yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] lemmyslender:
The formula works just fine in excel. It's actually for a skins game for a golf league. Scores for each hole are entered for each player. The players score is reduced by up to 2 strokes depending on handicap and difficulty of the hole. One column holds actual scores, the second column holds adjusted scores.

The formula checks to to see if the adjusted score for the player is equal to the minimum for all players, and checks if there is more than one score equal to the minimum. If there are multiple minimum scores, it checks for the lowest natural score. If the score is the only minimum (or is the only minimum natural score) then it results in true and is filled green, otherwise false, no fill.

It should just be a series of IF's checking against MIN(...) OR COUNTIF(...)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tixed:
IC. Btw, only features from PC that I personally miss in my tablet are: DVD-burn and PC-only games.

I wonder if ipad has functional office app that is not yet ported to honeycomb. For me, ipad is even more "entertainment only" comparing to android tablet, but it arrived way earlier on the stage - would be logical to assume that some good office app exists there. Then we can just wait for it to be ported.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] dtm_stretch:
Do any of these apps support using the "tab" button in the android on screen keyboard. It is very difficult to keep organized notes without a tab/shift tab shortcut to indent paragraphs or un-indent. Do any of these apps support that shortcut with the keyboard dock? I have used google docs and it does not support the tab button, does anyone know of a different way to indent through the app?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Documents to Go and ThinkFree Office support the keyboard dock tab and indents the entire paragraph (first line and hanging indent). Picsel SmartOffice and QuickOffice Pro HD only indent the first line. If you are talking about changing the level in multilevel lists then I don't know.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] skidder:
It would seem that the transformer and upcoming machines are crying out for a decent office suite. There doesn't seem to be any real reason why they are so poor. Would be good to see libre office come to android and poking around there has been some interest but not sure that it is being worked on.

There's definitely the potential to do a decent job. I'm happy with cut down as long as it is fully functional.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] darrengladysz:
Document reviewing

I looked into the various document formatting softwares.

What amazes me most is the tablet is not the best tool for creating documents but it can be very practical for reviewing and making some small changes to documents.

Surprisingly enough, reviewing and showing changes is absent from most document software and those that offer it are not all that good. Either the changes are not diplayed in a different font or in some cases the previous and new changes are both deleted.

It might be utopic to wish for document compare features but they should at least to be able to view and accept/reject changes.

Does the ipac office suite offer this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] bucketheadmn:
Which one of these offers the "best" integration with Dropbox and Google Docs? Polaris requires me to download file from gDocs and then upload new doc while I have to delete original - pain in the rear. Ideally I would like to find one of these programs that when I save a file on the TF it auto uploads/saves in the cloud as well. It does not matter which one Dropbox or gDocs - though Dropbox would be preferred for easy sync. I am just looking to make sure it saves it somewhere besides my sd card as well.

I am not so worried about the formatting and stuff on the tablet - as long as there is good/easy sync to cloud I can do that on my laptop when finished.

Which one to go for?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] skraam:
I'm from Latvia and i wanted toknow, wich onefrom these five can do what i need. I can't buy all of them, so maybe someone can try or already know wich one works with Latvian language.

Original Polaris office can't handle letters like āēēāāšīļņ
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Hi there! I am not entirely sure if this is the case but one indication whether your letters (special characters) will be displayed correctly or not might be to look if the Symbol font is displayed correctly in the screenshots.

UPDATE: I checked all Office suites and the characters that I saw looked exactly like the ones shown in your post. Maybe all you have to do is download the correct character set for your keyboard?

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I use Picsel SmartOffice when I want to edit Dropbox documents. No up- and download required :) Not too sure about the others since there have been a few updates but I don't have the time to rewrite the comparison accordingly; my apologies!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] skraam:
The problem is that letter "a" is smaller than "ā".

It's like letters ir Latvian have differnt FONT than other letters.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
That is possible. Not all fonts have additional characters for non Roman letters. I am not sure if I can help you there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] lrissman:
So i have tried many (all) the office packages I could find. Is it just me or do none of them support the transformer keyboard in the spreadsheet application such that you can navigate with the arrow keys, the number buttons and the enter key like libreoffice, or excel? This seems to be a rather crticial flaw for me -- having to take my hands off the keyboard during data entry to choose cells, or click an ok button or other such issues slows me down a great deal...

