Although not without some limitations, the iPad version of Quickoffice – Quickoffice Pro HD ($19.99) – can quickly become indispensable for storing and sharing files in the cloud, as well as for creating, editing, and viewing word processing docs, spreadsheets and presentations geared to compatibility with Windows- and Mac-based Microsoft Office apps.
You're likely to find Quickoffice Pro HD easy enough to navigate, regardless of whether you're already familiar with using Quickoffice on a smartphone. The iPad edition has four components: File Manager, Quickword, Quicksheet and Quickpoint.
File Manager is the hub, where you access, organize and share documents. Quickword is the word processor, Quicksheet the spreadsheet editor, and Quickpoint the app for slide presentations. Generally speaking, the user interface (UI) is logical, but not necessarily totally transparent.
In reviewing the iPad app, however, we discovered that Quickoffice Pro HD still has quite a way to go in reaching full-fledged compabilitiy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
In another area of limitations, the company’s menu of video tutorials hasn’t been updated to include the iPad app. Nor does the app have any context-sensitive help. The help button (which is available only in the File Manager) provides a link to the company Web site rather than direct access to the Help Guide. However, once you click through to the Help Guide (which is also available as a downloadable PDF), you can get a decent although not in-depth overview.
You're likely to find Quickoffice Pro HD easy enough to navigate, regardless of whether you're already familiar with using Quickoffice on a smartphone. The iPad edition has four components: File Manager, Quickword, Quicksheet and Quickpoint.
File Manager is the hub, where you access, organize and share documents. Quickword is the word processor, Quicksheet the spreadsheet editor, and Quickpoint the app for slide presentations. Generally speaking, the user interface (UI) is logical, but not necessarily totally transparent.
In reviewing the iPad app, however, we discovered that Quickoffice Pro HD still has quite a way to go in reaching full-fledged compabilitiy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
In another area of limitations, the company’s menu of video tutorials hasn’t been updated to include the iPad app. Nor does the app have any context-sensitive help. The help button (which is available only in the File Manager) provides a link to the company Web site rather than direct access to the Help Guide. However, once you click through to the Help Guide (which is also available as a downloadable PDF), you can get a decent although not in-depth overview.
One of the greatest weaknesses of the original Android design for Google Docs has at long last been rendered a non-issue for tablet owners, giving those with Honeycomb operating systems (all Android 3.0 and above) a product more suited to the platform of their choice. Whereas before, tablet owners were given the same rudimentary interface that remains in use for Android phones, the new and improved version of Google Docs offers a 3-panel layout whose full functionality is best realized in landscape mode. Each of the 3 panels – or columns – expands from left to right as a user navigates through their list of Google documents.
