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as Apple's Pages or DataViz's Documents To Go, your little multimedia
communications device is also a word processor. And, of course, the world
of words isn't limited to Microsoft's formats: I do most of my iPad writing
in text editors such as PlainText and Textastic.
By way of example, I'm going to provide an overview of Pages. Most of
the tools and conventions used by Pages apply to other apps. Although
it's an Apple program, it's not included with the iPad; you can buy it from
the App Store for $9.99.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough room in this topic to go into great
detail about the productivity apps on the following pages. For much
more excellent information, check out Peachpit's Visual QuickStart Guides to
Pages for iPad, Numbers for iPad, and Keynote for iPad.
If you've ever used a word processor, Pages will be immediately familiar.
The program also offers great features for adding media, so you're not
just drafting a bunch of plain text on a white background.
1.
In Pages, tap the New (
) button and choose New Document from
the popover that appears.
2.
Choose a template; for this example, choose Blank.
3.
Begin typing (
Figure 10.19
).
Figure 10.19
A typical
document
in Pages