Am I missing something?

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] bucketheadmn:
In answer to my own question I should have played with Polaris more. Turns out that if you download a file from Dropbox using the Dropbox app and open it with Polaris when you save the file though Polaris it auto-uploads back into Dropbox.

So for easy Dropbox integration just download file using Dropbox app and open using Polaris, then when saving you are saving to cloud and locally in Dropbox folder.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] bucketheadmn:
double post
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
I can use the arrow keys of my keyboard dock for navigating in the spreadsheet app of Polaris.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Picsel SmartOffice in Google Market

I am confused about this. Sometimes the Transformer is listed as compatible and sometimes it isn't. I had to use a backup to restore the app after I wiped my TF because I could not install it although it shows up as "purchased". Could anyone please check if they have the same problem?

Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] gobslotch:
Wow! Thanks for this comprehensive comparison! Very thorough.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Picsel SmartOffice updated to v 1.9.0

Picsel SmartOffice has been updated to v 1.9.0. Here are the changes according to the developer:

I surely wish I had more time and motivation to update the comparison :( The Office apps finally seem to improve!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] GJRobert:
Common, PDF editing is already a harder job than Office editing on PC.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
All comparisons have been updated!!!

All,

I am very happy and excited to announce that I have completely revised the comparison. I have added the long-due Excel comparison table and a third slide for the PowerPoint comparison. I also restructured each comparison to have the original (PC) screenshot for each page/slide first and then the individual office app's screenshot.

I hope this makes the decision for what people should buy even easier!

Enjoy and say thanks if I helped (or buy me a beer or buy my book)!!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
OfficeSuite Pro free today in Amazon AppStore

Y'all should head over to the Amazon AppStore today and take advantage of this deal! I know it's not a tablet-optimized HD version but it looks OK after a quick glance. Some issues like Documents To Go...

EDIT: After playing around with the OfficeSuite Pro 5 for a few more minutes I decided it's not really worth for me to add it to the comparison. It has no intriguing new features or other benefits over already described apps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
ARGH - Douments to Go and ThinkFree Office just got updated today (10/26)

Bad timing? I just finished the comparison revamp last night just to be greeted with two updates tonight. I will update the comparison over the next week. So far I haven't seen any major improvements though. Stay tuned!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] nate.mcbride:
I tried out officesuit pro 5 and it seemed optimized. Had a different interface than phone and no tell tail zoom/fill option in the task bar. I like it much more than polaris office after just paying with it briefly. Like the google docs integration too
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
I hear what you're saying. I don't mean that the design is not showing nicely on tablets; my "problem" was mainly that the charts in "Excel" are not shown in the worksheet but have to be selected manually and individually. In my opinion that points to a version that was intended for phones.

If XDA members would like me to add the OfficeSuite Pro to the comparison let me know and I'll see how quickly I can get to it!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Back to the drawing board

It seems that the small version change in Documents to Go from 3.003 to 3.004 has more improvements than I realized. This morning I read an article over at Androinica describing some apparently great improvements.

This article also made me realize that I do not dig deep enough what each office suite can do but as I stated in the original post I wanted to cover only those aspects that I need/find important.

So please, if anyone wants to add to the comparison just post it here and I'll add it to the appropriate post(s)!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] CheeseMcGee:
What about adding Amazon's latest free offer, Quickoffice Pro to the list?

**Edit - Derp, nevermind... downloaded it to my phone yesterday and AFTER I posted this, I tried to install on my Tablet. Turns out it's not compatible!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
No problem. Whenever there's specifically an HD version I'll pick that one since it's supposedly taking advantage of the higher resolution. Some apps like Picsel SmartOffice apparently can figure that out automatically without the need for different versions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
QuickOffice Pro HD updated

I have to see what the differences are and find time to incorporate them into the review. Has anyone found anything exciting yet?

According to the devs here are the changes:
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] jadesse:
Have you tried Thinkfree Office Suit? I have tried all the office suits but they all have the same issue. They cannot show a simple Excel check box.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] goan0900:
wow great work, i bought an app, next time i check first here :mad:
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Kein Problem, danke!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
What do you mean with Excel checkbox? If you are referring to a VBA checkbox that is interactive I am sure you will not find it anytime soon. If you're just looking to have an empty box displayed then I can check but I'm sure it could be done by inserting a symbol. Maybe you can provide me with more details, e.g. a screenshot?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] xqr12:
Have you tried Yozo Office? it seems it is the only android office suit that can support ppt animation till now
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
I cannot find Yozo Office in the market. Do you have a link?

