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There's a popular myth that Apple's iPad and other tablets are simply media-consumption devices, unsuitable for productivity applications. That's just not so, and this week I tested a variety of office suites for the iPad for mini-reviews of their capabilities. In fact, I wrote and edited this entire column on an iPad using the most popular paid iPad app, the $10 Pages word processor by Apple. 有个流行的说法，苹果iPad和其他平板电脑只是媒体消费设备，而不适合用于办公。事实并非如此，本周我测试了诸多iPad上的办公组件，初步了解了它们的性能。实际上，这篇专栏文章我就是完全在iPad上撰写和编辑的，用的是苹果售价10美元（约合人民币62元）的文字处理应用Pages。 Not every productivity task is optimally done on tablet software, of course. Writing a plain text document like this one isn't the same as creating a large, nuanced spreadsheet. For complex documents, I still recommend using a PC or Mac. 当然，并不是每项工作任务都适合在平板应用软件上处理。撰写这样的纯文本文档不同于创建一个庞大繁细的表格。对于复杂的文档，我还是推荐使用PC和Mac。 And then there's the problem with typing on a tablet's virtual keyboard. If you're going to use your iPad for longer documents, I suggest using a Bluetooth keyboard. I used a physical keyboard to write this, though I usually am fine with the on-screen one. | 
