Great! I don't know if he lowered the price, or if it is just on sale, but that is fantastic.
Thanks, Richard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Mannion Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: editing text, NoteMaster now uses .docx format with Drop Box Yesterday after reading this thread I downloaded the paid vbersion of the APP and found it to be only $0.99. It is nice that it has the formatting commands, folders or categories as they want to call them and can synch with dropbox. Definitely well worth a buck and well worth more than that really. On 8/29/12, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, that is exactly how it works. > Hth, > > Richard > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Marianne Denning > <maria...@denningweb.com> > wrote: > >> 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 <richard.turne...@gmail.com> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Marianne Denning >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:33 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: editing text >>> >>> This sounds very good. Please keep me up to date. >>> >>> On 8/28/12, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 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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