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I can not wait to use iWork on the iPad!

Young Turk said:
How are you going to connect the iPad to your iMac? There's no mini-display port. Am I missing something? With the optional VGA adpater you can connect the iPad to a projector but I see no way to connect the iPad to the Mac and use the iPad as a projector.

Young Turk
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You could just email the file to yourself and viola! your presentation is now on your iPad!

To the OP: I remain skeptical about how useful the iWork and all that will be on the iPad. I'm not ruling it out yet and will probably buy at least one of the three to mess around with. I guess we'll all know in a week!
 
GadgetX said:
You could just email the file to yourself and viola! your presentation is now on your iPad!

To the OP: I remain skeptical about how useful the iWork and all that will be on the iPad. I'm not ruling it out yet and will probably buy at least one of the three to mess around with. I guess we'll all know in a week!
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I thought Keynote on iPad would be poorly implemented until I saw the demo (I think Engadget or Gizmodo's video went through keynote extensively). Apple really hit it out of the park with Keynote for iPad. This for me is the killer app.

iWork will be useful. I use Documents to go on my iPhone to do light document editing on the go. The bigger iPad screen means my next mac will be a 27" iMac instead of a 17" MBP and I use the iPad for "on the go". I almost think something like Evernote would be a better solution for just raw writing. I just don't see a lot of people sitting down on an iPad and creating major documents. I could be wrong on this, but we'll see when I get to try iWork.

Numbers, Meh. As long as I can read a spreadsheet, I don't know that I will bother with Numbers.

It will be interesting to see what 3rd parties come up with for Keyboard docks. I think the Apple keyboard dock is poorly designed. It reeks of the poor design that went into the old PalmPilot folding keyboard docks from the late 1990's. I have a feeling a 3rd party will step in with a way to turn the iPad into a laptop with a clever case and keyboard. Time will tell though.

I did order the Apple folding case. Maybe propping the iPad up on a stand with their bluetooth keyboard will make significant document editing workable on the iPad.
 
No, but just how you can do it. When you are on-the-go you can work on a document or presentation, and when you are at home or at some 'steady' place you just grab your (bluetooth/iPad dock) keyboard and start typing and stuff. And it's all compatible with Windows!

The advantage of the bluetooth keyboard is that you can type in both landscape and portrait mode. With the iPad keyboard dock you are stuck to portait mode (although you will charge your battery).
 
Maximillian said:
I'm excited to GIVE presentations from the iPad. Build the keynote on my computer and then show it off via the iPad. No projector? No problem, just fire it up and hand the iPad to the client.

Looks like it could change small-group presentations for the better.
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+1! Especially for class lectures! :)
 
Will iWorks be able to save multiple documents onto the iPad itself?

I'm interested by Pages especially, but only as long as documents can actually be opened, edited and saved from the device itself. Not just one document either and not by having to sync it back to a Mac as soon as it's finished..
 
One Love 1867 said:
Will iWorks be able to save multiple documents onto the iPad itself?

I'm interested by Pages especially, but only as long as documents can actually be opened, edited and saved from the device itself. Not just one document either and not by having to sync it back to a Mac as soon as it's finished..
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Yes, the keynote showed that you can pick between multiple documents arranged in a line like Safari's tabs. Hopefully they've got a plan for dealing with lots of files as a simple line of docs doesn't look like it will scale.
 
One Love 1867 said:
Will iWorks be able to save multiple documents onto the iPad itself?

I'm interested by Pages especially, but only as long as documents can actually be opened, edited and saved from the device itself. Not just one document either and not by having to sync it back to a Mac as soon as it's finished..
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You can just create a document on the iPad and save it. When you are done, you are done. I assume you can print documents via WiFi or bluetooth. It's fully compatible with Windows.
 
blackNBUK said:
Yes, the keynote showed that you can pick between multiple documents arranged in a line like Safari's tabs. Hopefully they've got a plan for dealing with lots of files as a simple line of docs doesn't look like it will scale.
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Wow thats cool to know, now if there is some kind of sync or able to connect to other peoples drop boxes I will be ecstatic!!!
 
kultschar said:
Wow thats cool to know, now if there is some kind of sync or able to connect to other peoples drop boxes I will be ecstatic!!!
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It'll work with iWork.com, that's how it'll sync wirelessly if you want it to. I don't know the full extent of being able to use other's people iWork public folder.
 
One Love 1867 said:
Will iWorks be able to save multiple documents onto the iPad itself?

I'm interested by Pages especially, but only as long as documents can actually be opened, edited and saved from the device itself. Not just one document either and not by having to sync it back to a Mac as soon as it's finished..
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No it will save in its own format that will not be compatible with microsoft office. But it can open and edit microsoft office docs.
 
