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I'm loving my phone. Even with the "heavier" motoblur, it's still faster than my barebones Nexus One.
I wish Moto would start kicking out some webtop apps. Anybody found some good browser plug-ins?
Root your phone, start installing some .deb packages? You can always do that.
The majority of Firefox add-ons will work just fine as-is. I've got ABP and a few others installed. The plugins are another issue though. I've tried getting Oracle's embedded JRE 1.6.0_21 for armv7 to work on the webtop but for whatever reason, it won't load. I need to find gdb for arm to debug this.
Webtop app selection not very impressive
I agree; I would love to see more webtop applications.
I was impressed to see that there is an Adobe Acrobat viewer in the webtop mode, but I was disappointed to see that Microsoft Office files (word, excel, powerpoint) load in the QuickOffice App on the Mobile Viewer and not in a webtop app.
I thought the idea for this device was that it's a laptop in your pocket. How can Motorola say that this is a laptop replacement when you can't use a decent viewer/editor to edit and present Office documents?
I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that there will be some real webtop apps that will use the higher resolution available to make this device a decent contender for some serious computing.
When I first heard of the concept I was hoping there would be Chrome instead of firefox and that you could be able to use the chrome webapp store.
Mark Sly said:
I agree; I would love to see more webtop applications.
I was impressed to see that there is an Adobe Acrobat viewer in the webtop mode, but I was disappointed to see that Microsoft Office files (word, excel, powerpoint) load in the QuickOffice App on the Mobile Viewer and not in a webtop app.
I thought the idea for this device was that it's a laptop in your pocket. How can Motorola say that this is a laptop replacement when you can't use a decent viewer/editor to edit and present Office documents?
I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that there will be some real webtop apps that will use the higher resolution available to make this device a decent contender for some serious computing.
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It's worth noting that Motorola announced all of their future devices released after June will support webtop. That's huge in terms of ongoing support for the platform.
I thought the apps would open in the webtop apps for office too. Kinda cheesy. Maybe they'll change that...
There's hardly enough room on the webtop partition to install much of anything like OpenOffice, so using the QuickOffice on the android portion seems logical. One could easily use Google Docs though via browser to read/edit any Office type documents.
I use Google docs but someone I know refuses to depend on the "Google Man". Flash block plug-in is a good one too. I just see a market for Motorola with small cheap apps...
Anything better than the stock Polaris Office?
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Anything better than the stock Polaris Office?
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I day say that quick office pro HD is the best, due to it being HC/ICS oriented.
Go to the TF101 apps forum and you will find a detailed comparison of all the major suites; Polaris is fine enough for when I need to view a doc/sheet.
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Another vote for Quickoffice Pro HD. It's tablet friendly, easy to create new stuff as well as edit what you have and it can sync with a bunch of your cloud accounts like dropbox, box, evernote and g docs.
I like Documents to Go. Works fine on my Prime.
I prefer Quick Office HD, but Documents To Go is fine too.
If I go to the market, I get the message that Quick Office HD is incompatible with my Transformer Prime. Is it because I'm in the UK..? Weird.
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If I go to the market, I get the message that Quick Office HD is incompatible with my Transformer Prime. Is it because I'm in the UK..? Weird.
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Add Canada to that list. I can't see it in the market either.
I think they might have pulled it because I'm in the US and I can't find it either
Another vote for Quickoffice though ThinkFree isn't too bad either. I hate Polaris.
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Hi, I installed Picsel SmartOffice+, and it works very great, with awesome edit possibilitys. works a bit like MS Office. In the market about 7 euro, at Jetgar for free!
I normally use Office Suite Pro. It's got all the features I need and it's for honeycomb, it's not free ($10) but I got it as the free app on Amazon one day.
The spreadsheet in polaris office seems to be alpha quality to me. Date formats don't match up.
I've found nothing which allows me to enter 11/3/10 for March 11 2010, so I'm now back to using openoffice over vnc. Seems quite tragic for android.
I read somewhere that Libreoffice suite should have Android (and iOS) port this year, would be great...
After playing with Documents 2 Go and OfficeSuite 5, I prefer Officesuite which has formatting options as a bar rather than hidden in the menu key like in Documents 2 Go. Don't have QuickOffice so haven't had a chance to compare with that.
Further to the earlier poster, I include the link to the thread on this topic from the original transfomer thread. It's phenomenally helpful!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085173
Very promising app:
Kingsoft Office : free totally, compatible with Microsoft Office read/write.
Great suggestions, guys. I'm also interested in what Onlive is doing with Microsoft Office. So far, though, they only have an app for iOS.
http://desktop.onlive.com/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/13/onlive-desktop-hits-the-itunes-app-store/
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I normally use Office Suite Pro. It's got all the features I need and it's for honeycomb, it's not free ($10) but I got it as the free app on Amazon one day.
