Newbie help...I am not using my Apple products!

[JoBinks]

I have a new Iphone and a new Ipad, but I have a windows 7 laptop.

I cannot get a bluetooth link to either to my laptop, it says that these products do not have the correct drivers, but when I try to update through Itunes they say they are updated.


I want to set up a wifi hotspot so I can use my laptops 3G for my ipad.
I cannot set up a wi fi connection to my laptop, the ipad recognises the laptop but not the other way around. I can use a wifi hotspot from my phone to laptop but not other way around.

I need to transfer files from Audionote to my laptop urgently for work, but cannot get them off!

Is there an excellent GPS app that does not need a subscription for Australia?
I would like to use office docs with forms and tables on them on my ipad, is there anyway of keeping the formattingfrom office docs to ipad docs and what app would be best?

thanks for your help!!!!!!

suggestions about buying a new laptop will not be helpful!

Jo

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Good to hear from you. You’ll find a whole bunch of iPad enthusiasts in this Forum who are only too willing to help other iPad owners and to hear of their experiences. Don’t be afraid to post any questions you may have or use the ‘Search’ button near the top of the Forum web page. I usually find I discover one new interesting and useful piece of information about my iPad every day - and often not even what I was looking for!!

Hope to hear from you soon with your thoughts about the iPad.

Have fun and enjoy your iPad
One of our members carried out a survey of Office apps for his company; you can see his conclusions in this thread...

http://www.ipadforums.net/new-member-introductions-site-assistance/22431-hi-all.html

The Apple iWorks Office suite for the iPad has a set of useful Help pages that show their capabilities here...

Pages is Word compatible and can read .doc and .docx files and save in .doc and .pdf

Keynote is PowerPoint compatible and can read .ppt and .pptx files and save in .ppt and .pdf

Numbers is Excel compatible and can read .xls and .xlsx files and save in .xls and .pdf

Apple - Support - iOS Apps - Welcome



There is a program that most all iPad users have called GoodReader. It's the 'Swiss Army Knife' for the iPad and it can store files all together and in folders - or however you want them - and can transfer files to and from your PC using either WiFi or USB without the need for iTunes. It's built in web-browser can download files too, something that Safari doesn't offer - except for PDF format. From within GoodReader you can open those files in any app that supports that type of file. Having said that, though, when a compatible app does open that file it makes a local copy that it works on, so the original copy in GoodReader is left untouched. If you want to store the modified file in GoodReader you have to transfer it back there by some means.

GoodReader can also attach several files to an email and then send them using the iPad's native Mail app - something you can't do from within Mail itself. It also gives you the opportunity to annotate PDF files and save the resulting file so that it can be read on a PC or Mac. That annotation can be handwritten or typed and you can search the document for your typed annotations and bookmarks. On the latest version, PDF files can be scrolled horizontally or vertically.

It can also play several formats of video and audio files too.

If you don’t already have it you can download a copy of the iPad manual for free.

Apple - Support - Manuals

Please read the rules too!!

http://www.ipadforums.net/forum-rules-help-info/2119-forum-rules-everybody-please-read.html

Tim
Scotland

 

[JoBinks]

Wow enough to keep me occupied for a while!!!

Did I break a rule????

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

Wow enough to keep me occupied for a while!!!

Did I break a rule????

Not at all - but we just like people to know what they are - and they're real simple!!

Thanks for joining iPad Forum (iPF) - we hope you have a great time here...

Tim