It would be excellent to study my class notes with the iPad. But they all are in word format and on my iDisk. Is it possible to read word files off my iDisk with the iPad? Will GoodReader do it?
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Reading Microsoft Word files off my iDisk with the iPad: Possible?
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Certainly should work. I can view Powerpoint files off of my iDisk, using my iPad, with no special software (just did it!)
Excellent. So which is better; Air Sharing or GoodReader?
I know about the iDisk iPhone app, and it does indeed look like crap. I'm willing to pay for an app to do what I need until apple gets off their asses and make native MobileMe iPad apps.
I know about the iDisk iPhone app, and it does indeed look like crap. I'm willing to pay for an app to do what I need until apple gets off their asses and make native MobileMe iPad apps.
Goodreader is 0.99. It is basic but works.
Air share is 9.99 but has a lot more features. Better scrolling. It prints to a printer shared on Mac. Better file management. But it is 10x as much...
Goodreader works great but the Pages app is very limited so it may filter ir mangle many common features of a word doc on import.
You might print them to PDF files and then use iannotate for studying. Then you get to see all the features of the doc and can highlight, markup etc. Iannotate also knows how to use iDisk.
You might print them to PDF files and then use iannotate for studying. Then you get to see all the features of the doc and can highlight, markup etc. Iannotate also knows how to use iDisk.
As far as i know, Goodreader doesn't need Pages in any way. They are two different apps.
Wow. Iannotate looks promising. I am thinking the method would be
1. Print doc to PDF on your desktop/laptop
2. Upload to iDisk
3. Open in iannotate
4. Get to work
Is this correct? What are the export options when done, is this still a PDF?
I just gave up and went to the computer and emailed myself all the files, now i can read them all on the pad. Works fine for now.
Close. Iannotate let's you install a client on your laptop that give you shared access to any selected parts of your laptop including your iDisk image. You have to be on the same LAN though.
Ince you run the client on your laptop you have access to any of the directories you've shared via the client. Then you can load whatever files you want onto the iPad for local access.
Goodreader and air share and many others allow you to VIEW many document formats including word docs. But you won't be able to edit them without something like Pages. Or in the case of PDFs something like iannotate.