Best iPad Office Applications

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1. PDF Reader Pro Edition

PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad is optimized specially for the iPad. A really powerful and optimized PDF reader engine. PDF Reader Pro Edition is the most powerful PDF Reader available for the iPad. You can easily transfer your PDF files to your iPad from your computer or directly from a website. Now you can transfer all your PDF files using the USB sharing feature! Transfer your email attachments from your email to PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad.

Some of the features available for the PDF Reader Pro Edition are:

• USB file Sharing.
• Download email attachments.
• Landscape mode(auto rotation).
• Search capabilities( you can easily find any word on your PDF file).
• Jump to a specific page.
• Bookmark a page.
• Open password protected PDF files.
• Email PDF files directly from the application (files up to 10MB)
• Wifi web sharing ( to easily transfer your PDF files)
• Document Manager(copy,cut, paste and delete).
• Upload/download PDF files directly from the Web.
• Remember last position when open a PDF file.
• Scan Option available to create multipage documents in PDF format.
• Full Web browser to download PDF files from the web.

2. Cultured Code Things

Things is a beautifully focused and amazingly intuitive task manager. Other todo applications either oversimplify or are too difficult to use. Things instead offers the perfect balance between ease of use and powerful features. Effortlessly manage to-dos, notes, due dates, and projects. A smart today list and the scheduling feature allow you to work as effectively as possible - every day. You can even sync wirelessly with the desktop version of Things (sold separately) using Wi-Fi.

3. deskPad Office

Little yellow 'sticky' notes have been the basis of great productivity for many years just like your iPhone has been. Now the two of them come together for even greater productivity! Now it works with a Bluetooth keyboard (Please be sure you are using version 2.15 before using a Bluetooth kbd) - making this the Ultimate app for typed notes! See as many and as much of each note as you need or want to.

Remember the days of the large desk blotter pads - and all the scribbling they would gather by the end of a month, you were ready for a clean page of the desk calendar. This application is an attempt to help out with the void left by missing desk pad calendars and sticky notes in today's world of technology. You now have the ability to scrawl notes on a virtual pad... and add sticki's to it as needed or preferred. Add tabs for different aspects of your life.

4. Office² HD

With Office² HD you can view, create and edit Word (DOC) and Excel (XLS) files on your iPad. It integrates with Google Docs, DropBox and MobileMe iDisk too, which means that you can now access your important documents at all times. Want to use it to transfer files between computers or read your favourite PDF files on the go? Office² HD can store any file, just like a USB stick and can view many different file formats.

WORD PROCESSOR FEATURES

• Word 97-2003 (.doc) compatibility.
• Character formatting including bold, italic, underline, font face, size, color and highlight.
• Paragraph formatting including indent, left, right, center and distributed justification style.
• Bullets and numbering.
• Support for tables, and images.
• Full text search capability.
• Copy and paste.
• Undo and redo.
• Auto-correction and auto-capitalization.

SPREADSHEET FEATURES

• Excel 97-2003 (.xls) compatibility with support for multiple worksheets.
• Multiple cell types, including Numeric, Date, Time, Currency, Percentage and Text
• Cell formatting options, including bold, italic, text and background color, cell sizes and alignments.
• Merged cells, text wrapping and freeze panes.
• Copy/cut/paste operations.
• A range of functions, including date/time, math, statistical, string and trigonometric functions.
• Import/Export to and from desktop computer over wifi network.
• Tight integration with Google Docs, enabling direct editing of Google Docs spreadsheets.
• Access spreadsheet files stored in a MobileMe iDisk account or any other WebDAV-based server.

5. HR At Your Fingertips

HR At Your Fingertips is must have for any small business owner or HR professional. This app contains a glossary of HR terms, Federal laws and how to create an employee handbook.

Managing human resources is a complicated and essential task for small business owners and corporate HR professionals. To help you address these issues, leading HR expert HRSentry has created HR At Your Fingertips. This mobile application contains a walkthrough on how to write an employee handbook, as well as providing an employment law definition database and common HR term glossary.

