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I pad issue word
#63861 05/04/23 05:39 PM
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Anyone read a long Word document on your ipad? Notice no booksmarks, and the word doc, does not resume where left off when go back to read later? And don't see pages numbers?

How one read an 80 pages Word doc on an ipad over a couple weeks comfortably?

Re: I pad issue word
kevs #63862 05/05/23 01:43 AM
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Try exporting the 80 page document or printing it as a PDF, then import it into a app that supports bookmarks like Books that comes with iPadOS.


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joemikeb #63863 05/05/23 05:03 PM
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Joe great idea, thats it thanks.

Remember how to bookmark in PDFs? At least seems to leave off where you were, and page numbers... Boy Word is just worthless reading long things on an ipad.

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kevs #63864 05/05/23 09:21 PM
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Word was designed, built, and optimized for creating and formatting PRINT documents, not as a document reader, and is unsuited for reading large documents on any platform be it a Mac, Windows, iPad, Unix, iPhone, etc. The same can be said of any word processor, desktop publisher, or editor.


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joemikeb #63865 05/06/23 01:58 AM
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Thanks Joe, good info/ point.


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