After Office for the iPad was announced by Microsoft, a large number of people downloaded it to install it on their computer. The experience they had was pleasant for many, although it was not at all pleasant for a few other people who wanted to Interact with a wireless keyboard in Word for iPad.
Without the intention of being critical but rather playful, in this article we will mention the pros and cons of working with Word for iPad, a situation that could extend to the other elements of the Microsoft office suite. We will carry out the analysis taking into account that a user could have this Apple tablet synchronized with a wireless keyboard through its Bluetooth.
First steps when working with Word for iPad
Well, if you still don't have this Word for the iPad, maybe it's time for you to start downloading it to have it on your computer. You should consider that in the Apple Store You will find each of its modules independently, That is, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote separately to be installed on the iPad, with the user being the one who will define whether they want all of them or one of them.
Later you should also consider that if you do not have an Office 365 subscription, You can view each of these modules only, it is not possible to edit or modify any of the respective documents that you have imported.
If you have already installed Word for the iPad (just as a small example of our task to analyze), you must link your keyboard to the device as follows:
- Go to the iOS desktop.
- Of all the icons choose the one that says Settings.
- Locate the Bluetooth at the top left and turn it on.
- Place the wireless keyboard switch in the ON position.
Now, depending on the accessory you have, the procedure may vary somewhat from what we will mention below. At the top of the iPad's Bluetooth, your wireless keyboard will already have been identified, and you must select it with your finger so that the pairing is completed Although, you should also press a small button that is generally located on the keyboard for the synchronization to become effective.
Once we have carried out this procedure, the iPad will inform us that the pairing with the wireless keyboard is complete.
Working with the wireless keyboard in Word for iPad
In this 2nd part of the analysis we have decided to analyze only Word for the iPad and the way of working with this office application linked mainly to a wireless keyboard. In document editing mode you can traditionally use the keyboard shortcut CMD + Z to undo an action, CMD + C to copy a fragment of the text and CMD + V to paste it in the position you want.
When you want to select a specific fragment of text, you can place the cursor at the beginning of the word and then, pPress the Shift key next to the direction key (left or right according to each need); If we have selected a single word, we will be able to notice that a few suggestions to use appear at the top.
There we could find a small inconvenience, since the selection of the suggested words has to be done on the touch screen with our finger and not with the wireless keyboard.
Because we have a new version of Word for the iPad, those functions that we admire on other platforms could also be found on that mobile device. Unfortunately not everything is pleasant, since if we need rzoom in or out of a specific area of content, We will have to continue using our fingers as a pinch to be able to do this task; Unfortunately, Microsoft has not provided a keyboard shortcut for us to carry out this activity with our proposed accessory.
We have only mentioned a few features that you could find when working with Word for the iPad, and there may be a few more that you will surely discover once you work more permanently with the Microsoft office suite.