A constant thought as a child to see the first PDA was that these were miniature computers but with all of its functions. And since at that time both the word processor, the first thing you always wanted in a PDA was Microsoft Word was used. Unfortunately, it was only in Windows Mobile, and for many years it has only been available in Windows Phone. But the arrival of Nadella changed everything, and for a while we enjoy the suite of Office on iOS, and since yesterday, Office for Android is a reality. I’ve been trying and I will tell you my impressions.
I used the three main applications, but I will focus on Microsoft Word is the domain over which shares many basic functions with her sisters.
The agreement with Dropbox to be integrated into care exemplifies Office Microsoft with the cloud.
The first thing to know is that Microsoft Office as part of the philosophy cloud-first . Even it lets you edit and save locally, everything is geared to use with a onedrive account, or failing that, Dropbox, following an agreement reached between the two companies. All the documents we have on these services can be read and write, with the same ease as in our desktop. The problem comes when you open documents hosted on other services such as Google Drive (through the system selector). These documents may be read, but not written in Drive , so if we want to save changes to “import” the file, or simply save locally.
exported in .pdf , we have to use the option “Print in .pdf” and the fault I see here is that Dropbox lets you choose onedrive or destination, local or Drive being the only solutions. We must also say that it is easily solvable, Android provides many facilities. Aesthetically, yes, I not see regarding Material Design , and I think Microsoft should be adapted to each platform, at least in Office for Android with basics like the status bar of color.
Working with Microsoft Word
I’ve been a few months working in Word on my iPad, and feeling I have experienced in Android is just as good. Assuming that the tests are made with a 6 and a OnePlus Nexus One , both large. On an iPhone 4S or Android smartphones of similar size, experience differs greatly by simple use of space, but Word has a button to extend the adjustable content that is very effective.
The feeling I get along is perhaps very advanced users, but again, very advanced, they miss some features , particularly those found in the version that is released with the subscription of Office 365. Some of the options I use a lot desktop, and mobile have is the function to search words in the text. It is something that is appreciated, especially in long texts.
I also use a lot of function numbered and bulleted , and implementation is good, and the modification of bleeding, essential to organize text and margin. The spacing also offers all the standard options.
It’s easy to customize tables in terms of rows and columns , and has style options, such as selective shading. The function itself is premium than individually.
Something that I love and that I was pleasantly surprised by how comfortable it is to operate in the mobile interface is the management of images on the document. It’s amazing how well that fits in the text and in the margins, compared with use in PCs has always been a headache. By fault, miss major export options , but it will come.
Excel and Powerpoint
In what is Office for Android, the adaptation of Powerpoint and Excel to a mobile interface seems much more difficult than we see in Word, because both require continuous interaction on less easily manipulated text elements online . However, in the case of PowerPoint I have introduced text on slides and added pictures, but I failed to really feel the experience fluid in such a small screen in this case.
I can think like Excel, open documents, and modify, but actually costs me think that can become productive in an interface so, so tiny regarding the convenience of a tablet 10 “, but I think a stylus as the S-Pen help. As I say, to display documents that so far we opened with third-party apps, as well as very slight editing, are valid. For more, on an interface 5.5 “, few things can be done comfortably beyond good visualization .
Office on other platforms and the unique ecosystem
In addition to Android, I could try the previews of Excel, Powerpoint and Word in Windows 10 Mobile, with Insiders program. Although it is in a more archaic state of development, I am pleased to inform users of the operating system that finally will have a functionality on par with the iOS and Android. Finally it is multiplatform. Years ago nobody would have expected this deployment, reaching except Linux, all major desktop and mobile platforms in the market. I think this enables more than ever a strong productivity between devices , despite limitations of interfaces by size. With a keyboard, and a good prior knowledge of the application, it is possible to work with Word. More road ahead is lacking in Excel and Powerpoint.
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