A lot of people think the iPad is just for playing games, watching movies and listening to music. However this touch-screen device also has lots of uses in the office.

There are plenty of productivity apps made exclusively for the iPad. These applications include word processing applications, spreadsheet applications and presentation slide applications. This article will give you a summary of some of the most popular productivity apps for the iPad.

Here are some of the top iPad productivity apps:

Pages: Pages is a word processing application developed by Apple that allows you turn your iPad into a word processor. It features everything you need to create, edit and share documents. The documents you create in pages can be read in Microsoft Word, PDF or iWork.

It also includes templates to help you create custom-designed documents. There is also a wireless printing feature. This app is priced at $9.99.

Numbers: Numbers is another productivity application develop by Apple. This is a spreadsheet application for the iPad. There are more than 250 functions that allow you to create a variety of tables. Spreadsheets can also be read in Microsoft Excel, Numbers or through a CSV file.

There are also features that allow you to create charts and graphs. You can also export spreadsheets into a PDF format. This app is priced at $9.99.

Keynote: Keynote is a presentation application that was developed by Apple. This iPad application allows you to create custom slides for presentations via your iPad. Presentations created in Keynote are readable through Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote for Mac computers.

With this app you can also add photos and videos from your iPad to the presentations. You can also create tables and charts. This app is priced at $9.99.

Documents To Go: This iPad app allows you to view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents. In addition, you can view PDF documents. The word editing feature includes auto bullets/numbers as well as hyperlink support.

This app is great if you need to view a work document while your on the go. This app is priced at $9.99.

Documents Free: This iPad app allows you to open all major office suite documents such as Microsoft Word and Excel, Open Office and Numbers. This app is not as robust as some of the others. However, it is free.

With this application you can also synchronize files to your Google Documents account. It has been downloaded more than 1 million times.

PDF Reader Pro: With this app you can read PDF documents from your iPad. You can view documents in landscape mode with this app. You can also pinch zoom in on particular portions of the document.

This app is great for people on the go who may need to read PDF files from their iPad. This app is priced at 99 cents.

Summary: All of these apps are great for improving productivity. However, the iPad has its limitations. The iPad at the moment does not have a camera so there are no scanning capabilities. Also, the keyboard is sometimes difficult to type on.

In spite of these limitations, there is a lot of potential in tablet style computers such as the iPad.

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