We're interested in using the iPad and iWorks for keeping a travelogue when we're on trips. Until now, we've been keeping our notes in a notebook (the horror!). I'm not familar with iWorks at all - is there a template or something that would work well for keeping a travelogue here? Still trying to decide if we should get that bluetooth keyboard, but thought we'd read reviews when they come out. tia.
 
shelby77 said:
We're interested in using the iPad and iWorks for keeping a travelogue when we're on trips. Until now, we've been keeping our notes in a notebook (the horror!). I'm not familar with iWorks at all - is there a template or something that would work well for keeping a travelogue here? Still trying to decide if we should get that bluetooth keyboard, but thought we'd read reviews when they come out. tia.
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Been a while since I fired up iWorks as I use MS Office at work. If I remember rightly there are quite a lot of impressive templates so I think you will be more then fine!!!!
 
shelby77 said:
We're interested in using the iPad and iWorks for keeping a travelogue when we're on trips. Until now, we've been keeping our notes in a notebook (the horror!). I'm not familar with iWorks at all - is there a template or something that would work well for keeping a travelogue here? Still trying to decide if we should get that bluetooth keyboard, but thought we'd read reviews when they come out. tia.
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You might want to look into FileMaker Bento, it appears to have some templates that would work for keeping a travel log / the ability to insert pictures into your log.

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/03/bento-ipad-launch-screenshots/
 
damnyooneek said:
No it will save in its own format that will not be compatible with microsoft office. But it can open and edit microsoft office docs.
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You can also save it as a .doc. It's on the Apple website and Steve Jobs said to Walt Mosberg it was possible (on camera). Walt Mosberg asked it because his editors only know how to handle Microsoft Office files (.doc in this case).
 
Shelby77, maybe it's interesting to watch the following two YouTube videos. The first one is about keynote (making presentations, like you do with PowerPoint and stuff) and the second one about Pages (making documents) and Numbers (making spreadsheets).

Keynote demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbwwlIPQPk

Pages and Numbers demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0On0ixzc8

More info on keynote.
More info on pages.
More info on numbers.

Keynote compatibility
Works well with others.
With Keynote on iPad, you can import Microsoft PowerPoint files and Keynote presentations. The presentations you create in Keynote on your iPad can be exported as Keynote files for Mac or PDF documents, so you can attach them to an email. You can also upload your presentation to iWork.com public beta. So anyone can see your slides, whether they use a Mac or a PC.
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Pages compatibility
Works well with others.
You can easily share the documents you create in Pages in a few ways. Attach them to an email as Pages files for Mac, Microsoft Word files, or PDF documents. Or upload them to iWork.com public beta. And if someone emails you a Pages or Word document, you can easily import it into Pages for iPad — ready to review or edit.
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Numbers compatibility
Works well with others.
Numbers on iPad lets you open spreadsheets created using iWork or Microsoft Office. So if someone emails you a Numbers or Excel file, you can easily import it into Numbers for iPad. To share your work, export your spreadsheet as a Numbers file for Mac or PDF document, then email it to anyone. You can also upload it to iWork.com public beta so anyone on a Mac or PC can view your spreadsheet.
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fox10078 said:
I agree with OP, Looks cool.

To the Naysayers: You know this because you've actually used the iPad right? No you haven't? So your just talking out your ass with no real experience?

I'm not saying it'll be better but you really need to try it first before making assumptions, but alas that would be to much for haters.
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Or the prosayers could be wrong since they have no actual iPad experience either. Sounds like a lot of ass talk on both sides. Can't wait until April so we have real user opinions, not conjecture.
 
ThatsMeRight said:
You can also save it as a .doc. It's on the Apple website and Steve Jobs said to Walt Mosberg it was possible (on camera). Walt Mosberg asked it because his editors only know how to handle Microsoft Office files (.doc in this case).
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no you can't save it as a .doc file from the app.
 
damnyooneek said:
no you can't save it as a .doc file from the app.
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If this is true, then Steve Jobs was caught in a very big lie on camera.
A lie to none other than the WSJ.

I don't think he would say you could save/export as a .doc file from iPad Pages unless it was true.
 
damnyooneek said:
no you can't save it as a .doc file from the app.
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You can. Walt Mosberg asked it because his editors can only handle .doc files. And Jobs responded like "Sure, you can just type the whole thing on the iPad".

I looked it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQBUtYpwns
From about 1.30

Walt Mosberg asked if he could 'save it was a work document or anything' and Steve Jobs said 'Yes, you can'. Mosberg even asks for confirmation with "All from here?" whereas Steve Jobs again answered "Yes".
 
damnyooneek said:
no you can't save it as a .doc file from the app.
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Why not? iWork for Mac and iWork.com exports to Office formats. If it can't export on the iPad itself, it doesn't matter since it can sync to iWork.com and you can download it as .doc there as well.
 
Uh...iWork is free?

I have seen two posts that mentioned the iWork suite as being free..??!!??

I thought they were going to be $9.99 each (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers)...has that changed?
 
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