Hi all!
Just wondering why Mobile Office in my Wizard (WM 5.0 from Orange) is unusefull crap and cannot load ab 5mb .doc file (with gifs)???
I know that it happens on other devices too - is there/or would be any fix for that?
Would appreciate help because working with big .doc files (EU projects implementation guidebooks) - and cannot correct even one letter in this big files from my PPC.
Before you look to solve this problem, ensure that your pda is able to cope with the document.
Opening, then saving a word document will remove some of the formatting we take for granted.
If you read the following and decide it's ok, then proceed but not until after, otherwise you could loose valuable work
The following is taken from my user guide:
Unsupported features in Word Mobile Word Mobile does not fully support some features of Microsoft Word such as revision marks and password protection. Some data and formatting may be lost when you save the document on your device.
The following features are not supported in Word Mobile.
• Backgrounds
• Shapes and text boxes
• Artistic page borders
• Smart tags
• Metafiles
• Bi-directional text. (While Word Mobile will open documents containing bi-directional text, the indentations and alignment may be displayed and saved incorrectly.)
• Password-protected files. Word Mobile does not support opening password-protected documents. You must first remove
the password protection in Word on the PC if you want to view the document on the device.
• Document protection.Word Mobile does not support displaying files that have been protected in Word on the PC.
The following features are partially supported in Word Mobile.
• Picture bullets
• Revision marks
• Table styles
• Underline styles. Underline styles not supported by Word Mobile are mapped to one of the four supported styles: regular, dotted, wavy, or thick/bold/wide.
• Legacy Pocket Word files. You can open *.psw files in Word Mobile; however, if you edit a file, you will need to save it in
*.doc, *.rtf, *.txt, or *.dot format.
The following features are not supported on the device; however, they are retained in the file so that when a file is opened on the PC again,they appear as expected.
• Footnotes, endnotes, headers, footers
• Page breaks
• Lists
• Fonts and font sizes. Fonts not supported by the device are mapped to the closest font available, although the original font will be listed on the device.
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yeah, I read manual too - I can handle that Mobile Word is not the same as Word 2003 and sophisticated .doc's cannot be compatible - but Word Mobile can't even open large core text doc's - I checked this out
I think I will bother MS Help Desk with that - will let know abut the results.
Hi guys,
I think I might endup setting a new thread on this one but since I found this during search I will add a coment here since its related...
Tbh I am starting to feel that this wm5 is more a downgrade to the previous version!
On my sd card I have some word documents that I transferd from the pc some are about 3k and others about 5k..... all of them opened (and still do) fine on my ipaq with wm2003se... when I try to open the same docs on my exec wm5 some of them Word gives an error that found something wrong with the document and just refuses to open it!!!
I find this to be very frustrating and a major flaw....
Has anyone experienced something like this or know of any cure to the problem?...
BR
yah, am still fighting with Word Mobile - I cannot open even small .doc's with some .gif's - MS SUCKS!
Somebody know any kind of upgrade from that scum!
Related
Take a look here:
info: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=127518
Dload: http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/
New features in this build
- tabs
- support for http upload
- keyboard shortcuts:
tab (next form element)
space (scroll down one page)
Have fun
MaX
A review:
Even the first beta version of Opera was a real relevation for the Pocket PC community. Much as it had several bugs (particularly on pre-Windows Mobile 5 devices), it has quickly become the browser of choice for many Pocket PC users (including me), at least on Windows Mobile 5.
The new version is, speed-wise, clearly the best browser I've ever seen for the Pocket PC. It's much-much faster than the alternatives. You'll certainly love it!
The good
* The WM2003(SE) version seems to be working great: I haven't encountered the infamous Opera-is-stalled bug under pre-WM5 operating system any more. I've tested the new version of Opera with all the test pages (the search facility at http://www.europe.com/en/ - screenshot here; RedHotPawn) that make the previous version stall at once. No problems encountered so far.
This may be related to the fact that now Opera senses some Web servers' not answering – see this and this message.
A iPAQ 2210 screenshot can be seen here and here (the latter taken at 25% zoom level so that the entire chessboard is visible) – as can be seen, as opposed to b1, I could log in and play on my iPAQ 2210 as well.
* It feels much faster than beta1, which is a feat in itself because beta 1 was already much faster than any alternative browser.
* There's tab support! (See the screenshots provided for examples.)
* The bug related to not being able to display loooooong pages is fixed. It worked great with all the pages I've thrown it at; an example screenshot of Tero Lehto's blog is here.
* Much as the new version is still using custom (non-native) GUI components, one of the biggest problems, that is, the text areas hiding the last characters in each row behind the scrollbar, is fixed as can be seen in here.
* The "You have XX days left of your trial period" dialog is no longer displayed at startup.
(There must be tons of other bugfixes, as far as previous beta1 bugs are concerned; these were the ones I've explicitly tested and compared to beta1.)
The bad
* After scrolling a page with any amount (or going to a new page), you will not be able to directly tap-and-hold a link to bring up the context menu (so that you can open the link in a new tab) without the need for at least partially highlight it (or the text that contains it). Fortunately, this is a minor annoyance and you'll quickly learn how to highlight (part) the link without clicking it.
