Do You View/Edit Documents On The Go?

So Google Docs is never going to have a native S60 app huh?

So Google Docs is never going to have a native S60 app huh?

i’ve owned an E71 since the day it was released. I’ve also stayed on top of upgrading Quickoffice every time they bump versions. To be honest, i’ve NEVER edited a document on my phone. I do tend to view quite a few PDF, DOC, and XLS attachments (never once opened a PPT file). As I’ve started looking at picking up an N97 (once they iron out some of the firmware issues), I’ll probably still pay for the full version of Quickoffice . . . just in case the day comes that I do need to edit a document or two on the go.

i’ve owned an E71 since the day it was released. I’ve also stayed on top of upgrading Quickoffice every time they bump versions. To be honest, i’ve NEVER edited a document on my phone. I do tend to view quite a few PDF, DOC, and XLS attachments (never once opened a PPT file). As I’ve started looking at picking up an N97 (once they iron out some of the firmware issues), I’ll probably still pay for the full version of Quickoffice . . . just in case the day comes that I do need to edit a document or two on the go.

Editing office docs is one of the reasons I paid for a Documents-To-Go license way back when I was using a Sony Clie running Palm. With my E71, I have the flexibility of working away from office as I can easily download the Office 2007 docs/spreadsheet attachments, review them, make edits and send them back. I don’t have to power on my laptop.

Editing office docs is one of the reasons I paid for a Documents-To-Go license way back when I was using a Sony Clie running Palm. With my E71, I have the flexibility of working away from office as I can easily download the Office 2007 docs/spreadsheet attachments, review them, make edits and send them back. I don’t have to power on my laptop.

I’m a construction contractor and use QuickOffice all the time. Often, an architect will email me changes to a project in pdf format, and I will be able to zoom in and view the document for review. I can then forward this onto my printing company for them to produce full size prints for me.

I also keep blanks proposals, invoices and letterhead documents as Word files stored to my macroSD card.

Unfortunately, construction still hasn’t moved away from the fax machine, so sometimes I need to email something to the office, have them sign it and then have fax it. I really wish I could skip the fax machine to make things move a little faster. But for legal reasons, a signed and faxed document is binding whereas an email is not.

Being able to print from my E71 to my Canon usb printer would be nice too….

I’m a construction contractor and use QuickOffice all the time. Often, an architect will email me changes to a project in pdf format, and I will be able to zoom in and view the document for review. I can then forward this onto my printing company for them to produce full size prints for me.

I also keep blanks proposals, invoices and letterhead documents as Word files stored to my macroSD card.

Unfortunately, construction still hasn’t moved away from the fax machine, so sometimes I need to email something to the office, have them sign it and then have fax it. I really wish I could skip the fax machine to make things move a little faster. But for legal reasons, a signed and faxed document is binding whereas an email is not.

Being able to print from my E71 to my Canon usb printer would be nice too….

Maybe I’m unusual, but I hardly ever feel the need to edit or even view word documents, but I wish there was a decent spreadsheet application.

Typically all I want to do is to knock up a quick spreadsheet (e.g. how much is my IKEA bill going to come to when I get to the checkout, and use the other columns to record the aisle to collect from in the warehouse, for instance), but since you still can’t paste a formula to multiple cells in QuickOffice – nothing fancy, just Qty*price – (or at least you couldn’t last time I tried), it’s a total PITA setting up such a very simple spreadsheet, so I gave up bothering.

Also, I use OpenOffice, not Micro$oft office, and there’s no support for conversions unless I first convert from OpenOffice to word/excel and then on to the phone – too much of a faff to bother. All in all, I have a few reference spreadsheets on my phone that I’ve had for years (mostly because spreadsheets are convenient for tabular data), and that’s pretty much it, these days.

Julie

Maybe I’m unusual, but I hardly ever feel the need to edit or even view word documents, but I wish there was a decent spreadsheet application.

Typically all I want to do is to knock up a quick spreadsheet (e.g. how much is my IKEA bill going to come to when I get to the checkout, and use the other columns to record the aisle to collect from in the warehouse, for instance), but since you still can’t paste a formula to multiple cells in QuickOffice – nothing fancy, just Qty*price – (or at least you couldn’t last time I tried), it’s a total PITA setting up such a very simple spreadsheet, so I gave up bothering.

Also, I use OpenOffice, not Micro$oft office, and there’s no support for conversions unless I first convert from OpenOffice to word/excel and then on to the phone – too much of a faff to bother. All in all, I have a few reference spreadsheets on my phone that I’ve had for years (mostly because spreadsheets are convenient for tabular data), and that’s pretty much it, these days.

