WORD Formatting does NOT sync?!

[wing]

Hello,

I know this has been mentioned before, I am just seeking the best focused advice and answers for this...

How will we ever get documents to successfully "convert" from desktop to PPC without having drastic changes?

ActiveSync automatically changes Fonts, gets rid of Tables of Content, and eliminates the Heading1, Heading2, and Heading3's that I have painstakingly created.

I use all of this to do corporate training, and it is...embarrassing...to say the least.

Ack! I need a drink...

:)


[Toshiba e330 w/PPC 2002 & latest ActiveSync]

[omikron.sk]

It is possible to turn off the conversion in the ActiveSync settings and Pocket Word seems to handle most of .doc documents without conversion (pictures and some advanced formatting will be missing). Try. This might or might not help :wink:

[mv]

You can turn of conversion, wich makes bigger files, but some format will be lost anyway. From pocket pc 2000, pocket word sucks... don´t tell me you just know now :twisted: :twisted:

Of course, you can always buy textmaker and not lose any format at all.

[Sven Johannsen]

Keep in mind that turning of the conversion filter in AS will copy the entire Word .doc to the PPC intact. All the stuff will be in the file. Viewing the file will only show those things that Pocket Word supports however, so the viewing effect on the PPC is about the same.

If you do nothing but view, the .doc file will remain intact. Make one change, add a space, a comma, correct a spelling, and it will have to save as a Pocket Word document, removing all the formatting, etc., that Pocket Word doesn't support. Syncing back will replace the full word doc in the sync folder on the PC with the stripped copy, as it is now the newest.

Get Textmaker. I own it but really don't use it much, since I don't do much Word on my PPC. If you do, it is one of those must have apps. I expect their new PlanMaker, for Excel files, will be every bit the solution for heavy Excel users. I'm waiting for FileMaker, or whatever they will call their DB app, since FileMaker is taken :) (No I haven't heard they are going to do a DB one, just hoping)

[jneely]

Their database app is called DataMaker I think, but I don't know if they're porting it to PPC. It may be just a dekstop app.

TextMaker is the right solution. It's an AMAZING PPC application. Forget about Pocket Word. And PlanMaker looks amazing too if you do any spreadsheet work. More powerful than you could reasonably expect out of PDA apps and darn near copies of the desktop Office apps.

http://www.softmaker.de/anywhere/pics/ppc_men,en.gif http://www.softmaker.de/images/pmp04_en.gif

And did I mention that they handle the native Office document formats too, with no conversion?

http://www.softmaker.de/tmp_en.htm
http://www.softmaker.de/pmp_en.htm

[jneely]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. If you're a subscriber there is currently a 50% of discount on SoftMaker products!!! Making it a really reasonable price for all of the power you get.

[wing]

Nice @$$!

with the two *maker programs, i am just wondering...

I can create documents in word/excel on my PC,
then send it over to my PPC (and tell ActiveSync NOT to convert the files to Pocket versions)

Then use *maker to open word/excel files on my PPC.

Do I have this right?

And changes that I do on my PPC...they will be saved and sent back to my PC as standard word/excel files with most formatting intact...is this right?

[crosses fingers]

[Ripper014]

Just to correct you the Spreadsheet program is called Planmaker and is currently in beta... to be released to us shortly... or so they say...

[Janak Parekh]

And changes that I do on my PPC...they will be saved and sent back to my PC as standard word/excel files with most formatting intact...is this right?
Yep, they can be.

--janak

[jneely]

Wing, that is correct. Lossless editing on the Pocket PC and native support for the .doc format.

It gives you exactly what you want. It's what Pocket Word should have been, and in fact works really well as a replacement. I used to be irritated that Pocket Word was so lousy, but now I'd rather MS focus on the OS and leave the apps to companies like SoftMaker.

Do a google search on "TextMaker review" and you'll find a few extensive reviews that may help convince you that it handles everything you need.

For example:
http://www.infoscapeink.com/Pocket_PC_Solutions/Contact_Us/InfoScape_Links/Recommended_Software/Reviews_2/reviews_3.html

As was mentioned though, PlanMaker is currently in Beta testing.

[minimage]

I have TM, and I'm QUITE happy with it. For that software installation documentation that has those colorful screenshots, TM is there. For the mileage form with tables, TM is there. The folks at SoftMaker should have a street in every town named after them :).

[Anthony Caruana]

I bought Text Maker a few weeks ago (using the Subscriber Discount) and it is awesome. Using the HP folding keyboard, it has becme my main wriitng machine when I travel as I can set up and be up and running in just a few seconds (far quicker thatn with a laptop.

I save my docs to an SD card and when I get home, I just put the card in my card reader and work on it with MS Word. When I'm done, I can put the card back in Spike (my 2210) and continue working on it with TextMaker without any loss of formatting.

If you need to work on and read Word docs on your Pocket PC just get TextMaker. Don't shop around, don't bother with Pocket Word, just get it!

[Stephen Beesley]

If you need to work on and read Word docs on your Pocket PC just get TextMaker. Don't shop around, don't bother with Pocket Word, just get it!

I have to agree with Anthony. In fact my first six months or so in Ireland my Jornada was the only "computer" I had regular access to and with the help of Textmaker (and a stowaway keyboard) I used it for everything from a letter home to working on some pretty complex legal research papers (footnotes and all work without a hitch!).