Comparison of EIGHT major Office Apps [02/18/2013; NEW: SoftMaker Apps]

[funnycreature]

Good work. Can I have pdf file of your study? Can't view entire think in my browser.

Thanks.

What exactly do you need? The individual Word/Excel/PowerPoint files or the screenshots?

 

[FlagshipX]

Just use Firefox mobile and go to docs.google.com, it works perfectly.

I tried this and it didn't work. The keyboard dock that is.

 

[thosor]

Hello there,

there is a new app in the making from softmaker.com .
Currently it is closed beta(4), but with a mail you can participate.
Currently it is really slow and there is an force close when using the keyboard (yes.. the keyboard ).

But this office could have much potential because it has more functions and can edit and show office2010-documents correctly.

Maybe it could be included in this comparison in the future?!?

More information: softmaker.com/english/blog

 

[funnycreature]

Sure thing! I am always willing to test new promising Office suites! I actually have one that I still need to put in here but I simply can't find the time for it

Could you send me a PM with the email address that I can send my interest for (beta) testing to?

Hello there,

there is a new app in the making from softmaker.com .
Currently it is closed beta(4), but with a mail you can participate.
Currently it is really slow and there is an force close when using the keyboard (yes.. the keyboard ).

But this office could have much potential because it has more functions and can edit and show office2010-documents correctly.

Maybe it could be included in this comparison in the future?!?

More information: softmaker.com/english/blog

 

[funnycreature]

FIFTH Office app added

All,

I am happy to announce that I finally got around to uploading at least the screenshots for a fifth Office App, ThinkFree Office. It looks great but has many shortcomings, just like all the other apps. *sigh* Hopefully, I will find more time to complete the overview/direct comparison tables soon as well.

 

[GoRRaN]

One question to all

I have a table with more than 100.000 lines...
I have tried polaris, documents to go and office hd with no luck... all of them say no memory to open table..

What do u suggest? Please answer this...it is very important to me this excel table


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[funnycreature]

I am not an expert on this but my suspicion is that most of these suites are based on apps developed for mobile phones with slow processors and low memory. Most likely they were not designed to handle large amounts of data as I could see with my test Excel file (which is far from being big but contains lot of different styles etc.).
Sorry I can't help you more!

One question to all

I have a table with more than 100.000 lines...
I have tried polaris, documents to go and office hd with no luck... all of them say no memory to open table..

What do u suggest? Please answer this...it is very important to me this excel table


Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

 

[tixed]

Great comparsion. Can't find one thing though: styles.

Not just 'bold', 'italic' or 'underline' - but true styles like in Word or Google Doc - Header 1, Header 2, Plain Text, etc. They're templates with adjusted font size, type and paragraph align, so I can switch them very fast from the list - don't need to set all this things every time I have to type another header in.

Any of these apps have that ability? Or maybe some other has?

 

[funnycreature]

I wouldn't get my hope up too much. Although styles are (I guess) nothing else but definitions in the XML header, you might be asking for too much. You will be lucky if a document with different styles is displayed properly but something like the Office 2007/2010 Ribbon I haven't found yet.

Great comparsion. Can't find one thing though: styles.

Not just 'bold', 'italic' or 'underline' - but true styles like in Word or Google Doc - Header 1, Header 2, Plain Text, etc. They're templates with adjusted font size, type and paragraph align, so I can switch them very fast from the list - don't need to set all this things every time I have to type another header in.

Any of these apps have that ability? Or maybe some other has?

 

[tixed]

I wouldn't get my hope up too much. Although styles are (I guess) nothing else but definitions in the XML header, you might be asking for too much. You will be lucky if a document with different styles is displayed properly but something like the Office 2007/2010 Ribbon I haven't found yet.

No, I don't mean the whole Ribbon from office, only the ability to select text style. It was there a lot earlier than 2007/2010 versions.

Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker The part which I'm talking about is on the image from wikipedia. Just to be sure. Ofc, it doesn't has to be in exactly the same shape.

If there's no such feature present in any android office app - well, snap.

 

[funnycreature]

No, it was my bad. Of course, styles have been round for a while but you will notice that most office apps for Android try to use some kind of combination of ribbon and the out-dated drop-down menus. I have only individual text formatting options (bold, underline etc.) but nothing that is close to styles.

No, I don't mean the whole Ribbon from office, only the ability to select text style. It was there a lot earlier than 2007/2010 versions.

Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker The part which I'm talking about is on the image from wikipedia. Just to be sure. Ofc, it doesn't has to be in exactly the same shape.

If there's no such feature present in any android office app - well, snap.

 

[tixed]

No, it was my bad. Of course, styles have been round for a while but you will notice that most office apps for Android try to use some kind of combination of ribbon and the out-dated drop-down menus. I have only individual text formatting options (bold, underline etc.) but nothing that is close to styles.

