iPad word processing

Tagged: ,

Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    Doug, you said Karen did one one of SCM books on her iPad. What program did she use? Is there a Word equivalent for the iPad? Or what would you recommend? I’m finding my iPad is pretty much taking the place of my laptop except for a couple of key areas, typing and printing my documents being a biggie.

    Also a wireless printer?

    Thanks!

    December 30, 2012 at 2:03 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    Robin, you can get Pages for iPad, but I find I still use my MacBook for any real typing. As far as wireless printers go, iOS devices want special air printers. We have 2 wireless, but neither are air and we weren’t willing to replace them. I found an app called Print N Share that works very well from either my iPhone or my iPad.

    December 30, 2012 at 3:29 pm
    Karen Smith
    Moderator

    I use Pages to create documents. If lots of typing is involved I use a wireless keyboard, otherwise I’ve become quite proficient at typing with one finger. :-)You can export documents from Pages into a Word format.

    As for printing, I don’t know how that works except that Doug has a print server set up on one of our other computers that allows me to print from my iPad. Maybe Doug can give more information on that. 🙂

    December 30, 2012 at 9:19 pm
    Lesley Letson
    Participant

    I believe that if you have a printer that is not wireless, you can plug it into your router (if your router is set up like this) and “make” it wireless. 

    December 31, 2012 at 1:45 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    Thank you! Dh downloaded Pages. I’ll give it a whirl. I’m so handicapped when it comes to technology, the learning curve fries my little brain…

    December 31, 2012 at 2:22 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    Mjemom, you are right, but iOS devices want something different than wireless, something called air printer. That’s a specific feature on some newer printers. The print n share app is my work around.

    December 31, 2012 at 4:44 pm
    Lesley Letson
    Participant

    gotcha – we do have a wireless/air/e-printer and on the rare occasion I need to print from the iPad all works gloriously 😉 I just know that was something I had heard before that people had done. Before marriage I worked for an author and typed/edited books all day long, I am so used to my keyboard I don’t know that for big typing jobs I could ever convert, so I haven’t ventured there with my iPad, even though I use it all the time!

    January 2, 2013 at 3:24 am
    Doug Smith
    Keymaster

    If your printer is not AirPrint compatible you can run software on a computer that will accept print requests from your iPad and send it on to your printer. The software is called FingerPrint and is available for Mac or Windows. There’s a free trial available.

    January 3, 2013 at 12:59 am
    marstar
    Participant

    Thank you Robin for posting this question. I need iPad WPing and wireless printing too. Appreciate everyone’s input with resources

    to help make this happen here!

Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • The topic ‘iPad word processing’ is closed to new replies.