• Over 275 terms and definitions.
• Essential federal law definition, qualifying events, and exceptions.
• Complete guide to creating a compliant employee handbook
• Resources kept up to date by a dedicated team of HR Professionals

HR At Your Fingertips is separated into three sections:

• The HR Glossary: organizes 270 common human resource terms into an easy to navigate table containing their definitions.
• The HR Laws section: contains information on federal laws, including who is eligible, what the qualifying events are, as well as specifying what employers must comply.
• Writing a Handbook: The third section of "HR At Your Fingertips" is a guide on how to write an employee handbook. This section walks the user through a number of necessary topics that should be covered in the handbook as well as pointers on how to ensure you remain compliant.

6. Wondershare iDraft

Wondershare iDraft is a simple, easy to use notebook for the iPad. You can draw a picture, make a record for a conference, or just write down what you have in your mind with iDraft.

Features

• Select a cover image from your library to create a new note with an infinite number of pages. Name, edit or delete for each note
• Preview entire notebook by moving the scroll bar and quickly find the exact page
• Undo and redo on each page, along with a standard eraser tool
• Pick color for line and change line width
• Save single pages as a PNG format to your photo library
• Email single pages or entire notebooks to your colleagues or friends. PDF is supported for full notebooks

7. iRead PDF

iRead PDF is a powerful PDF reader that offers tabbed reading, full-library keyword search, and support for viewing PDF standard annotations on your documents! Now, in addition to reading, searching and sharing your PDFs, you can open them straight from your email and view any notes, highlights, underlines, or drawings that have been added with standard annotation tools like Adobe Acrobat or Preview.

Based on iAnnotate, the popular iPad annotation app, iRead PDF shares the same advanced interface, powerful sharing features, and organizational tools. You can transfer PDFs via email, iTunes sync or even by clicking any PDF web link in the integrated web browser. Reading and sharing your PDFs couldn't be easier!

Just like iAnnotate, the intuitive interface in iRead offers customizable toolbars and easy to access contextual menus. You can search your entire library by keywords, add bookmarks, view which documents are "new", "unread", recently viewed, or "annotated", and easily view several documents simultaneously with tabbed browsing.

Use iRead to carry your entire PDF library with you or access documents from mail and the web on the go. Anyone who works with PDFs will love it!

Features

• Full-featured PDF reader: Continuous-scrolling page display with all standard scroll/zoom gestures supported, and full screen reading mode.
• Easy transfer of PDFs: Send and receive PDFs via email, through iTunes sync, and by browsing to any PDF link.
• Tabbed PDF Reading: Quickly switch between multiple open documents. Tab setup and page locations are always remembered, whether switching tabs or quitting and returning to the app.
• Document and full-library search: Search your entire PDF library to instantly find all documents with any keyword. Tabs sort new, unread, and annotated documents.
• Fully Customizable Toolbars: Reposition and resize toolbars, and drag-and-drop to configure tools.
• Comprehensive PDF support: View existing PDF annotations, internal and URL links, and PDF outline/bookmarks support. View fully integrated, standard annotations, just like Preview or Adobe Reader.
• APS (Aji PDF Service): Free companion desktop application for easy sync with your existing desktop PDF collection. Recommended for large libraries of documents.
• Aji Support: integrated application help and tips, and top-notch email and forum support.

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8. Novatek Executive Dashboard

It allows the user to view Executive reports generated by Novatek. App provides read-only access to charts that are uploaded to a Novatek website and published to the web service. Built for Novatek by TDR Limited/Moki Networks.

9. Contacts Map

Contacts Map is a simple application that allows you to map out your contacts. You select a contact from your list and it will show you where they are in the world.

The application uses the iPhone SDK's MapKit to provide Google Maps functionality. Your iPad's Contacts are used to display the Contacts list. Google's own geocoding service is used to figure out where your contacts are on the map.

