thanks susan.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hastings" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 1 November, 2011 7:34:17 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: ipad2 and microsoft suite Microsoft documents can be opened and changes made in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on the iPad. There may be slight changes, like font substitution. Even .docx documents can open. Sent from my iPad On 31/10/2011, at 4:01 PM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 31/10/2011, at 3:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> Hi guys >> >> >> >> my work has started rolling out the sales reps with thier ipad2s. >> >> >> >> they are currently using virtual microsoft (word, excel, etc) suite on >> citrix. >> >> >> >> can they use pages/numbers to open microsoft suite documents (should they >> choose to), or should they stick with citrix? > > Hi Lynn, > > I don’t use Microsoft Suite, but this might be interesting to your people. > > Extract below taken from: <http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/03/ipad-2-review/> > > / Quote: > > iPad for Business / Enterprise: > > "With the recent addition of tools from Cisco, Citrix or WMware (the latter > two make Windows environments available to the iPad, via a server), > the iPad, but also other tablets can become true business tools. > > However, you need to understand the scope of it: in general, iPad will make > you more “mobile”. > It’s lighter and has a tremendous battery life when compared to most laptops. > > However, don’t forget that it is mainly a “read device” by nature. > Anything that forces you to enter a lot of text, or manipulate a cursor with > extreme precision will be tricky. > Of course, you’ve seen demos of “Photoshop-like” products, or even CAD > (Computer Assisted Design) software running on iPad, but while they do > technically work, the productivity can’t be compared with working on a laptop. > > On the other hand, if your job requires you to only read/access a lot of > data, iPad 2 and the tools mentioned above can help you. > I like Citrix and WMware a lot, when the situation is appropriate.” > > /End Quote > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.2 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
