Quickoffice Version 7.1 Released
Mobility Electronics has just released version 7.1 of iGo Quickoffice. In addition to program updates and increased stability, Quickoffice continues to be the first and only Palm OS application that supports native Microsoft office file formats.
The entire Quickoffice product line now supports inline images and tables in Microsoft Word files synchronized to Quickword word processor on the handheld. Quickword also includes an enhanced spell-check module and dictionary for faster processing of suggested words from a more comprehensive word list. The new user interface for Quicksheet(R) spreadsheet is now common across all the Quickoffice suites.
Additionally, Quickoffice Premier 7.1 now includes two new applications, including: Quickpics, a desktop PC utility that allows users to drag and drop JPEG, GIF, BMP, and other image files to create Quickalbums for viewing within Quickpoint on all Palm Powered(TM) devices. Quickpics even allows the wireless display of personal photo albums on a remote monitor when used in conjunction with iGo Pitch, sold separately; and PrintBoy for IR, Bluetooth and netowork printing.
Quickoffice Premier, remains the only Palm OS solution supporting native Microsoft Office formatted files saved on expansion storage cards, received via infrared beaming or Bluetooth file transfers, and as e-mail attachments. Among the e-mail solutions currently available supporting Quickoffice Premier for attachment access are SnapperMail, Visto Mobile Access Solution, Corsoft Aileron, and Palm VersaMail.
The benefits of native file support include the ability to seamlessly exchange files between Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds and Macintosh or Windows PCs, whether wirelessly or transferred via removable expansion storage media; open Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments received via e-mail on Palm Powered smartphones; and create or edit e-mail attachments in Quickword and Quicksheet and send or forward with confidence that any recipient will be able to open them regardless of their computing platform.
QuickOffice Version 7.1 of each product is now available. iGo Quickoffice retails for $29.95, iGo Quickoffice Pro retails for $39.95, and iGo Quickoffice Premier retails for $49.95. Updates to the Quickoffice family are free within one year of original purchase, and reduced price upgrades are also available at the company's website. The entire Quickoffice family supports any device using Palm OS 3.5 and above, including Palm OS 5 handhelds.
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RE: wow
Thanks, robrecht
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-Bosco
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Please don't say the upcoming T3. Palm finally makes a screen with VG, then they cover up the bottom third with a slider.
Scott
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Guess you've had a rough time with your T. I think a non sliding, non flipping, and non twisting Palm would be cool too. However, it will be longer than the T3 unless they micro-buttons or shrink the screen size. I think the T3 is a good trade off for me personally, as I get the smaller size, relatively large screen, and big usable buttons, and a speaker on the correct side of the handheld.
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besides editing with quickword is kinda buggy ..
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Changes
1. The new spell check engine,dictionary and thesaurus are faster but add about 400-500k. That's a pretty big hit because you have to have them in RAM.
2. No landscape view.
3. Printboy has limited support/drivers for different printers and is quite large. It also installs a bunch of files that are a pain to remove if you choose to remove the program.
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Bugs & Issues.
1. Opening a document from memory card creates a duplicate in RAM that must be manually deleted.
2. Scrolling on my NX70V while viewing documents causes lines of text to become illegible (similar to scroll bug in IE).
3. Can't install documents directly onto memory card/stick from desktop.
4. Duplicate QuickWord menu bar in Word normal.dot.
5. Trying to save an album in QuickPics causes a runtime error and kills the app.
I'm going to email iGo/CESInc about these issues and see what type of support & response I get. This may finally push me over the edge and convert me to WordSmith.
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I use Quicksheet a lot (6.2), and really like the way the UI is now (with the exception of cell formatting, which I wish could be "additive" -- e.g., change the font on several cells, while leaving the background color for each the same.)
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Jeff Meyer
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In response to the parent: I'm working on several of those issues at the moment. The NX70 issue has been reported this morning several times.. and I'm doing my best to track it down.
Most of these are bona-fide bugs that you are reporting.. I'm working to get them fixed just as fast as possible.
A couple of comments:
A) Landscape support is definitely something I would VERY much like to support and as we've recently added it in anticipation of the new T|3, I hope that we will offer support on Sony devices in the near future. I do have to agree that Landscape mode is extremely useful (I honestly didn't realize how useful it was until quite recently)...
B) The issue with installing documents to the card is a complicated problem. For most users (like 95%) it resolves itself once they've actually RUN the applications and hotsynced a couple of times. Do note that installing documents on the card directly does require Quickoffice Premier.
C) To get rid of the double Quickword menu, delete your normal.dot and let Word regenerate it. I seriously have come to hate the Word toolbar cache:)
Quicksheet UI:
I think you'll REALLY like it. The Quicksheet UI now sports a much improved visual appearance (especially on color devices). More importantly it exposes all sorts of formatting functionality on the toolbar. This makes it easy to do exactly as you asked, you can independently modify bold, underline, fore/back colors, and alignment from the toolbar on a range of cells. You'll also find a new function picker that is hugely improved, as we now group our functions into categories and even provide descriptions of what every function in the list actually does. Navigation has also been improved, as we now support touch screen cell by cell AND page by page scrolling. Finally, we support zooming in Quicksheet now. This allows you to really navigate around incredibly quickly, as you can zoom out to get a wide view of the sheet, find the desired area and zoom in to actually read it.
I encourage you to give it a test drive, I think you'll really like it.
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Landscape mode
Support Issues
We are attempting to pick through the generated e-mails right now and will continue to answer support requests as fast we can. There is a possibility, however, that legitimate support requests will be lost as we weed out these other e-mails.
If you haven't heard from us in a day or two, please resubmit your request, hopefully this barrage of e-mails will be over soon.
Thanks:)
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but one feature I'm still missing => the ability export edited files to RTF format or just a plain TXT format for quickword or csv format for quicksheet..
that would be killer office suite