Originally Posted by dianella

Many thanks rich for that explanation. I will try to download the keynote. Because i want to do special effect which is i already made in my laptop.becAuse im planning to buy the ms power point apps in apple store, i thought it will be more compatible with me with All the special effect.

Sounds good...as long as you understand that there are no "MS Apps" in the App Store. MS has no interest in supporting the iPad or Apple for that matter. If you're stuck using PowerPoint you'll have to deal with apps that do their best to, well, deal with them. The best thing to do, if you can, is to switch to Keynote for your presentations. That way you won't have to worry about what works and what won't plus as mentioned Keynote delivers stunning presentations.

Best of luck however you work things out!

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Originally Posted by richsadams

Sounds good...as long as you understand that there are no "MS Apps" in the App Store. MS has no interest in supporting the iPad or Apple for that matter. If you're stuck using PowerPoint you'll have to deal with apps that do their best to, well, deal with them. The best thing to do, if you can, is to switch to Keynote for your presentations. That way you won't have to worry about what works and what won't plus as mentioned Keynote delivers stunning presentations.

Best of luck however you work things out!

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So key note is the best way with all the best effect it can do?hehehee...btw i already can use the drop box. I use the 2gb free one..then once i drop my files there and move to my ipad, i can delete again right?and it wont lose in my ipad right?

Originally Posted by dianella

So key note is the best way with all the best effect it can do?hehehee...btw i already can use the drop box. I use the 2gb free one..then once i drop my files there and move to my ipad, i can delete again right?and it wont lose in my ipad right?

Rich.. Which one better if i want to do special effect? Keynote or the power point 2010 ?

Originally Posted by dianella

So key note is the best way with all the best effect it can do?hehehee...btw i already can use the drop box. I use the 2gb free one..then once i drop my files there and move to my ipad, i can delete again right?and it wont lose in my ipad right?

Keynote does a very nice job. Not sure what you mean about Dropbox.

Originally Posted by dianella

Rich.. Which one better if i want to do special effect? Keynote or the power point 2010 ?

I guess it depends on the special effects you want to have and how you will be presenting them...from a computer (Mac or Windows) or your iPad. Keynote will look best using a Mac or iPad. PowerPoint might look best on a Windows computer.

FWIW, one of the basic lessons when creating presentations is to keep in mind that it's the message, not the presentation's "special effects" that is important. Too many people try to "wow" their audience and forget about what they are actually trying to accomplish...delivering information. Too many special effects can easily distract from the message. Transitions, builds, etc. can be appropriate, but too many can easily ruin a presentation.

That said, Keynote has many nice special effects, transitions, etc. I use both PowerPoint and Keynote and find that Keynote is easier and more intuitive to use than PowerPoint and the results are really first-class.

Hi Rich

I'm still deciding which apps to buy. My mojarra requirement is to create and edit Words (basic paragraph word document) & Excel (basic spreadsheet with dollar, sum and average calculation) and send out document as PDF file through e-mail. Would QuickOffice be the best choice?

Thanks
Jacky

Hi Jacky - welcome to the forum!

If you go to the first page of this thread, Rich has already given some excellent advice comparing various office type apps - your needs seem fairly basic, so a number of these different programs should work for you.

I have Pages, Numbers, & Keynote on my iPad (basically, Word, Excel, & Powerpoint equivalents) - Pages & Numbers will certainly handle your needs as defined above; also documents made in these apps can be e-mailed in a variety of formats, including as PDF files. There are also a number of dedicated threads to this topic, so a little searching might be useful. I'm sure Rich will come along w/ more comments - good luck in your selections -

Originally Posted by hkwylai

Hi Rich

I'm still deciding which apps to buy. My mojarra requirement is to create and edit Words (basic paragraph word document) & Excel (basic spreadsheet with dollar, sum and average calculation) and send out document as PDF file through e-mail. Would QuickOffice be the best choice?

Thanks
Jacky

Hi Jacky. Per giradman I would recommend Pages and Numbers for the iPad. Both will do exactly what you want including saving and emailing them as PDF files.

So if I want to use my iPad 2 to connect to a projector for presenting at a seminar and most of the slides will have been created by importing Excel spreadsheets, would Keynote be my best choice?

Originally Posted by mspacpa

So if I want to use my iPad 2 to connect to a projector for presenting at a seminar and most of the slides will have been created by importing Excel spreadsheets, would Keynote be my best choice?

Depending on the content you should be able to import into Keynote. If not you may have to import them into Numbers first. Another method that works well is to save the spreadsheets as PDF files and then embed them in a Keynote presentation.

I've given several successful presentations using my iPad (and the Apple VGA Adapter) with an app called "2Screens":

2Screens - Presentation Expert for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Happy presenting!

Hi, I have just Joined the Forum. At my current organization (Vriti Infocom) Linux, Fedora etc are used while personally I use Windows and so there are many issues while I try to open same file in both the formats. Kindly help!!