* The new version is still using custom GUI components, which makes it impossible to use any kind of common Windows keyboard shortcuts. This is a mayor annoyance to anybody using an external keyboard to enter a lot of texts and wanting to use the traditional Windows shortcuts to quickly navigate through / highlight / copy/cut/paste text in the text input components.
* On some Pocket PC's (for example, the Pocket Loox 720) the new version still uses non-proportional Courier New fonts in the address bar / in the tab titles. This is a minor annoyance, though.
* Unfortunately, the settings dialogs (screenshot 1 and 2) are as simple as in beta1. The latter, however, now has a new checkbox, " Set Opera as default browser", which makes it unnecessary to manually import a registry file (please see the articles in the Recommended links section for the registry import file I've created for beta1 to revert the default browser assignments) in order to revert back to using Pocket Internet Explorer (if you make Opera the default Web browser on your Pocket PC).
Nevertheless, the lack of detailed settings dialogs are not a problem – with manually editing (or, downloading my sample configuration files) the main configuration files of Opera, you can fine-tune it (scrollbar visibility, proxy usage, scroll behaviour etc).
* Under WM2003, Menu/Display/Landscape still doesn't rotate the viewport. Again, this would be pretty easy to implement because Opera, unlike for example the Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) plug-ins or almost all ( uBook and Mobipocket Reader being the most important exceptions) e-book readers, doesn't need to rely on the Portrait-only, underlying PIE engine. This is a minor problem though and "only" affecting WM2003 users – screen rotation works great in post-WM2003 operating systems.
* Still no advanced context menus (copy link, save image), no in-page searching etc. These are, however, only minor annoyances, which don't have a negative effect on the browsing experience itself.
* Still no " One Column" view mode like that of PIE starting with WM2003SE or the PIE plug-in PIEPlus (see this review on the latest version of latter, including a detailed comparison of the "one column" modes offered by PIE and PIEPlus). This would be very useful to maximize the usage of the available screen estate on many pages; for example, the XDA-Dev forums (example screenshot of Opera 8.5b2 rendering the latter here – as can be seen, the useful contents of the page only occupies about 65-70% of the available horizontal screen estate. With a real "One Column" mode, it'd be close to 100%).
* Still no support for system-level favourites. This would also be really easy to implement as there's nothing particular about the .url files in \Windows\Favorites – they're really-really easy to process. (I'd say a hour's work for an average C++ programmer.)
Verdict
I can only use superlatives when speaking of this application. Despite its (still) missing functionalities, its speed and compatibility is just phenomenal.
Recommended links
The following articles/tips all discuss/are all related to the previous, beta 1 version. Note that some of their contents is now that they are fixed are outdated. They may still be worth checking out - particularly the ones on manually editing the Opera configuration files. You'll find a lot of information in these articles never published by anyone else.
ESSENTIAL (NEW, UNIQUE BUGFIXES!!!) to know about the great Web browser, Opera beta! - I haven't run into the same problem with the new Opera version – yet. This doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist any more – therefore, if the address bar auto-completion crashes your Pocket PC with beta2 too, make sure you read this article.
Modify the default scrolling behaviour of Pocket PC Web browsers. Note that even the beta 2 of Opera uses jump-by-link by default (on all operating systems, not just WM5), as far as its D-pad navigation is concerned; you will most probably want to override this and switch to the 'scroll a page at a time' behaviour. Note that the new scroll a page feature (invokable via the Space key) only works on devices with a built-in keyboard; for example, on the HTC Wizard (screenshot of Opera running on my HTC Wizard here).
Opera 8.5 beta on WM5 - it is certainly different from the WM2003(SE) version and is working GREAT!
WM5 compliance report: the bandwidth reduction service OnSpeed works pretty good; additional Toonel information – this article will be useful for everyone that wants to configure his or her Opera to access the Web sites through a HTTP proxy.
Pocket PC version of Famous Web Browser, Opera 8.5 beta Officially Released!
link is broken. Could you upload it. Thanks
Do you mean this one? http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/
It's working OK with me.
Even the first beta version of Opera was a real relevation for the Pocket PC community. Much as it had several bugs (particularly on pre-Windows Mobile 5 devices), it has quickly become the browser of choice for many Pocket PC users (including me), at least on Windows Mobile 5.
The new version is, speed-wise, clearly the best browser I've ever seen for the Pocket PC. It's much-much faster than the alternatives. You'll certainly love it!
The good
* The WM2003(SE) version seems to be working great: I haven't encountered the infamous Opera-is-stalled bug under pre-WM5 operating system any more. I've tested the new version of Opera with all the test pages (the search facility at http://www.europe.com/en/ - screenshot here; RedHotPawn) that make the previous version stall at once. No problems encountered so far.
This may be related to the fact that now Opera senses some Web servers' not answering – see this and this message.
A iPAQ 2210 screenshot can be seen here and here (the latter taken at 25% zoom level so that the entire chessboard is visible) – as can be seen, as opposed to b1, I could log in and play on my iPAQ 2210 as well.