10. ISEview-HD

ISEview-HD is a portable monitoring tool for Xiotech Corporation's Emprise 5000 Intelligent Storage Element (ISE), allowing quick access to performance and status information from any iPad.

FEATURES

• Quick at-a-glance views reduce info clutter
• Support for up to 16 Storage Arrays
• Monitor your storage from anywhere
  
  • while at work (locally over WiFi)
  • while away on business via VPN (3G/WiFi)
  • Distance isn't an issue
• Real Time monitoring of
  
  • status (states of FRUs and ISE health)
  • Environmentals (temps, voltages, charge)
  • component info (Model, SN, capacity)
  • performance (ISE/MRC/Volume/Host/Disk)
• An easy to read analysis screen
• A Summary of recent log messages
• A new way of visualizing performance
• Rotation of iPad Supported
• A Xiotech Cortex API Browser
  
  • a tree view of ISE RESTful XML
  • view info down to the subcomponent level
  • provided to aid Cortex API developers

11. app4mac

app4mac is a software company building innovative, intuitive applications for the Mac computers. This application allows you to discover and purchase the software built by app4mac directly from your iPad. The user experience has been optimized for a touchscreen and the iPad capabilities.

SOLUTIONS

With this tab, you can browse our catalog of products even if you are not connected to the internet. You can see multiple screenshots of each application and a description of the main features. If you are a Mac consultant or an Apple reseller, it will be a great way to showcase cool Mac applications to your customers.

STORE

You can use this tab when you are ready to purchase a license of an application. You will need an active internet connexion. We recommend you to download from your Mac a trial version of an application before to purchase a license. A trial version allows you to test the main features and you can unlock it by entering your user license. The iPad version of the store is a simplified version of our main store.

CONTACTS

From this tab, you can send us an email or see our Twitter and FaceBook pages.

CHAT

From this tab, you can chat with a member of our team directly from your iPad. You will need an active internet connexion. If we are not online, you can leave a message.

GAME

We added a small and relaxing game to the application. It's easy to understand the goal by moving the iPad in different directions. Also, look closely at our logo. Have fun! Btw, there is nothing to win.

12. Pages

Pages is the most beautiful word processing app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love for the Mac, completely reworked from the ground up for iPad. Documents look stunning on the bright, vivid iPad display. And writing is a dream with the large onscreen keyboard. You can use Apple-designed templates and Multi-Touch gestures to lay out letters, flyers, brochures, reports, and more. With Pages for iPad, it’s never been easier to create great-looking documents, all with the touch of a finger.

Pages has everything you need to create and share documents, including beautiful Apple-designed templates, easy-to-use formatting options, and advanced layout tools. Start with the perfect template and its matching styles. Or personalize your document using your choice of colors, fonts, and textures. Pages makes it easy to format your document. Style text, insert tabs, and set indents and margins with the streamlined style ruler. Use the Media Browser to add photos and videos from your Photos app. And make them look great with masks, shadows, reflections, and picture frames. You can resize, rotate, and move images around the page, and dynamic word wrapping automatically flows your text around them.

Touch and tap to convert your document to multiple columns and insert tables to organize your data.When your document is complete, show your work right on your iPad using full-screen view. You can also send your document to anyone via Mail, share it with iWork.com public beta, or export it and use iTunes File Sharing to move the file to your computer.

• Choose from 16 Apple-designed templates including cards, flyers, letters, and reports.
• Create and edit your document in widescreen with the large onscreen keyboard, the optional iPad Keyboard Dock, or a wireless keyboard.
• Easily format your documents including columns and dynamic word wrapping that flows text around images. See a thumbnail preview of each page as you move through your document with the page navigator.
• Quickly add photos and videos from the Photos app with the Media Browser.
• Organize your data with intelligent charts and tables.
• Your documents are saved automatically every time you make a change.
• Use the Undo button to go back through your work — even the next time you open your document.
• View and edit existing documents by importing Pages ’09 or Microsoft Word files from Mail attachments or the web.
• Share your work by exporting it to Pages ’09, Microsoft Word, or PDF and sending it via Mail. Or publish to iWork.com public beta.
• Transfer documents between your Mac or PC and your iPad using File Sharing in iTunes.

