PenCell even comes with templates for applications ranging from the mundane check splitter to complete financial statements. Pull down menus, icon driven dialog boxes and drag and drop editing make PenCell very easy to learn. Within a few minutes Excel aficionados will master PenCell, finding it comfortable, but a bit limiting compared to Microsoft's mammoth offerings of late. PenCell stores its files in native Excel 4.0 format, making integration with Excel even more transparent. In addition to spreadsheets, PenCell also generates pie, line, column and stacked column charts directly from the data.
Charts can include grid lines, legends and titles.
When a chart looks good, it can be copied into a document or stored in the scrap book for later retrieval. PenCell should meet the needs of all but the most ardent Excel and Lotus power users. The spreadsheet and backlight may be the most obvious and sought after editions to the Zaurus, but it is in communications that the Zaurus truly shines. Remote file access remains the only communication option built-in to the Zaurus whose PC counterpart was not shipping at press time. When it becomes available, the Remote application will give the Zaurus direct access to a remote PC's file system, for easy data file exchange and backup over a modem.