All entries for Wednesday 23 June 2010

iPad days 5+6

Follow-up to iPad Day 4, Sunday from Rudo's blog

I had to give a talk on Monday which I had prepared via PowerPoint. I could not get it to work on the iPad although I used DocumentsToGo (which allows you to edit/create/etc Office documents). Apparently, they do not have the VGA module included.

So, workarounds on the google space are (1) save the PPT as a set of figures and (2) save as a movie/video. Then use iPad onboard tools to display via VGA adapter.

But then yesterday, I also installed the GoodReader which in version 2.8 can display PDFs via the VGA adapter. So now, I can simply convert any PPT to PDF, put it on the Dropbox and then display using the GoodReader. It works, quality is ok, but of course one misses those interactive PPT gimmicks. But I hardly ever use those, so not much of a problem, I think.

Also, it seems that the [Pages] App should do a similar thing, i.e. be useful for presentations.

Summary: Yes, I can now use the iPad for presentations! And hence, I am beginning more and more to see it as an alternative to the laptop.

Rudo Roemer : 23 Jun 2010 22:04 |  Tags: Ipad |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem