Firstly, if you rely on the iPad touch screen without keyboard dock.

The touch screen takes a bit of getting used to. It is importantly different size to the standard keyboard layout. Not much, but enough to throw you off your usual fast speed typing. It’s OK for short docs or emails, but, you will get frustrated for longer ones, especially if you can type at a quick pace without looking at keys.

Using Keyboard Dock with Ipad

Using the keyboard dock with iPad gives you a normal size keyboard and the ipad is situated in a good position above the keyboard. It’s pretty good for typing and not much different to an ordinary laptop.

However, the keyboard dock is disappointingly heavy and not particularly easy to transport. You can get a bag for an Ipad, but the keyboard dock doesn’t travel comfortably. The main advantage of the iPad is the fact it is light and easy to transport, if you are going to have to carry a keyboard dock, it is just as easy to take a small laptop.

Word processors for Ipad

The iPad is not great at sharing documents. THere is no file system, so you are at the mercy of applications. I tried a cheap text editor at just under £1.  I liked its simplicity, but saving documents was a nightmare. I managed to loose the first document trying to paste it into a wordpress blog. There is no autosave or anything like that that you need.

alternatives include – Documents to Go and iWorks

• Apps for iPad

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Internet Addiction Problems

• Internet addiction can lead to various problems such as:
• Lost time / missed study
• Fear of making real social contact
• Irregular sleeping patterns – disrupted health
• Lack of exercise leading to obesity.
• Inability to focus on other things.

When challenged, many internet addicts admit that they spend too long on computer and wish they could have a more balanced life. Heavy internet use doesn’t give any lasting feeling of satifaction and users can often develop low self-esteem and become reclusive from normal social activities.

Cures for Internet Addiction

Take away the computer. Lack a heroin addict who can no longer take heroin, this measure will encounter resistance. But, living without a computer is best way for users to realise life can exist without a computer screen. SPending time without computer will force people to find alternatives.

Physical Exercise

Dump your kid on a mountain top and let them walk home. The adventure will do them good.

Encourage Self-Esteem

Losing yourself in a computer world can be a way to avoid real life issues. Boosting kids self-esteem may encourage them to go back into the real world. Don’t tackle the problem by saying they are a real loser for spending all the time on the internet.

Support any Other Activity.

Maybe your child used to be very good at some kind of sport or music. Keep talking about this as a way to motivate them to go back to old habits and old activities.

Email Templates can help:

• Answering similar questions.
• Save Time
• Create a professional, carefully thought out answer, which you can use again and again with minor personal touches.

Examples of Email Templates

Dear ,

Thanks for your recent enquiry regarding copyright issues.

Our copyright policy is explained on this page http://www.netwriting.co.uk/copyright

Basically, this means the content on the site can be reproduced, if you give credit to the original source. If it is republished online, it must include a link to this site.

Hopefully, this answers your question.

Kind Regards,

Tejvan Pettinger

http://www.netwriting.co.uk/

Following on from the very popular Uxbridge English dictionary, the new version offers a range of new words and an interesting take on their meaning.

Cursory; A place where children learn to swear

Mumps; Heaps of unwanted mothers

Halitosis; Bad breath brought on by a comet

Baccanalian; To bet on a martian

Chiropractise; To get ready for a trip to Egypt

Senile; What to do whilst in Egypt

Canape; Scottish inability to settle bills

Canneloni; Scottish refusal of your request for an Overdraft

Acne; A dyslexics walking stick

Warming; A Geordies chinese vase

Binmen; Post-op Transexuals

Groin; The ‘GO’ light in Birmingham

Thesauras; A disorder following consumption of curry

Amish; Similar to an Arm

Caesarian Section; Part of a salad

Navigate; Scandal involving road menders

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The Real Meaning of words – examples from original book

We use them subconsciously without realising:

• How frequently we use them
• How they add nothing to the conversation
• And how they can irritate people.
• How they can sound condescending

A common example is adding ‘you know’ to the start of sentences. ‘You know, people speak too much.’

Examples of Unnecessary Words

• Actually,
• I mean
• Well,

All these words can also convey a kind of condescension.

I am making a big effort to remove these unnecessary words. Speak less, say more. Silence is good.