Excel to iPad and back again

Have you gotten the iPad yet?  It's a cool, cool gadget.   Many like it for personal use (music, videos, movies, games) but many are appreciating its size when it comes to keeping up with work on-the-go.

But if you use Excel or Word on your computer, how do you keep up with your documents and spreadsheets on the iPad?

Start by tapping the App Store on your iPad.  Search for the Numbers app (to work with Excel spreadsheets) and tap to buy. (the Numbers app costs $9.99 at the App Store).

Once the Numbers App is downloaded, then go back to your computer and email your spreadsheet to yourself.  You will need to open your Mail on your iPad in order to work further on the spreadsheet.

On your iPad, open Mail, open the email with the "address book" attachment  and double-tap it to open it. (the attachment will say .xls or .xlsx indicating it's a spreadsheet)

It will ask you in the upper right corner if you want to "Open in Numbers". Tap that to proceed.
You will see your spreadsheet. This is where some iPad techniques come into play. Use your fingers to zoom in
Double-tap on a cell to edit it. Then use your keyboard to enter more names and addresses.

To "save" stuff on an iPad, you will send it to either your iDisk (if you have that) or  iTunes.  To do this, tap on "My Spreadsheets" in the upper left corner. You will see 3 or 4 buttons at the bottom of the screen.  Tap the first button (looks like it has a curved arrow on it).  Then tap "Copy to iDisk" or "Copy to iTunes".
If you want to pick up with work on it at home, you can plug in your iPad to your computer, go to iTunes or your iDisk and continue work there.

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Happy clicking,
Betsy
The PC Teacher