EDIT: I found the website but out of all the downloadable versions the Android one was the only not available. I contacted their support but don't expect to hear back any time soon.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] melcali:
unless i've overlooked the feature, why dont any of these office suites have the option to add columns in a word document? it seems like a simple and most used feature. this is the only thing that keeps me going back to do work on a laptop or desktop besides graphic design.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Polaris Office has the function to insert cells in a table if that's what you mean: When the cursor is in the table click on the options button and select table. There you can select to insert whatever you need. Or were you talking about making a section multi-column?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] :
In the Excel chart comparison screenshots, post #4, the one for Polaris is wrong - it shows the formats tab again. Is there any chance you could put the right shot in? I would be interested to see it. Thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
It should be fixed now. Could you please confirm?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] melcali:
Hey. No. I was talking about in a word document. Being able to have split columns.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] :
Yes, that's great, thanks very much.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
good news everyone: ThinkFree Office has some predefined layouts for multi-column. I haven't found this feature in other apps though (just by quickly checking).
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] melcali:
whoa that's awesome. thanks for heads up
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] xqr12:
it is an OEM product, you can download at w-w-w.filesonic.com/file/4026906024/Yozo.apk (delete hyphen)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] klau1:
After looking at the comparison, it's clear the Android productivity factor is dismal, WHY is Softmaker's Office taking so long??????

Android as a productivity platform doesn't exist without Softmaker Office.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Thanks! I have just heard back from customer support and they might send me a trial version as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Short answer: Yes. I was very excited yet sad at the same time when I read that Microsoft will most likely release their office suite for the iPad.... I wish Android would be less fragmented and diluted so the software devs wouldn't have to worry about on which device their product will or will not perform correctly.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Kingsoft Office suite

I just came across this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1366063

I installed the suite and it has a very nice UI and the word processor seems great. Biggest issue: Charts not displayed in XLSX file (but in XLS). Other features were also good. Soon I hope to update this thread!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] FlyingToilets:
I've done a little bit of searching but can't find an answer, do any of these let you draw on power point slides? Most of my teachers post notes in the form of power point presentations and it'd be awesome to be able to draw and write on the slides.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] xqr12:
could you send me the trial version if they do send it to you? btw, I've used kingsoft WPS for a long time, and it is awesome except some display error in some slides.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Microsoft:
Nice work

I will back :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] vsicarbon:
Hmmmm Microsoft Mobile office mobile still seems to be king....Why they all lack microsoft fonts...who knows.....I feel like these applications are far from rendering ms documents in any decent fashion....If I carried my powerpoint presentation on my tablet/phone wanted to edit it, It would have different fonts on it, since android OS's dont have MS fonts in it. I wonder why they havent done any OEM licesning???

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I'm not sure there is a point of displaying/editing something if it wont look as intended.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] drewxda7:
Thanks for this ! I just picked up the Transformer and I was trying to sort out which office app to use.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] habylab:
This thread is amazing, so helpful, thanks a lot!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
You're welcome! I still want to add the KingSoft Office Suite soon. It has a really nice UI and it's free now!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] busfullofBEARS:
This thread is amazing, man! You should re-post it in the Transformer Prime forum.

Looks like the included Polaris app hangs pretty well with the other options, I think I'll stick with it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
Ya know, I may just be tired, but didn't see anything about being able to move objects, shapes, and pictures in a spreadsheet. Am I wrong?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Sorry man, I didn't include this in the comparison so I quickly tried to move the chart objects in the test file. Unfortunately, only the OEM apps Polaris and Yozo allowed for selecting and moving a chart. I a not sure if that applies to all other objects like shapes and images though. Hope it helps nonetheless!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] goodintentions:
FYI, there is a new kid on the block called "android office" that has a spell checker. The UI is absolutely awesome. I'd say it's the most complete android office out there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
No problem, I appreciate all the hard work you've put into this! I did install Polaris with files here on xda, and while I can create documents, I can't seem to edit a spreadsheet in my Dropbox folder. I think at this point my best bet is to try the ones available to me and see which I like best. Thanks to these threads, about all my questions have been answered...
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] dragon_76:
The UI is awesome for a Windows 3.1 app...the VGA color theme made my eyes bleed. Someone likes their pure cyan a little too much.

