Okay, I think I will purchase it. If there is a document on Dropbox and my student wants to edit it would he download it onto his IPad, edit it and then sync with Dropbox? We are using Dropbox as a way for the student to get work and turn in assignments. He loves his IPad and voiceover.
On 8/29/12, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I spent more time with NoteMaster today. > It creates, edits and reads docx files just fine. > > If you have a keyboard or a braille display, it is easier. > > If you want to just use the touch screen for navigating, you need to either > read to end, or use the rotor in line mode and flick up and down to move > line by line. > > Flicking left to right seems to skip the text, or treat it as one large > chunk, even if you have double hard returns for paragraphs. > > One of the pluses, which I have not mentioned or used, is the ability to > password a given category. (He uses the term category the same way I think > of folders.) > > I cannot get it to sync automatically with Drop Box. However, the sync > does > not take long. > > I had a book in docx format that seemed to cause errors in syncing, so I am > going to write the developer to see what the file size limit is, because > this was a cookbook that is 198 pages in Word. > > Some of the button labeling could be better, but it is easy enough to > figure > them out. > > Also, with Drop Box, it puts the NoteMaster folder under a folder called > Apps, which is a system recommended by Drop Box. Meteor Notes does the > same > thing. > > Feel free to ask more questions and I'll try to answer them. > > Later, > Richard > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Marianne Denning > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: editing text > > This sounds very good. Please keep me up to date. > > On 8/28/12, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> Take a look at the latest version of NoteMaster. There is a lite >> version to try out, but the paid version is worth while I think. >> He just updated it to sync with DropBox, and the extremely good news >> is that when it syncs to dropbox, it uses .docx. That is the Word >> 2007/2010 version of Word documents. >> The update just came out today, and I have only had a little while to >> test, but this is looking very good. >> I think we may have a good alternative for editing Word documents. >> I hope to have time at work today to do more with it. >> I don't seem to be getting the automatic syncing to work both directions. >> But, it does not take long to sync. >> The paid version is $4.99, I think. >> >> Later, >> Richard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Marianne Denning >> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:45 AM >> To: viphone >> Subject: editing text >> >> I hope someone can answer this question. I have a student who is >> using his IPad in class. He has an aid who prepares materials for him >> and he interacts with these documents through dropbox. Should the >> documents be saved as a text document or will rich text work? We >> currently use droptext on the IPad. 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