What is the best way to edit my CV using the iPad? Is there a native or web based app that can do this for me? I would expect that the formatting and tables in the document to be preserved when it is saved.
Pages will indeed give you the native app and nice interface, but for true Microsoft Word editing, you have to try CloudOn! After creating an account in the app on your iPad, you will be given choices to use your dropbox to reach the documents you wish to edit. Another option is to transfer it to the app via iTunes. When editing, you will be using the full version of Microsoft Word on your iPad. No catch. Simply the full version like you know it from your Windows PC desktop.
It is amazing! It takes a while to get used to running it properly on the iPad, but it's worth it when all your CV formatting is intact and editable. Times have changed since this question was asked. CloudOn has been bought and shut down by DropBox.
I use OnLive Desktop, but in order to access the internet you have to use the 5 dollar premium version. This is the best substitute for writting essays and such using your ipad with the full Microsoft Word program. I have tried CloudOn and I really found it to be difficult because i had to use the monitor keyboard. I also tried Pages but i didn't like not having the look that Microsoft Word offers. I don't mind dishing out 5 bucks a month for it; that is until Office decides to offer Word as some-sort of app!
I use Pages to edit Microsoft Word documents on my iPad. Have you tried Google Drive? I'm not sure what kind of content you're editing but Google Drive usually works for me most of the time. To convert a document, right click on it inside Google Drive. A new window will be opened with the document in Google Docs format and it is saved inside the same folder in your Google Drive. It also offers a good range of formatting controls. The app displays some imported elements, such as graphics and tables, without letting you edit them.
Additional editing features include adjustable paragraph spacing, find and replace, and word count. It also offers a respectable range of formatting controls for word-processing documents, such as font, size, style, text and highlight color, alignment, indentation, and bulleted and numbered lists. You can adjust paragraph spacing; create multiple columns; add or edit tables and graphics; set page, column, and section breaks; set margins and tab stops; add footnotes and endnotes; check your spelling, and see your current word count.
It also has a find without replace feature. It also offers internal bookmarks and external hyperlinks, find and replace, page layout options, and somewhat awkward comment editing. Polaris Office leaves much formatting intact including comments , but strips out or modifies other elements such that the edited document may not closely resemble the original.
For example, you can't change or reformat fonts. You can copy and paste text and cell content, but unfortunately, the pasted material adopts the formatting of whichever cell you're pasting into rather than retaining the formatting of the source.
You can try opening the file in the desktop version of Google Docs rather than the mobile version, but the results are mixed at best. When I worked on a spreadsheet in the desktop version, I had more formatting choices, but the on-screen response to actions was herky-jerky.
Trying to open Google Docs text files in desktop view crashed my iPad repeatedly. If your editing is limited to simple additions, deletions, and corrections to a file, the default mobile version of Google Docs on the iPad will meet your needs well. By the way, automatic versioning is another great reason to combine Word and Excel with the Google Cloud Connect toolbar.
And sharing files via Google Docs couldn't be easier--not even by using Microsoft's free Windows Live and SkyDrive services, which let you view but not edit Office files on an iPad or other mobile device. For me, Google Docs fits the bill without denting my wallet.
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