Cheers!

-M

Xda member since 2007
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
LOL! That made me laugh. I actually contacted the developer and they will provide me with the next major release since they didn't want me to review an unfinishe product. But i have to agree that the UI is very, uhm, retro or playful.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] wells79:
Hey mate, awesome review and comparison. Any chance you could test which of the suites:

- allows you to enter Spreadsheet information using just the TFx01 keyboard (type in a value and press enter to continue to next field (not go to next line))

- allows you to enter dates in to a spreadsheet in d/m/yy format?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] JITucker:
Just a great comparison post. Very well put together. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Hey there, see answers below:

So far I can confirm that OfficeSuite Pro v 5.5.730, Quickoffice 5.0.312, and Yozo Office for Huawei v 3.4.1.1688 support the enter key to go to the next cell.

I don't think that d/m/yy is a commonly used notation for a date. It is usually d.m.yy or m/d/yy or such but I have never encountered the d/m/yy. Several apps allow to format your cells as date (e.g. Yozo, OfficeSuite, Polaris).

Hope that helps!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
I don't personally have a need for this, but had a friend looking for a text editor... they are looking for something that support more than a million characters per document.

I know it sounds absolutely ridiculousness... but that's the request... would any of these support that?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
The easiest way to find out is to send me a file that they would like to try.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
Well, I spent hours on a updating document last night in Office Suite Pro 5 (still on the trial). The document was a .doc. I edited the doc and saved it as a .doc and saved it to my Dropbox folder. Today, at work, I try and open it from Dropbox and get an error message that it can't open. So I bluetooth the file from my Xoom to my PC, same thing.

Then I opened the doc on my Xoom (thankfully it opened and all my changes are there) and saved it as a .docx and bluetoothed that to my PC. This did open, where I just saved it as a .doc file, and now it is working on my PC... Strange, and almost very problematic... Time for me to try a different app...
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Sometimes the apps don't seem to have the right way of saving and/or loading certain document types. I do not want to try analyze all the different combinations :D

What I AM very excited about, though, is that Picsel SmartOffice 2.0 will be released at some point! According to one of the really helpful CS people there

.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
I hope one of those features is moving shapes/objects/pictures in a spreadsheet, then I'd be ecstatic...
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] jdcnosse:
Is there any way to make MS Office double spacing in Polaris? Or any way to make double spacing in any of the apps? I'm a student and need to have double spacing as a standard for my school papers...
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] brooon:
Seems like it´s available
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Thanks! I realized that just last night when I was scrolling through my installed apps. I had a brief look and the UI is completely overhauled. However, I have to dissect what kind of functionality has been added. My first impression was very good; printing was added, conversion to PDF, and recent documents. I'll update this thread as soon as I find time!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Yes, the following apps support changing the line spacing:

Office Suite Pro 5 (but it crashed on me since I don't have the most recent vrsion thanks to amazon's slow updates)

Polaris Office (but not by numeric value, only as "increase spacing")

ThinkFree Write

Yozo Office (it's a bit hidden but one can find it)

Hope that helps (and don't forget to hit the Thanks button)!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] jdcnosse:
I noticed in Polaris Office that if you go to menu, then format, then paragraph, you're able to set the line spacing as a numeric value. Most of the time it doesn't really matter, but I do have some professors that mark me down when it's anything other than 12pt, Times New Roman, double spaced lol

Sorry for the questions, and I look forward to the addition of the new Picsel Office to the comparison. I use my transformer and keyboard dock like an actual laptop haha
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] habylab:
The new Picsel Office update really looks stellar. Box integration is a must for me sadly though!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
Can you move objects/shapes/pictures around within an .xls or .xlsx spreadsheet yet?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
Nope. Functionality is still lacking very badly.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] otis_bartleh:
Dang it! Hopefully that'll eventually be a feature in one of the office suites... Thanks for all your work by the way...
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] funnycreature:
No problem...

I know I will probably feel the heat for the following statement but the iPhone that I played with at the store had the Apple office apps installed (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) and they blow away anything I've seen for Android so far. They simply seem to have no limitation. I am still waiting and hoping for an Android solution though...