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> On Jun 20, 2013, at 5:30 AM, mary davidson <mary.davidson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> For those who need to work on Word, Excel etc. David Pogue has a review of the new office app.
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> Office Mobile is a nice perk for Office 365 subscribers. It's simply and fluidly designed. And it's a cinch to learn. You'd never guess that it's the distant relative of a software suite that's about as svelte and lovely as Jabba the Hutt. But as an iPhone version of Microsoft Office, it's almost ridiculously limited.
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> Surprisingly enough, the Internet is teeming with Office apps for the iPhone — made by non-Microsoft companies. Better ones, more complete ones, no-subscription-required ones.
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> For example, Apple's own Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps ($10 each) can edit Office documents, as can the free Google Drive app (text and spreadsheet documents only).
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> More serious apps, like Documents to Go Premium ($16), Polaris Office ($13) and QuickOffice Pro ($15), can create and edit all kinds of Office documents, including PowerPoint files and the older file formats.
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> And they don't restrict you to SkyDrive. These apps can access more popular online disks like Dropbox, SugarSync, Box.net and Google Drive.
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> They're far more complete, too. Their Word apps, for example, offer find/replace, bulleted and numbered lists, line spacing and paragraph alignment controls (but still only limited style sheets and no change tracking). All of this, moreover, adds surprisingly little clutter to the design.
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> Finally, you can always use the online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint — no charge — courtesy of the Office Web Apps. They're a little awkward to use on a tiny phone screen, but at least they're free.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/technology/personaltech/microsoft-office-for-the-iphone-is-here-yawn.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130620
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