I ask in sincerity.... I have a Macbook Pro and an iPod nano, but have never owned a 'touch' product.
I ask because it doesn't look like this product supports Microsoft Office for Mac, so I'm especially wondering if Word documents that are emailed to me in an attachment will pose any problems.
Pages for iPad, part of Apple's iWork for iPad suite, will open Microsoft Word documents. It will cost $9.99 on the App Store.
I ask in sincerity.... I have a Macbook Pro and an iPod nano, but have never owned a 'touch' product.
I ask because it doesn't look like this product supports Microsoft Office for Mac, so I'm especially wondering if Word documents that are emailed to me in an attachment will pose any problems.
That's fine with me. Thank you.
Have you ever used an iPhone or iPod Touch? It's going to run on pretty much the same software. You will be able to open all of those.
I'm curious if I'll be able to open email attachments on the iPad - pdf, word, jpg's.
Yes.
Quoted from Apple's website:
Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)
That is to view them but can you edit a mail attachment and send it back?
I think there's actually a little bit of a chance that Microsoft might build some Office applications for iPad.
You can import and edit on an iphone on apps but only on wifi/idisc not from mail.I can't find a specific answer to your question however, here is what the website says for iWork for the iPad:
iWork. Completely reimagined for iPad.
The iWork productivity applications that people know and love on the Mac Keynote, Pages, and Numbers have been completely redesigned for iPad. So you can create incredible presentations, word processing documents, and spreadsheets by touching words and images on the large, Multi-Touch screen. Each of these apps has been designed specially for iPad, with all-new features. So while theyre easy to use, theyre also the most powerful productivity apps ever built for a mobile device. You can import iWork 09 and Microsoft Office documents and send documents in iWork 09 and PDF formats. And because Keynote, Pages, and Numbers will be sold individually on the App Store, you can purchase them all at once or add them to your iPad over time.
If you can import into iWork then you can edit and send.
I'm curious if I'll be able to open email attachments on the iPad - pdf, word, jpg's.
Source: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/01/29/can-iphone-learn-things-from-ipad/apps can identify themselves as supporting specific file types, if a file isn’t recognised as out of the box by the iPhone it can be a bit of a chore, and currently the user can’t launch a file from an email into a 3rd-party app but iPhone OS 3.2 can.
That is to view them but can you edit a mail attachment and send it back?
I'm curious if I'll be able to open email attachments on the iPad - pdf, word, jpg's.
I am using a third party application OutlookReflex to view my email attachments in iPad
That will be very useful for the OP if he is still trying to make up his mind 15 months later ...
I have an iphone and you cannot open an attachment and edit it! only view it.
You can get a apps to edit office stuff but only imported from wifi not mail.
I hope that this is not the case with the ipad.
I'm curious if I'll be able to open email attachments on the iPad - pdf, word, jpg's.