I have iPad 1 and have it synced with my pc which I thought would enable me to use the apps such as pages on pc but can't seem to do this - any advice would be appreciated.
Hi Bernie-you cannot use the apps on your PC since it is 2 different operating systems. I am not sure about Pages, since I do not have that on my ipad. However, many people have used Pages as a way to edit their Word docs on their ipad. A simple search will provide you with many threads of word processing apps available.
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