Using Office Documents on your iPhone and iPad Free
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Update February 14th 2013
Smart Office 2 free for now so get it, but may not be worth the original $10 price.
The bottom line is for a paid app it is in
some ways not even as good as Cloudon which is always free so I would not pay the normal $10. However, since it has some additional
capabilities it is worth grabbing for free while you can if you think you would
use them. So keep Smart Office 2 and
Cloudon ready for optimum flexibility.
Compared to Cloudon:
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| Smart Office 2 |
You can store files locally for offline
use. Smart Office connects to cloud
drives as Cloudon, but I like the flexibility of not having to use data when
outside of an WiFi zone. Just one small thing to bear in mind when logging into
a cloud drive using my ID I had to remove the automatic capital letter from the
first word for the ID to be accepted as they are case sensitive it seems.
Printing capabilities although I could not
find my model of Canon Printer on the network, but I saw some others including
AirPrint. Perhaps my printer is not a
compatible one. Try yours and see if it
works. Normally you need to pay for a separate
app just to do this.
Presentation mode you can try for
PowerPoint presentations. I assume that
if you attach an HDMI cable to your iPhone for full screen display will be
mirrored onto a projector or second screen.
I only have a video out cable but that does not work.
You can also create and convert documents into .PDF ones which is a feature I have not found in any other free app yet.
You can also create and convert documents into .PDF ones which is a feature I have not found in any other free app yet.
No auto save feature. I am not sure this is a bad thing it just
means you have more control over the changes you want to save as you go along
unlike Cloudon which saves automatically.
Just make sure you do not forget to save your work.
Cloudon Advantages:
Cloudon has more formatting options in word
processing documents.
With Cloudon easier to enter formulas into
an excel sheet. Same way as you would in the real Microsoft excel version.
Original Post
Cloudon!
Do you want to view Power Point, Word and Excel documents on your
iPad or iPhone? Do you want to be able to change them and re-save them as
well?
You could get Quick Office Pro for $7.99 for iPad, but if you
happen to have a Google business account then you can get the same app for
FREE. Since most of us do not have a Google Business account here is the
best app I have found for FREE until now.
Just to start, most of the free apps only allow you to VIEW
Microsoft Office documents. You are neither allowed to manipulate them nor
are you allowed to save them unless you upgrade to the premium paid version. I will
highlight these apps I use at the end of the blog.
The recently released CloudOn app can open and edit standard Microsoft office files, but you MUST
HAVE a
There is no active "File" header in the working menu at
the top of the window as you would normally have in the traditional word or
excel which was a bit weird for me at first.
However, your changes are autosaved as you exit the working document or
after a certain time passes I imagine.
Just be careful you do not delete something important by mistake in the
document you are working on and then have it autosave on you.
In any case since you will be working with files form a Cloud Drive
You can also create new Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents right
from the CloudOn app and save them directly to your Cloud Drive
Write your questions or comments about the app below to start the discussion!
Two good VIEWERS are linked below which I have been using for some
time. I will be using CloudOn from now
on though.
File access from Dropbox and Google Drive
Must import files via Wifi FTP transfer or by uploading them by
USB from the iTunes application. Good to
view Excel, Word and PowerPoint files.
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