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Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

By matthewmiller April 18, 2009, 7:15 PM PDT

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Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Quickoffice appears on the Apple iPhone

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Quickoffice splash screen

Quickoffice splash screen

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

File access

File access

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

WiFi access directions

WiFi access directions

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

View of your iPhone on a Mac

View of your iPhone on a Mac

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Upload a file to your device

Upload a file to your device

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

List of files on your iPhone

List of files on your iPhone

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

File info

File info

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

File transfer status on iPhone

File transfer status on iPhone

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

MobileMe access

MobileMe access

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Quickoffice tools

Quickoffice tools

The tools page is accessed from the main display.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

List of documents on my iPhone

List of documents on my iPhone

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Creating a new folder

Creating a new folder

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Organizing folders and documents

Organizing folders and documents

Another view of the organizational capabilities.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Opening up a document

Opening up a document

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Open Word document

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Cut, copy, and paste

Cut, copy, and paste

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Working with a document

Working with a document

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Larger zooming option

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Double tap to turn on selection bars

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Working with a Word document

Working with a Word document

Highlights, font formats, and more are supported.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Changing the font

Changing the font

Several font types and sizes are supported in Quickoffice.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Keyboard issues ruin experience

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Working with docs in landscape

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.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Selecting in landscape

Selecting in landscape

Selections can be made in landscape mode.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

New Excel spreadsheet

New Excel spreadsheet

You can create new Excel spreadsheets or edit existing ones.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Cell formatting

Cell formatting

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Font and background colors

Font and background colors

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Number formatting

Number formatting

There are plenty of number formatting options in Quickoffice.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Specifics of number formatting

Specifics of number formatting

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

More number formatting

More number formatting

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Column and row management

Column and row management

All the basic formatting features you want are supported.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Resizing columns

Resizing columns

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Resizing rows

Resizing rows

Rows can be resized just like columns.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Function categories

Function categories

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Functions

Functions

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Landscape spreadsheet

Landscape spreadsheet

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Undo supported in Quickoffice

Undo supported in Quickoffice

You can undo and redo throughout Quickoffice.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Multiple sheets

Multiple sheets

Multiple sheets are supported in Quickoffice.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Zoomed in

Zoomed in

Dynamic pinch zooming is supported in Quickoffice.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Zoomed out

Zoomed out

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Spreadsheet with multiple colors

Spreadsheet with multiple colors

Colors and fonts can be used to highlight your document.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Predictive keyboard works in Quicksheet

Predictive keyboard works in Quicksheet

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

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Viewing PDF documents

Viewing PDF documents

PDF documents are supported too.

Image Gallery: Quickoffice brings Office document support to the iPhone

Landscape PDF viewing

Landscape PDF viewing

PDF documents can be viewed in landscape or portrait.

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