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I too got it for free from Amazon free app of the day, and it works really well. Even at $9.99 it's worth it if you are going to use it regularly.
With new apps coming out all the time and new feature updates, want to see what everyone thinks is currently the best office suite app available for Android.
**If there is a paid & free version of these than assume it is the paid/full version.
Feel free to comment as well.
I feel I need to qualify my vote. I voted documents to go, because it is the best for tablets, though I much prefer quickoffice pro on my phone.
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I believe that Polaris office is the best I just wish that I could have more control with this app like.being able.to save in different formats and even create new docs
I like quickoffice pro HD due to its cloud integration and ability to create new documents. also it's look and feel is closer to the original MS Office.
DigitalMD said:
I like quickoffice pro HD due to its cloud integration and ability to create new documents. also it's look and feel is closer to the original MS Office.
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I got quickoffice pro hd for free from an amazon giveaway, but I really don't find it useful. None of the doc or docx formatting translates correctly between desktop word and the android v. A 1 page paper will become 1.5, margins will shift, and spacing will change.
Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I tried posting this under the Asus transformer section, but due to me having less that enough posts it said I must post in general.
So I tried looking on the forum for exactly what I wanted and could not find it. I want an app that will let me edit any office or PDF file and let me to do it with a stylus writing freehand. I don't want to merely edit and just write in text, or highlight I want to be able to use my stylus and actually circle a word in power point, or be able to write notes freehand with the stylus on the side of the PPT. I do notice that Adobe let's me kind of do it with it's reader, but it just feels really laggy for me. If there is an APP available for me to try I don't mind if I even have to purchase it due to it being used for school.
Please give me your input! and thank you for letting me be apart of your community!
Polaris Office which is included free with your Transformer Prime let's you create and edit Word, Excel and Power Point files. I don't know about scribble-annotating them since I don't believe that the Microsoft Office Suite knows how to display that kind of notation. Also for any meaningful editing you will need the onscreen keyboard or keyboard dock.
As for editing PDF files, I don't know of any apps off the top of my head that will do what you ask. You might try searching the Play Store.
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Polaris Office which is included free with your Transformer Prime let's you create and edit Word, Excel and Power Point files. I don't know about scribble-annotating them since I don't believe that the Microsoft Office Suite knows how to display that kind of notation. Also for any meaningful editing you will need the onscreen keyboard or keyboard dock.
As for editing PDF files, I don't know of any apps off the top of my head that will do what you ask. You might try searching the Play Store.
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Yeah I tried Polaris office...and I really want to do free hand scribble editing. PDF editing I am actually ok with Adobe as it lets me do what I want, but I really need something else for my office programs, because I am going to use this for school in lecture. I do have the keyboard as well, but I want to be as light as possible with just the tablet and stylus in hand.
I use ezPDF Reader Pro for PDF annotations for notes from my professors at school. I think it was $2.99 in the play store. It works great.
I havent found a good office app. Polaris Office, though it came on the prime free, is buggy and is limited on formatting. It works great for basic docs. You can only save in .doc format and docs i have created sometimes look way different when opened on a computer. But it does work.
I am still looking for the best app for an Office suite on android. Although SoftMaker Office mobile is coming along great. It is in beta still.
Find it at the following:
www.softmaker.net/down/TestMaker.apk for word
www.softmaker.net/down/PlanMaker.apk for excel
www.softmaker.net/down/Presentations.apk for powerpoint
Have you tried using the dedicated writing programs for use with the stylus already (just to see if you can even tolerate writing with the Prime)? Even with the apps to improve the TFP's response to stylus input they're still not something that's even remotely efficient to take notes with. If you just want to draw arrows or circle things or make quick (but relatively large) drawings, it's okay.
I generally annotated my pdfs using Repligo reader. I could do light annotations with the stylus and enter comments in stickies. You could easily convert powerpoints into pdfs and comment on them that way.
As far as I know there isn't any Office app that supports inking yet, which isn't that odd since most suites can't even do basic tasks like display charts properly in Excel and Powerpoint.
IMHO, Android is still pretty abysmal when it comes to doing this sort of thing.
The official adobe reader app lets you scribble annotate straight out of the box. I use it regularly
Office Pro 6
I don't know if it will solve your issues, but Office Pro 6 is on sale at the Amazon App store for $.99. It's normally $15.
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Systems-Inc-OfficeSuite-Professional/dp/B0051UP5NQ/ref=mas_6pack_productivity_Suite_link?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=054VF38RVZ32RE41XXGQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1371696742&pf_rd_i=2350149011
I think it's better than Polaris, especially on spreadsheets.
BTW first off let me thank all of you for your responses! I did know about adobe having its native edit and I had stated above I was fine with that . Although on the other hand, the power point is the BIGGEST one I have an issue with. Although punitenshu I like your idea the most which is just to convert it over to PDF...I just didn't want to do that every time I received a new lecture.....Thank you everyone you have been such a big help!
