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Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

By // April 18, 2009, 8:23 PM PST

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  • Quickoffice appears on the Apple iPhone

    Quickoffice has been around for years and is the default Office suite found on Nokia S60 devices. They too this expertise and created a functional iPhone client. The current version does has a few issues that should be fixed with a future update, but it is worth the $20 if you need to work with Office documents on your iPhone device. They now have clients for Palm, BlackBerry, and Android devices too.

  • Quickoffice splash screen

    There is a nice icon for the application and things start off well on the iPhone.

  • File access

    You can get file onto your device via WiFi or MobileMe and access locally stored files.

  • WiFi access directions

    You need to be connected with your computer to the same WiFi network as your iPhone to transfer files.

  • View of your iPhone on a Mac

    After connecting as directed in Firefox, this is the interface you will see to manage files.

  • Upload a file to your device

    You use this simple interface to get files to your iPhone.

  • List of files on your iPhone

    The highlighted items show the files that were most recently updated on your iPhone.

  • File info

    When you click a file in your web browser, this is the type of info you will see appear.

  • File transfer status on iPhone

    As files are transferred to your iPhone their status will appear on the display.

  • MobileMe access

    You can access your files wirelessly and also create public folders to put documents up on.

  • Quickoffice tools

    The tools page is accessed from the main display.

  • List of documents on my iPhone

    This view shows the documents on your iPhone with icons indicating the type of document each one is.

  • Creating a new folder

    You can create folders and organize your documents just like you want.

  • Organizing folders and documents

    Another view of the organizational capabilities.

  • Opening up a document

    A couple of seconds go by as the document loads on your iPhone.

  • Open Word document

    Quickoffice has also done a fantastic job of keeping document formatting intact and that will be a major aspect to check out in a further evaluation.

  • Cut, copy, and paste

    Quickoffice supports all the basic editing capabilities you need to get the job done.

  • Working with a document

    The formatting options appear in a toolbar on the bottom in portrait mode.

  • Larger zooming option

    Quickoffice added some of their own functionality and one thing is you now zoom into a larger part of the document rather than just a couple words.

  • Double tap to turn on selection bars

    A double tap on a word turns on the bars that you can then drag around. Triple tap selects the entire paragraph.

  • Working with a Word document

    Highlights, font formats, and more are supported.

  • Changing the font

    Several font types and sizes are supported in Quickoffice.

  • Keyboard issues ruin experience

    For some reason the predictive text does not work in Quickword and the Shift key turns Caps Lock on every time.

  • Working with docs in landscape

    When you switch to landscape mode the menu items disappear and the program switches into full screen mode. The keyboard works in a wider form factor too.

  • Selecting in landscape

    Selections can be made in landscape mode.

  • Word options

    Bold, italic, font color, highlight, and font format are supported in Quickoffice.

  • New Excel spreadsheet

    You can create new Excel spreadsheets or edit existing ones.

  • Cell formatting

    There are a few options to format your cells in Quicksheet.

  • Font and background colors

    You can change the font color and background color into a scheme that you like.

  • Number formatting

    There are plenty of number formatting options in Quickoffice.

  • Specifics of number formatting

    After selecting a type to format you then can refine the format you wish to use.

  • More number formatting

    Quicksheet seems to be much more powerful than Quickword at this time.

  • Column and row management

    All the basic formatting features you want are supported.

  • Resizing columns

    You can tap and hold to resize columns with the large arrows confirming the selection.

  • Resizing rows

    Rows can be resized just like columns.

  • Function categories

    There are plenty of categories for you to calculate what you need.

  • Functions

    After selecting a category you can get into more settings for the function.

  • Landscape spreadsheet

    All menus disappear and landscape is more useful for viewing needs.

  • Undo supported in Quickoffice

    You can undo and redo throughout Quickoffice.

  • Multiple sheets

    Multiple sheets are supported in Quickoffice.

  • Zoomed in

    Dynamic pinch zooming is supported in Quickoffice.

  • Zoomed out

    You can zoom out to see more of the spreadsheet too.

  • Spreadsheet with multiple colors

    Colors and fonts can be used to highlight your document.

  • Predictive keyboard works in Quicksheet

    Thankfully the keyboard's predictive features work in the spreadsheet application.

  • Viewing PDF documents

    PDF documents are supported too.

  • Landscape PDF viewing

    PDF documents can be viewed in landscape or portrait.

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Quickoffice appears on the Apple iPhone

Quickoffice has been around for years and is the default Office suite found on Nokia S60 devices. They too this expertise and created a functional iPhone client. The current version does has a few issues that should be fixed with a future update, but it is worth the $20 if you need to work with Office documents on your iPhone device. They now have clients for Palm, BlackBerry, and Android devices too.

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