Docs To Go vs QuickOffice7?

[popeye]

Have Docs to Go. Looks like there is a new Version of QuickOffice 7. Wondering what the difference is and which is better? Advice appreciated. Thanks.

[n2ifp]

There was a rumor that a new version of Docs to Go was coming out. Never used QuickOffice, there might be some archives on it. I remember that comparisons were made, but not the results.

I agree with rhart00, Wordsmith is a very nice app.

[rhart00]

don't have enough experience with quickoffice yet as it just came out, but the main advantage of it over D2G is that it supports native MS office documents. both of these programs are memory hogs so if you mainly just need a word processor, I suggest wordsmith.

[pulpdoc]

I started using Documents To Go (DTG) since it was included with the Palm m505. I kept looking at Quickoffice (QO) since every time I saw it mentioned it touted how many awards it had won. I purchased version 5 because it was a little flashier than DTG. I upgraded to version 6 because, well, I had become a QO person. However, when I migrated to the Clie, I had several problems. Mainly, the display never zoomed as they said it would. Also, all the documents on my desktop were stored in HTML format (it's a long story but that's how the documents are actually stored on the Clie; they are "converted" and displayed in Word format on the Clie. This is a gross oversimplification and I apologize to Cutting Edge). After trying to solve this, I tried the latest version of DTG and found that overall it was much more transparent to the user. On my system, DTG seemed to work and run easier.

Overall, I believe QO is more powerful but I want a program I can easily use. The one nice thing about QO is that your desktop documents aren't modified UNLESS you link them. If you don't link them, the desktop document is NOT modified; QO keeps a version of the handheld document in a separate folder. This is different than DTG which synchronizes both files.

Just my 2¢

[popeye]

How can you get the Docs into your palm? I used to use Datavitz and mail it to me. Snappermail doesn't do that.

[rhart00]

Originally posted by popeye
How can you get the Docs into your palm? I used to use Datavitz and mail it to me. Snappermail doesn't do that.

I believe snappermail now does allows you to send and recieve MS office docs. Also you could probably use MS import to move the document to MS then use something like filez or mcfile to move it to RAM

[ddsmith]

I have used both quickoffice and documents to go. Documents to go for me is by far more accurate and easier to use. I have never had anything that Docs to Go couldn't do so I don't think there is a power problem.

[rhart00]

Originally posted by rhart00


I believe snappermail now does allows you to send and recieve MS office docs. Also you could probably use MS import to move the document to MS then use something like filez or mcfile to move it to RAM

Actually I just tried out using MS Import with .doc files and it doesn't work. You need to use ms office (word, excel, or powerpoint) and click on quickoffice at the top of the screen (about 6 or so to the right of file, edit, etc.) and click save as. Then name it something and next time you sync it should recognize it.

[jakemelon]

Once Quickoffice 7 was announced with native MS Office file support I decided to go for it!

It is nice to open files without converting but what good is a file that is blank?

I transferred two PowerPoint presentations and all slides were blank yet the same two presentations worked flawlessly using Docs to Go.

The other issue I had was the amount of time it takes to open a native Excel document. In my opinion WAY TOO LONG! I could do the same conversion and transfer quicker using Documents to Go.

So I am back to Docs to Go and just uninstalled Quickoffice, what a waste of money.

jake