Julie

I believe in general that viewing documents on the go is really useful, while most people don’t edit documents on the go.
Also one of the reasons why I was a bit disappointed when I had to purchase viewing version of Adobe Reader on the N97.

When I was “manager” at a party place for students I actually used the excel function of QuickOffice. Mainly due to keep track of expenses and incomes. Now I did make the spreadsheet first on my laptop before transfering it to the handset.

QuickOffice as far as I can see have had functions abilities since version 6.0 (The newest one is 6.2) and is also my prefered office application for Symbian phones.

I don’t say that to e.g. diss OfficeSuite but the excel part of that application takes up to 2-3 minutes to load up a spreadsheet with a lot of formulas (mainly just SUM), which doesn’t cut the chase.

When it comes to powerpoints that’s a completely different story. I’ve used it once and it was horrible to use on my handset besides it was rather limited. (Haven’t tested out the newest version features in QuickOffice)
I’ve still yet to come across a better solution.

Another aspect is what kind of handset you’re using and the webbrowser it has.
If you go online to a page to fetch your documents the S60 browser before 7.1 is slow and can’t handle advanced pages that well.

Having to go back to the N82 (Due to N97 going to repairs for the “camera slider issue”) my internet experience on my handset have been degraded.

For reading/editing documents from email attachments in general works quite flawlessly.

Also as Aatif Sumar mentioned Google Docs would be cool if it came to Symbian. But I also see the positive outcome of the partnership between Microsoft and Nokia.
1. Users of Microsoft Office on PC/Mac or their online version will have a consistent experience in terms of how a document is displayed.
2. Because of 1. users will benefit from more productivity.

Having used OpenOffice myself I know that converting documents from e.g. .odt to .doc can be fatal if you have lots of pictures in a text you’re writing and you end up spending more time to fix this than being productive.

I believe in general that viewing documents on the go is really useful, while most people don’t edit documents on the go.
Also one of the reasons why I was a bit disappointed when I had to purchase viewing version of Adobe Reader on the N97.

When I was “manager” at a party place for students I actually used the excel function of QuickOffice. Mainly due to keep track of expenses and incomes. Now I did make the spreadsheet first on my laptop before transfering it to the handset.

QuickOffice as far as I can see have had functions abilities since version 6.0 (The newest one is 6.2) and is also my prefered office application for Symbian phones.

I don’t say that to e.g. diss OfficeSuite but the excel part of that application takes up to 2-3 minutes to load up a spreadsheet with a lot of formulas (mainly just SUM), which doesn’t cut the chase.

When it comes to powerpoints that’s a completely different story. I’ve used it once and it was horrible to use on my handset besides it was rather limited. (Haven’t tested out the newest version features in QuickOffice)
I’ve still yet to come across a better solution.

Another aspect is what kind of handset you’re using and the webbrowser it has.
If you go online to a page to fetch your documents the S60 browser before 7.1 is slow and can’t handle advanced pages that well.

Having to go back to the N82 (Due to N97 going to repairs for the “camera slider issue”) my internet experience on my handset have been degraded.

For reading/editing documents from email attachments in general works quite flawlessly.

Also as Aatif Sumar mentioned Google Docs would be cool if it came to Symbian. But I also see the positive outcome of the partnership between Microsoft and Nokia.
1. Users of Microsoft Office on PC/Mac or their online version will have a consistent experience in terms of how a document is displayed.
2. Because of 1. users will benefit from more productivity.

Having used OpenOffice myself I know that converting documents from e.g. .odt to .doc can be fatal if you have lots of pictures in a text you’re writing and you end up spending more time to fix this than being productive.

A must have for me on my current Nokia N79 and soon to be purchased Blackberry 9700 :)

A must have for me on my current Nokia N79 and soon to be purchased Blackberry 9700 :)

I use my n95 all the time, i check and read my mail more from the phone them from the pc, that means that on a daily basis i need to open office and pdf documents from my phone. Yet i find reading a bit difficult on the existing apps expechalky the pdf reader. I also find the full office to edit docs a bit expensive if you have an n phone. Looking hoping to get a cheaper version with more developer on the market also if i belive that the existing apps will be the best, but is a matter of market force to bring down the prices.

I use my n95 all the time, i check and read my mail more from the phone them from the pc, that means that on a daily basis i need to open office and pdf documents from my phone. Yet i find reading a bit difficult on the existing apps expechalky the pdf reader. I also find the full office to edit docs a bit expensive if you have an n phone. Looking hoping to get a cheaper version with more developer on the market also if i belive that the existing apps will be the best, but is a matter of market force to bring down the prices.