Is iCloud document integration (Pages, Numbers, etc) working in Mountain Lion yet?

[Faux Carnival]

As a toy, iWork is great. But you would know that especially in corporate life, iWork is garbage. Not even that...

And if you think Keynote creates more elegant presentations than PowerPoint, our definitions of "elegant" is really different.

 

[Senseotech]

As a toy, iWork is great. But you would know that especially in corporate life, iWork is garbage. Not even that...

And if you think Keynote creates more elegant presentations than PowerPoint, our definitions of "elegant" is really different.

I like how you make bold assertions and yet make no attempt to even remotely justify or explain them.

 

[Faux Carnival]

I like how you make bold assertions and yet make no attempt to even remotely justify or explain them.

Corporate = collaboration. We know Office is decades ahead in that area.
Corporate = communication. If you think you can survive with Mac OS X's native Mail application in the corporate environment, good luck. But believe me, when compared to Outlook it's not even a toy.
Corporate = spreadsheets. Numbers is like a counting frame compared to Excel.

If you disagree with any of those, I have nothing to say at all.

That's enough but if you don't think so, check out Lynda.com Office tutorials. Tens of hours of videos and they are just the tip of the iceberg. I can assure you, anyone here claiming to know Office inside out doesn't even know half of Office.

 

[ixodes]

How do you sync iWork between pc/Mac and ipad?

The docs reside in Dropbox.

 

[jjk454ss]

The docs reside in Dropbox.

iWork on iOS didn't use to sync with Dropbox, does it work now?

 

[wolfpackfan]

iWork on iOS didn't use to sync with Dropbox, does it work now?

No.

 

[jjk454ss]

The docs reside in Dropbox.

iWork on iOS didn't use to sync with Dropbox, does it work now?

No.

Confusing.

 

[wolfpackfan]

Confusing.

Using Dropbox, you can sync iWork files from your desktop to your iPad and then have them opened in IOS iWork. But there is no way to go the other way with Dropbox right now other than mailing the document to you.

 

[jjk454ss]

Using Dropbox, you can sync iWork files from your desktop to your iPad and then have them opened in IOS iWork. But there is no way to go the other way with Dropbox right now other than mailing the document to you.

Gotcha. Hopefully they update soon. Or MS Office for iPad comes out.

 

[jjk454ss]

Well it looks like the updates are here, anyone tried it yet? If you have or do try it, let me know how well it works. I'll have to try later since I don't have any of these apps even installed anymore.

 

[jjk454ss]

I was going to wait, but got some time so I quick installed iWork on my MBP and my iPad to check it out. With a quick test of a Pages document, it works great. Created one on my Mac, instantly showed up on my iPad.

Someone earlier mentioned fonts, sure enough the first one I created I used a template, and it had a missing font when I went to open it on my iPad. It brought up a dialog box that a font was missing and the document might appear differently. But, it opened fine and looked good.

So far I am very optimistic that this will work great for me. Hopefully no more dropbox and ms office and quickoffice and document formatting getting all messed up.

 

[NazgulRR]

So how does this work on a Mac? Does it keep a local+online copy like Dropbox and keeps them in sync?
Or is it online access only? If the latter, can you make aliases of documents that you moved to iCloud and put them in the folders where you previously had the files?

 

[jjk454ss]

So how does this work on a Mac? Does it keep a local+online copy like Dropbox and keeps them in sync?
Or is it online access only? If the latter, can you make aliases of documents that you moved to iCloud and put them in the folders where you previously had the files?

I wondered the same thing, when I used spotlight to search for the file the only one to show up says its saved in "iCloud."

 

[joshsage]

Corporate = collaboration. We know Office is decades ahead in that area.
Corporate = communication. If you think you can survive with Mac OS X's native Mail application in the corporate environment, good luck. But believe me, when compared to Outlook it's not even a toy.
Corporate = spreadsheets. Numbers is like a counting frame compared to Excel.

If you disagree with any of those, I have nothing to say at all.

That's enough but if you don't think so, check out Lynda.com Office tutorials. Tens of hours of videos and they are just the tip of the iceberg. I can assure you, anyone here claiming to know Office inside out doesn't even know half of Office.

As much as it sounds like you are trolling. I can attest to every word you wrote. Office absolutely just crushes in just about every aspect.

 

[jjk454ss]

So how does this work on a Mac? Does it keep a local+online copy like Dropbox and keeps them in sync?
Or is it online access only? If the latter, can you make aliases of documents that you moved to iCloud and put them in the folders where you previously had the files?

My Internet at home was down today, I opened Numbers and my spreadsheets were there. I did a couple little changes then exited the app. Later got my Internet working again, and now I just remembered to check the spreadsheet on my ipad and sure enough, when I opened Numbers it said updating spreadsheet or something and my changes were there. Very happy.

 

[sexiewasd]

Corporate = collaboration. We know Office is decades ahead in that area.
Corporate = communication. If you think you can survive with Mac OS X's native Mail application in the corporate environment, good luck. But believe me, when compared to Outlook it's not even a toy.
Corporate = spreadsheets. Numbers is like a counting frame compared to Excel.

If you disagree with any of those, I have nothing to say at all.

That's enough but if you don't think so, check out Lynda.com Office tutorials. Tens of hours of videos and they are just the tip of the iceberg. I can assure you, anyone here claiming to know Office inside out doesn't even know half of Office.

I don't really disagree with your point, at all, but Office is hardly as complicated as you make it sound. Try giving the PHP Manual a quick read through! The last time I checked it was over six thousand pages long (IIRC). Heck give Maya a quick spin around the block. Both of those are some of the easiest to learn in their respective categories, but their complexity still makes office look like a toy.

I will say that iWork probably is going to stay for personal use, at least for me. I'd hate to use it for any large scale projects.

 

[jjk454ss]

I just had to come back to say that I am loving this feature. I use my iPad so much more than my MB, and QuickOffice sucks(for me) compared to Numbers. I just like it so much better. And now that iCloud is working for these files its great.

 

[mathman]

Using Dropbox, you can sync iWork files from your desktop to your iPad and then have them opened in IOS iWork. But there is no way to go the other way with Dropbox right now other than mailing the document to you.

While that's true for an "out of the box" configuration, iWork supports publishing through WebDAV. You can use the DropDAV service ($5 a month, unless you're a student, then it's $20 a year) and it will enable WebDAV access to Dropbox.

I find it to be an invaluable tool when I just have my iPad and I want to do some document work.

MM