Okay then. You're watching all new office apps as I understand, so I'm looking forward to see styles at last in any of the new apps Like the beta one person mentioned earlier... Maybe that'll be a good idea to suggest, because app is still in development. This ability would truly outstand it from the crowd.

 

[funnycreature]

I'm not really watching anything. I'm merely keeping an eye out if there finally is an office app that allows being productive
So far I am beginning to think that the tablet is only for entertainment and not even close to being a substitute for a laptop. I'll keep searching though!

Okay then. You're watching all new office apps as I understand, so I'm looking forward to see styles at last in any of the new apps Like the beta one person mentioned earlier... Maybe that'll be a good idea to suggest, because app is still in development. This ability would truly outstand it from the crowd.

 

[lemmyslender]

Do any of the office suites handle Excel conditional formatting?

ie in a column with ten numbers, I want to highlight (fill) the cell with the lowest number green. In the case of multiple lowest numbers, highlight the cell yellow.

 

[GoRRaN]

I'm not really watching anything. I'm merely keeping an eye out if there finally is an office app that allows being productive
So far I am beginning to think that the tablet is only for entertainment and not even close to being a substitute for a laptop. I'll keep searching though!

Totally agree with you..
when i bought my tablet i expected more apps for business

 

[funnycreature]

When you look at the screenshots for the Excel comparison there is a part that shows conditional formatting. It is actually supported but I couldn't tell you to what extent!

Do any of the office suites handle Excel conditional formatting?

ie in a column with ten numbers, I want to highlight (fill) the cell with the lowest number green. In the case of multiple lowest numbers, highlight the cell yellow.

 

[lemmyslender]

Thanks, I see that now. I've tried it in a couple of the office suites, don't know if I had the latest updates though.

Perhaps it's not my conditional formatting, but the formula I'm using for it:

=IF(F5=MIN(F$5:F$24),IF(COUNTIF(F$5:F$24,MIN(F$5:F$24))=1,TRUE,IF(D5=MIN(D$5:D$24),IF(COUNTIF(D$5:D$24,MIN(D$5:D$24))=1,TRUE,FALSE),FALSE)),FALSE)

is used to format the cell green in the instance of a single lowest number. It also checks a second column used to decide "ties" in the case of multiple lowest numbers.

When you look at the screenshots for the Excel comparison there is a part that shows conditional formatting. It is actually supported but I couldn't tell you to what extent!

 

[funnycreature]

I assume your conditional formatting looks for 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' then? If you tell me what exactly you want to do I might be able to help you determine whether it's your formula or the app's inability to evaluate the formula or cond'l formatting.

Thanks, I see that now. I've tried it in a couple of the office suites, don't know if I had the latest updates though.

Perhaps it's not my conditional formatting, but the formula I'm using for it:

=IF(F5=MIN(F$5:F$24),IF(COUNTIF(F$5:F$24,MIN(F$5:F$24))=1,TRUE,IF(D5=MIN(D$5:D$24),IF(COUNTIF(D$5:D$24,MIN(D$5:D$24))=1,TRUE,FALSE),FALSE)),FALSE)

is used to format the cell green in the instance of a single lowest number. It also checks a second column used to decide "ties" in the case of multiple lowest numbers.

 

[lemmyslender]

The formula works just fine in excel. It's actually for a skins game for a golf league. Scores for each hole are entered for each player. The players score is reduced by up to 2 strokes depending on handicap and difficulty of the hole. One column holds actual scores, the second column holds adjusted scores.

The formula checks to to see if the adjusted score for the player is equal to the minimum for all players, and checks if there is more than one score equal to the minimum. If there are multiple minimum scores, it checks for the lowest natural score. If the score is the only minimum (or is the only minimum natural score) then it results in true and is filled green, otherwise false, no fill.

It should just be a series of IF's checking against MIN(...) OR COUNTIF(...)

I assume your conditional formatting looks for 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' then? If you tell me what exactly you want to do I might be able to help you determine whether it's your formula or the app's inability to evaluate the formula or cond'l formatting.

 

[tixed]

I'm not really watching anything. I'm merely keeping an eye out if there finally is an office app that allows being productive
So far I am beginning to think that the tablet is only for entertainment and not even close to being a substitute for a laptop. I'll keep searching though!

IC. Btw, only features from PC that I personally miss in my tablet are: DVD-burn and PC-only games.

I wonder if ipad has functional office app that is not yet ported to honeycomb. For me, ipad is even more "entertainment only" comparing to android tablet, but it arrived way earlier on the stage - would be logical to assume that some good office app exists there. Then we can just wait for it to be ported.