Hello

So i was so unfortunat to drop my laptop to the ground, and the screen went to heaven.

So now im thinking about a replacement and the ipad came to my mind.

So im wondering does numbers, keynotes and pages work almost like microsoft office. Does pages have fonts like Times new roman?


-MBO

I suggest you read about it in the forum.
That is an on going issue.
Every one agree that iPAD is not a full replacement for a Lap Top, but quite a few
found out that it can serve them fine. It all depends what you are using your lap top for.
If you are used to prepare lots of presentations for say Power Point, you may face a problem. Same goes for complicated Excel spread Sheet.
If you surf the net. Read and writ mail, it can be O.K

Go to an apple store play with it, ask questions and decide upon your needs.

I agree with peled's advice of going to an Apple store to play with it before you make your final decision to get an iPad. They should have the whole iWork suite installed on all their iPads so you can try them out to your heart's content.

Keynote and Numbers received updates in the past months that allows them to export to microsoft .ppt and .xls files from within the apps, which was a much called for feature when they were initially released.

Also, to answer your question, yes Pages has Times New Roman as well as 39 other fonts to choose from.

I'm trying to use the iPad for at least a school year at college and I'm halfway there. I've written papers, reports, etc. using Pages with the on-screen keyboard and find it surprisingly easy to type on. There have been some slight formatting issues when exporting to Word docs from time to time, so I would try writing some things on an iPad in the store and emailing them to yourself at home as a word document to see how the formatting looks for whatever you want to write. Also I've seen similar small formatting issues when importing Word documents into Pages like sometimes removing paragraph formatting on import, but the app does a good job for the most part in resolving most formatting issues.

I've heard of issues with Numbers either not reading certain excel files or displaying the files wrong, but those complaining about it were use very large spreadsheet files (thousands of entries/cells). I doubt you would encounter this type of situation in a school type of setting.

What exactly are you thinking about doing with your iPad in school? If it mostly involves writing papers and doing research in the web, and you're also looking for a device to watch videos or play games, then I wouldn't rule out the iPad as a valid alternative to a laptop. It all comes down to what you're looking to do with it.

Originally Posted by mbo

Hello


So im wondering does numbers, keynotes and pages work almost like microsoft office.
-MBO

The short answer is no. You should do some very careful research before spending your money.

Originally Posted by theipadstudent

I agree with peled's advice of going to an Apple store to play with it before you make your final decision to get an iPad. They should have the whole iWork suite installed on all their iPads so you can try them out to your heart's content.

Keynote and Numbers received updates in the past months that allows them to export to microsoft .ppt and .xls files from within the apps, which was a much called for feature when they were initially released.

Also, to answer your question, yes Pages has Times New Roman as well as 39 other fonts to choose from.

I'm trying to use the iPad for at least a school year at college and I'm halfway there. I've written papers, reports, etc. using Pages with the on-screen keyboard and find it surprisingly easy to type on. There have been some slight formatting issues when exporting to Word docs from time to time, so I would try writing some things on an iPad in the store and emailing them to yourself at home as a word document to see how the formatting looks for whatever you want to write. Also I've seen similar small formatting issues when importing Word documents into Pages like sometimes removing paragraph formatting on import, but the app does a good job for the most part in resolving most formatting issues.

I've heard of issues with Numbers either not reading certain excel files or displaying the files wrong, but those complaining about it were use very large spreadsheet files (thousands of entries/cells). I doubt you would encounter this type of situation in a school type of setting.

What exactly are you thinking about doing with your iPad in school? If it mostly involves writing papers and doing research in the web, and you're also looking for a device to watch videos or play games, then I wouldn't rule out the iPad as a valid alternative to a laptop. It all comes down to what you're looking to do with it.

Nice reply, thanks alot

Well the main thing it will be used for is, writing, making "power points"(Medium quality ones) and some basic excel budget spreadsheets. our teacher gives us the "form" and we fill inn the numbers.
And of course some minor research.

When i present a "power point" i kinda need a quick way to transfer my documents to another pc so i can present them on a canon.

There is no quick way to transfer docs from keynote to a pc but if you get the dock connector to via adapter you can hook up to the projector and present!

Originally Posted by mbo

Nice reply, thanks alot

Well the main thing it will be used for is, writing, making "power points"(Medium quality ones) and some basic excel budget spreadsheets. our teacher gives us the "form" and we fill inn the numbers.
And of course some minor resources.

When i present a "power point" i kinda need a quick way to transfer my documents to another pc so i can present them on a canon.

You can use your Apple ID to sign up to Apple's iWork.com beta and "transfer" your power points through that. It's really quick and easy to sign up for. You just need to verify your Apple ID login and email address tied to it and you'll get 1GB of online storage to share your documents through. In the Pages, Keynote, or Numbers you can share via iWork.com from your iPad, go to whatever computer you need to use and log in to iWork.com using your Apple ID and viola! You can download your presentations, spreadsheets, etc. from the site.

But lets say i dont need any "super" excel clone(Since i only need economy this year and my economy is just basic economy). but my only need is, opening xlc files and put in numbers and formulas then exporting it in the same format to email or something, then numbers are good enough? and lets say pages is good enough for small essays etc. and does keynote save in power point format?

at my school we use something called its learning, its like a portal for homework and stuff. sometimes we need to delivere our work by replaying to the message and uploading files to the web. can i use Ipad? or do i need to manually send it from my mail?

And lets say someone elses in my class wants a document ive created. whats the absolute fastes way to give it to him? offline and online


Thanks alot for the help guys.

Originally Posted by grayshark95

There is no quick way to transfer docs from keynote to a pc but if you get the dock connector to via adapter you can hook up to the projector and present!

Emailing out the files to yourself actually works really well. I do that and use Dropbox. My two preferred methods most of the time.

probably wouldn't be able to upload the files in that portal because there is no file browser type thing on the ipad so attaching/uploading in native web format doesn't work. However some apps allow this and of course you'd be able to email them and/or upload to dropbox, access from another pc to upload if it has to be done that way.