Hello David, I’m sure that an iPad is not a good replacement for a netbook, but a MacBook Air would definitely work for you. You can quickly switch between open documents in Pages using Cmd-Accent sign which on a British keyboard is to the left of z.
The smallest MacBook Air is the 11-inch model and it is very light to carry around. If you do get a MacBook Air, make sure to get 8 gb of RAM. Cheers, Anne On 24 Jan 2014, at 13:35, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > My XP Notebook has done sterling service for me over the years but is > getting on its last legs. > > The logical replacement would appear to be an iPad but I am not sure it will > be up to the job. > > For example last week I had to chair a meeting. > > I needed 5 documents open for rapid reference. > That is an agenda , minutes of last meeting, action sheet, staff handbook > and budget spreadsheet. > I am prepared to work around the clunky nature of Numbers by saving > spreadsheets as html as I will not be actually editing them. I do this even > on a windows platform sometimes . > > However using pages on my iPhone I cannot currently see any quick way of > having multiple Word documents open and switching between them for > reference. Obviously if I am chairing meetings it is unacceptable to have to > constantly load and reload documents and expect everybody to wait whilst I > re-find the place I need. > Does anybody know how this could be done or alternatively another solution? > > The question is would an iPad with VO be a serious replacement for a Netbook > with Office? > > Regards > > David Griffith > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>