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2009-12-29
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Anyone using N900 to open, create, write Microsoft Docs on the go? Before I buy N900, I need to make sure I can do this. This is one of the main reason for buying this device.
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2009-12-29
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cant be done yet mate!
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2009-12-29
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Theres an office app that comes pre installed that is a trial with the option of buying but its only a viewer atm.
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2009-12-29
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Well.. technically it can. With Easy Debian. You get full OpenOffice - albeit.. the application feels sluggish according to most peoples reports. I imagine things like KWrite would also be possible in this method. Might want to ask someone to try it and see if it's any faster than OpenOffice..
But, it *can* be done... but Easy Debian is considered "devel" software, and not in the main extras repository, yet.
But, it *can* be done... but Easy Debian is considered "devel" software, and not in the main extras repository, yet.
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2009-12-29
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ok it can be done, but needs lot of messing about -not what you want to do just after buying your n900
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2009-12-29
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@ Copenhagen
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Abiword is quite fast in easy debian (and if you're a regular linux user it is really easy to set up).
I haven't used it much myself since I write all my stuff in plain text or LaTeX (which by the way works beautifully in easy debian).
I haven't used it much myself since I write all my stuff in plain text or LaTeX (which by the way works beautifully in easy debian).
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2009-12-29
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Originally Posted by meme
Your main reason is that you want to design beautiful, business quality documents on a tiny screen? That's amazing. I can imagine creating text on a little device, but looking for typos? Making serious business decisions about presentation?
Anyone using N900 to open, create, write Microsoft Docs on the go? Before I buy N900, I need to make sure I can do this. This is one of the main reason for buying this device.
I think you can create documents at the least by using the Google documents program.
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2009-12-29
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Originally Posted by dread123
As soon as I got my N900 I did a lot of messing around with it, that's exactly what I WANTED to do after buying it!
ok it can be done, but needs lot of messing about -not what you want to do just after buying your n900
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2009-12-29
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Originally Posted by meme
Yes. Actually is quite nice to have a peek at your attachements.
Anyone using N900 to open
Originally Posted by meme
Not yet, see above. DataViz's Document To Go is read-only at the moment, but given that for all the other platforms they have a full version, I expect the same for Maemo too.
create, write Microsoft Docs on the go?
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2009-12-29
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As mentioned above, Google Docs work just fine for Creating/Editing MS Office and OpenOffice.org files. I am tempted to buy Documents 2 Go for offline access to files (although I haven't checked to see if it supports ODF), but only if they promise to provide editing functionality when available as a free upgrade.
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