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13. Keynote

Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love on the Mac, but completely reworked from the ground up for iPad. It makes creating a world-class presentation, complete with animated charts and transitions, as simple as touching and tapping.

Keynote has everything you need to create amazing presentations, including beautiful Apple-designed themes, custom graphic styles, and stunning animations and effects. Start quickly with a theme and add the slides you need with just a few taps, selecting any of eight slide masters. Use the predefined text styles or pick from a selection of text options to personalize your slides. Add photos and videos from the Photos app using the Media Browser. Make your photos look great with designs that match your theme or add masks, shadows, reflections, and picture frames all just by touching. Organize your data with beautiful tables and charts. Then bring your presentation to life with high-quality animations including Magic Move, Flip, and Spin.

When your presentation is ready, show it right on your iPad using the full screen. If you’re presenting to a large audience, connect your iPad to a projector using an optional adapter. You can also send your presentation to anyone via Mail, share it with iWork.com public beta, or export it and use iTunes File Sharing to move the file to your computer.

• Choose from 12 Apple-designed themes including Gradient, Showroom, and Portfolio.
• Arrange the objects on your slides by simply dragging them on the slide canvas.
• Create sophisticated animations by using Magic Move, which automatically animates objects across consecutive slides.
• Choose from over 20 professional-quality slide transitions including Anagram, Page Flip, Mosaic, and Twist.
• Quickly add your photos and videos from the Photos app with the Media Browser.
• Organize your data with beautiful tables and charts.
• Skim through your presentation, add new slides, and reorder slides with the slide navigator.
• Your documents are saved automatically every time you make a change.
• Use the Undo button to go back through your work — even the next time you open your document.
• Show your slides on a large screen by attaching your iPad to an external display or projector with the optional iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter.
• View and edit existing documents by importing Keynote ’09 or Microsoft PowerPoint files from Mail attachments or the web.
• Share your work by exporting it to Keynote ’09 or PDF and sending it to a colleague via Mail or iWork.com public beta.
• Transfer presentations between your Mac or PC and your iPad using File Sharing in iTunes.

14. Air Display

Ever wish you had an extra display for your computer? There's an app for that! With Air Display, you can use your iPad as a wireless display for your Mac OS X computer. Developed by Avatron Software, home of the popular Air Sharing apps, Air Display lets you position your iPad next to your computer, drag windows onto it, and interact with those windows as you would on any other computer display.

Air Display's performance is extremely responsive, employing a clever dynamic compression algorithm. On a typical Wi-Fi network, mouse cursor refreshes are indistinguishable from a wired mouse.

Air Display works in both landscape and portrait configurations. Just rotate your screen, and it automatically reconfigures.

Air Display makes a laptop much more useful. Adding the iPad's 1024x768 display nearly doubles the screen area of a MacBook Air or 13" MacBook.

Air Display not only gives you a wireless computer screen extender, but also works as a tablet input device. You can use your finger to draw directly on the screen's surface. Try it with a Mac calculator app, painting tool, or music control surface!

Some great uses for Air Display:

• Fill your iPad screen with your utility apps, like iChat, Mail, iCal, and Calculator.
• Amaze your friends by playing Flash animations on your iPad!
• Graphic design: Make Photoshop and Illustrator usable on your laptop by putting your tool palettes on the iPad screen.
• Music: Use your iPad as the ultimate control surface for Logic or Pro Tools.
• Programming: Use the extra display area for such auxiliary development tools as Console, Terminal, and the Debugger.
• Business: Move all of your iWork and Office palettes and inspector windows onto the iPad, and let your document fill the screen.
• Find your own uses.