I have transferred the blog to a new web site hosted by GoDaddy. it offers complete freedom to design web pages, which explains the plain appearance compared to the attractive SharePoint design.

This topic looks at ​​word-processing apps. The first recommendation is a free app called CloudOn. You must connect to a cloud storage site, even though the documents are also stored on the tablet. I tried to use my OneDrive sites. CloudOn could not connect to either one. It was easy to delete the CloudOn account at the end of the session.

The second recommendation, Quickoffice, is not free. There are several versions, costing from $3 to $10. I do not want to pay to try an app.

Why bother with these apps when Pages is free on the iPad? Pages can also export in Word, pdf and ePub formats.

The introduction recommends three note-pad style apps, Springpad, Bamboo Paper and Remember the Milk. Springpad is not available in the iTunes store as of 7/30/2014. Remember the Milk requires the user to create an account and a password. I have not tried the voice-interactive Dragon Dictation, due to an aversion to talking to computers. Strangely, I have no problem talking to traffic lights, leaking faucets or walls that jump out and strike me in the head. The apps are no help with these issues. Bamboo Paper may be a valuable alternative to the Notes app that comes with iPads. One limitation is that it works only in portrait orientation. The advantage over Notes is the ability to write notes or draw with your finger. If you find the keyboard difficult to use and want to express yourself more artistically, you might prefer Bamboo Paper.

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Two topics in this segment caught my attention. The suggestion to try a bar code scanner app connected two ideas that we have been exploring at the library. 1) We want to use the iPad at the service desk to process credit-card payments. It is slow because the patron must type in the account number. Scanning the bar code would make the login faster. 2) When the computer network fails, we record information on paper forms and enter the data by hand when the network is restored. It would be faster and more accurate to use the iPad to read and store this information, then upload it to our regular check-in system. A bar-code scanner would be a critical component of this procedure.

​I am getting a late start on this program. The registration has closed, but the curriculum is still available. Thing 1 is to create a blog. I am using the blog that is built in to SharePoint. The layout may change as I learn how to organize web pages.