Quickstart Guide for Creating and Using Spreadsheets with Numbers on the iPad/iPhone

I'm not an accountant so spreadsheets aren't my life, but like most people in the office environment I have used Excel before. So creating a spreadsheet on the iPad should be a snap, just buy Apple's spreadsheet app, Numbers, and your set -- right? Yes and, uh, no. Using Numbers is pretty easy, but it is not a traditional spreadsheet. Here are some tips to help you get the job done.

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Order Photo Prints for Pickup or Mail Delivery from the iPad

Updated on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 9:20PM by James Chi

This site has a fair amount of information on printing photos from your iPad, but the most cost effective way is still sending them out to a photo lad. At less than 10 cents a print it can be an eighth the cost of printing them yourself. The only tricky part is sending the photos and actually putting in the order. You can save the most money by having the prints mailed to you, but if time is an issue you can pick them up at a local retailer (Walgreens, Walmart, etc). As always the article gives you various options and instructions...

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Add YouTube Videos to a Presentation in Keynote for the iPad/iPhone

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Everyone knows that YouTube is a great source of videos on the internet, but it was also one of the first video sharing sites to support the iPad. With its variety of video support, uploading to YouTube takes you pretty far to getting it on your iPad. So if you need a video of kitten playing the piano in your presentation, here is how you get it on the iPad. From there you can edit it, and import it into a presentation on Keynote for the iPad.

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Create Transparent Graphics Using Paper by FiftyThree on the iPad

Paper by FiftyThree is a popular drawing app that has been gaining allot of attention lately. Well deserved attention, and it's latest update has really expanded it's utility. Now, not only can you save your drawing to the cameral roll, you do so without the background. This one option opens a whole range of creative opportunities. Let explore some...

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Auto Trace (or Live Trace) Bitmap Images into Vector Graphics on the iPad

When you are working as a graphic designer, often customers will come to you with low resolution art (often from the web) and expect you to be able to use them in their projects. While a challenge there are several techniques that will allow you to do that without sacrificing the quality of the project. One solution is convert bitmap images into vector graphics. Just load the image in the background and recreate it with a vector graphics application. Simple but possibly time consuming. Professional illustration programs, like Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand, have features where the program will automatically recreate the image for you (Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator). While apps on iOS often aren't as fully featured as there their desktop equivalents, you can often combine different apps to achieve the results you need. There are several vector illustration apps for the iPad that should meet anyone's needs. Combine this with the VectorPro app ($9.99) from Ramen Shoppe to provide the automatic tracing function, and you can get pretty good results from bitmap images.

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Install and Use Typefaces (Fonts) on Your iPad

Like a good library of clipart, a large collection of fonts is an important tool in any designer's tool chest. Unfortunately Apple doesn't allow you to install them on the iPad. But don't let that stop you from getting the job done. Here is how to setup your existing type library so you can use them when creating material from the iPad. No jailbreak necessary.

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Use an Existing Clip Art Library with the iPad

A good library of clip art, is one of the first tools a graphic designer picks up. Useful in presentations or the start point for more customized designs, the use of existing clip art is valuable on the iPad. Here is how to get your art ready for the iPad.

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