an explanation of the situation:
My Grandpa goes into paper mills and checks their machinery to make sure they are working properly. His traditional way to document this was by hand, writing out data into a checklist every week. Then, my Grandma would later re-type all of this data into Microsoft Word documents their computer. We figured the iPad could help save my grandparents a lot of time if used in place of this system. For one, files could be transferred over to their computer from the iPad, eliminating the need for entering the data by hand into the computer. Second, instead of rewriting out a new checklist every week, my Grandpa could simply open, edit, and re-save the file from the previous week while on the job, since much of the data rarely ever changes.
We eventually got a system set up but we have had a few difficulties in the process. Since the iPad doesn't support an actual Microsoft Word app, we knew we had to find another app that could open and save Word files. We first tried iWork Pages for iPad. The problem with this app is that files can't be saved by hand. They are automatically saved by Pages. This eliminated the use of the 'save as' option, where my Grandpa could edit a previous file and 'save as' with a new name. Pages also had trouble formatting documents previously made on my grandparents' PC. By the time the documents were transferred back to the computer, the formatting was messed up and it was not worth spending the time to correct this problem. Their current app is Documents To Go, which has worked a lot better. There is both a 'save' and 'save as' option, and document formatting is kept the same on both the computer and the iPad. However, we've run into one main problem with Documents To Go, and that is the Syncing feature.
I've never been a big fan of syncing myself, simply because it's really easy to make a mistake and not be able to fix it. It is 'convenient', but you have very little control the process. I much prefer a drag and drop process because it allows you to know exactly what's going on during your file transfer because everything is being done by hand. Syncing works fine if you know how to use it. Unfortunately, my Grandpa is not a very tech savvy person, but he was more than willing to learn the basics of the iPad if it could help him with his work. The main thing he has trouble with in word processing is the difference between 'save' and 'save as'. Since he is always opening up files from previous weeks to edit them and save them as a new file, it is critical that he uses 'save as' in order to give the document a new name. However, sometimes he forgets, and clicks 'save' instead. This overwrites the old file on the iPad. This would not be that big of a deal, except for the sync feature. Since my Grandma always syncs the documents each time my Grandpa comes home from work, the new files are synced to the computer. However, since the sync is a two-way system, any changes made on the iPad are transferred to the corresponding document on the computer. So if my Grandpa accidentally hits 'save' instead of 'save as' on the iPad and overwrites the previous week's data, the corresponding file with the same name is also overwritten on the computer, and therefore, all data from the previous week is lost. This would not be so with a drag and drop system, where a pop-up would notify my Grandma that two files have the same name, and she could rename the newest one accordingly, without losing any data.
So basically, I need to find a word processing app that uses a drag and drop system rather than a syncing system in order to simplify the process for my grandparents. The app also needs to be capable of keeping the document formatting the same in the transfer process, as well as have 'save' and 'save as' options. I know there are other apps out there, but there no trial versions, which means to test each one out, we have to purchase them, and we have gone through two purchased apps already.
If anyone out there has any advice on what we should do, we would very much appreciate your help on this issue. Thank you.

Word is not that incompatible. But I do recommend looking at this listing of alternative products:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6941
and this list:
http://www.roaringapps.com/
The real problem people face with Word are font conflicts with some applications, macros that can cause files to misbehave, and using a version that hasn't been updated for their operating system. Version 2008 and 2011 are able to run on the latest operating systems, though some people have mentioned the installers have trouble on version 2008 on Mac OS X 10.7 and later.

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