Repligo Reader hands down. If you really fussy about accuracy, use it in conjunction with touchscreen tuner.
Does anyone of you use your Transformer Pad for writing documents? I would do so if I would find a good office app. But unfortionally I can't find one. When I'm at home I use CloudOn, because it's nearly the same as Microsoft Office and does not mess up my documents. The problem is that I want to use my Transformer for writing when I'm in school. But I don't have a wifi connection there. Therefore I search for the ultimate Office App which works without internet and does not mess up my Office 2010 documents. Any recommendations?
Hi, have you tried Polaris Office? It does word, excel & powerpoint
here is a thread with download link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2099584
Cloud on? Is it for Linux?
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I tried it out but it does not seem to install. Can't flash the. zip. Maybe there is a problem with the other version which comes provided with CleanRom 3.1? Is there also version 4.0 out there for our Pad?
Edit: OK, same problem as with any other app i`ve tried. Polaris does not seem to stick to my custom font layout. I like to keep my text very compact which seems to be the problem. If I open up my documents with Polaris they are larger (one or more pages longer). So I need an office alternative which is as close to Microsoft Office as possible.
Cloud On is a cloud based office solution but does only work with cloud services (eg. Drop box,Google drive, box, etc.) I highly recommend it when you need to work at home
Is there an alternative to Polaris?
Ok tried to install lastest Polaris Office v4.0.3212.13, would not install. then tried v4.0.3210.07, it installed but kepts force closing.
I running Energy Rom by NRGZ28.
The only alternative I have tried is Kingsoft Office from the play store, seems pretty good and is free.
Kingsoft Office doesn't do the job for me either :/ No advanced settings for fonts or any other fonts. I also tried OfficeSuite Pro. But same result here. All of the apps are not capable to align my text correctly. I think I'll need to wait for the official Microsoft Office or the new Polaris.
Btw. I found my problem. It seems like all the apps don't support the settings of Office 2010 which I have currently in use. However, if I save my files in the older format (Word 97 - 2003) all apps seem to work just fine. But I go with Polaris for now Thanks again ;D:fingers-crossed:
EDIT: I was WRONG! All of them screw up... I just didn't notice that when I either save it in the new or the old format my text is simply wrong. My testdocument is 6 Pages long. But all of the apps align it to 7.
Any ideas on how to fix that? Maybe the different resolutions of my desktop and the tablet are the problem...
Mabye Microsoft Office on your tab
Hi, just thought of a way to maybe get MS Office running on android tab.
There are Linux Installer apps on the play store which allow you to install linux distro's on android, you could then install MS Office on linux using something like 'playonlinux' or 'wine'. Not sure if this would work but will give it a go over the weekend and let you know. If anyone has already tried this can you tell how it went.
pjc21 said:
Hi, just thought of a way to maybe get MS Office running on android tab.
There are Linux Installer apps on the play store which allow you to install linux distro's on android, you could then install MS Office on linux using something like 'playonlinux' or 'wine'. Not sure if this would work but will give it a go over the weekend and let you know. If anyone has already tried this can you tell how it went.
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Wine on Arm Linux will not run programs compiled for Intel x86: http://wiki.winehq.org/ARM
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Wine on Arm Linux will not run programs compiled for Intel x86
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Ok thanks, I'll skip giving that a go then. Will just have to wait for Office 15 for arm to come out, should be sometime this year.
AW: The ultimate Office App
The best office suite for Android is made by Softmaker. The word processor is called Ofice2012:textmaker and is a port from the Softmaker office for Windows and Linux. There is also an app for spreadsheets and a presentation app. In comparison to polarised office you get a well designed office suite with good import filters for MS docx or xlsx files.
For a comparison between different android office apps go to Softmaker website. We (can't paste URL)
It was well reviewed by the German Computer magazine C't.
However, I this quality comes with a price tag. You pay around €28 for the whole package. Money well invested
Cheers
Alex
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johndoe1972 said:
The best office suite for Android is made by Softmaker.
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Thanks, just downloaded the free trail.
AW: The ultimate Office App
johndoe1972 said:
The best office suite for Android is made by Softmaker. The word processor is called Ofice2012:textmaker and is a port from the Softmaker office for Windows and Linux. There is also an app for spreadsheets and a presentation app. In comparison to polarised office you get a well designed office suite with good import filters for MS docx or xlsx files.
For a comparison between different android office apps go to Softmaker website. We (can't paste URL)
It was well reviewed by the German Computer magazine C't.
However, I this quality comes with a price tag. You pay around €28 for the whole package. Money well invested
Cheers
Alex
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda premium
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Thanks! This is just the app I needed! Transfers all my word documents perfectly. This is really the ultimate Office App for me