Some data missing on iOS 5.0.1

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Some data missing on iOS 5.0.1

Hi, would anyone help me? I had problems on reading Presentations (.ppt) and PDFs. As an engineer and lecturer, it is impossible to use iPad (2) for educational purposes because I make presentations using Equation Editor and when read on iPad (2) Wi-Fi+3G model running iOS 5.0.1, some symbols (e.g. Greek Alphabets like pi) wouldn't show and instead become small boxes with question marks. Even when Presentations are converted to PDFs (perfectly), some symbols are still missing without showing boxes with question marks. I bet this is caused by Apple iOS which is not complete with Greek Letters and other symbols. This is disappointing as people like me will choose to buy other tablets. But is there a way to fix this? I hope Apple will add these data with iOS 5.1 update.

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Mar 5, 2012 4:30 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 5, 2012 5:09 AM in response to indojo24

iOS does have all the greek stuff, you can easily see that by change the keyboard to Greek and typing pi and every other greek letter. But some apps use non-standard fonts and encodings for math symbols which it cannot handle. There is no way to fix it on the iPad yourself. Tell Apple what you want here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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gyrhead

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Mar 5, 2012 5:26 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

I would have to say that this more of an individual app issue as opposed to an IOS issue.

Apps such as Wolfram Alpha, PocketCAS pro, and iMaths have no problem displaying pi and a whole other array of mathematical and greek symbols. You may wish to consider using something like PocketCAS instead of equation editor for your presentations. You could also embed screenshots into your ppts. All the Wolfram Math apps are excellent as well.

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CDS1

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Mar 5, 2012 7:18 PM in response to indojo24

This link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1518 will be helpful when creating your original presentation. Make sure the symbols are being created with Unicode. You also may want to check your iPad settings under General -> Keyboards -> International for a keyboard that can enter to correct characters if you are entering them from the iPad's keyboards. There are also some .99 apps that enable entering symbols and special characters directly on the iPad.

HTH

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