* It feels much faster than beta1, which is a feat in itself because beta 1 was already much faster than any alternative browser.
* There's tab support! (See the screenshots provided for examples.)
* The bug related to not being able to display loooooong pages is fixed. It worked great with all the pages I've thrown it at; an example screenshot of Tero Lehto's blog is here.
* Much as the new version is still using custom (non-native) GUI components, one of the biggest problems, that is, the text areas hiding the last characters in each row behind the scrollbar, is fixed as can be seen in here.
* The "You have XX days left of your trial period" dialog is no longer displayed at startup.
(There must be tons of other bugfixes, as far as previous beta1 bugs are concerned; these were the ones I've explicitly tested and compared to beta1.)
The bad
* After scrolling a page with any amount (or going to a new page), you will not be able to directly tap-and-hold a link to bring up the context menu (so that you can open the link in a new tab) without the need for at least partially highlight it (or the text that contains it). Fortunately, this is a minor annoyance and you'll quickly learn how to highlight (part) the link without clicking it.
* The new version is still using custom GUI components, which makes it impossible to use any kind of common Windows keyboard shortcuts. This is a mayor annoyance to anybody using an external keyboard to enter a lot of texts and wanting to use the traditional Windows shortcuts to quickly navigate through / highlight / copy/cut/paste text in the text input components.
* On some Pocket PC's (for example, the Pocket Loox 720) the new version still uses non-proportional Courier New fonts in the address bar / in the tab titles. This is a minor annoyance, though.
* Unfortunately, the settings dialogs (screenshot 1 and 2) are as simple as in beta1. The latter, however, now has a new checkbox, " Set Opera as default browser", which makes it unnecessary to manually import a registry file (please see the articles in the Recommended links section for the registry import file I've created for beta1 to revert the default browser assignments) in order to revert back to using Pocket Internet Explorer (if you make Opera the default Web browser on your Pocket PC).
Nevertheless, the lack of detailed settings dialogs are not a problem – with manually editing (or, downloading my sample configuration files) the main configuration files of Opera, you can fine-tune it (scrollbar visibility, proxy usage, scroll behaviour etc).
* Under WM2003, Menu/Display/Landscape still doesn't rotate the viewport. Again, this would be pretty easy to implement because Opera, unlike for example the Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) plug-ins or almost all ( uBook and Mobipocket Reader being the most important exceptions) e-book readers, doesn't need to rely on the Portrait-only, underlying PIE engine. This is a minor problem though and "only" affecting WM2003 users – screen rotation works great in post-WM2003 operating systems.
* Still no advanced context menus (copy link, save image), no in-page searching etc. These are, however, only minor annoyances, which don't have a negative effect on the browsing experience itself.
* Still no " One Column" view mode like that of PIE starting with WM2003SE or the PIE plug-in PIEPlus (see this review on the latest version of latter, including a detailed comparison of the "one column" modes offered by PIE and PIEPlus). This would be very useful to maximize the usage of the available screen estate on many pages; for example, the XDA-Dev forums (example screenshot of Opera 8.5b2 rendering the latter here – as can be seen, the useful contents of the page only occupies about 65-70% of the available horizontal screen estate. With a real "One Column" mode, it'd be close to 100%).
* Still no support for system-level favourites. This would also be really easy to implement as there's nothing particular about the .url files in \Windows\Favorites – they're really-really easy to process. (I'd say a hour's work for an average C++ programmer.)
Verdict
I can only use superlatives when speaking of this application. Despite its (still) missing functionalities, its speed and compatibility is just phenomenal.
Recommended links
The following articles/tips all discuss/are all related to the previous, beta 1 version. Note that some of their contents is now that they are fixed are outdated. They may still be worth checking out - particularly the ones on manually editing the Opera configuration files. You'll find a lot of information in these articles never published by anyone else.
ESSENTIAL (NEW, UNIQUE BUGFIXES!!!) to know about the great Web browser, Opera beta! - I haven't run into the same problem with the new Opera version – yet. This doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist any more – therefore, if the address bar auto-completion crashes your Pocket PC with beta2 too, make sure you read this article.
Modify the default scrolling behaviour of Pocket PC Web browsers. Note that even the beta 2 of Opera uses jump-by-link by default (on all operating systems, not just WM5), as far as its D-pad navigation is concerned; you will most probably want to override this and switch to the 'scroll a page at a time' behaviour. Note that the new scroll a page feature (invokable via the Space key) only works on devices with a built-in keyboard; for example, on the HTC Wizard (screenshot of Opera running on my HTC Wizard here).
Opera 8.5 beta on WM5 - it is certainly different from the WM2003(SE) version and is working GREAT!
WM5 compliance report: the bandwidth reduction service OnSpeed works pretty good; additional Toonel information – this article will be useful for everyone that wants to configure his or her Opera to access the Web sites through a HTTP proxy.
Pocket PC version of Famous Web Browser, Opera 8.5 beta Officially Released!
Hey everyone,
I developed this app as a part of my final year project. Initially I had big plans for it (I still feel that PPC lacks strong apps in this area.. OneNote doesn't cut it for me), but got busy with work/studies and forgot all about it.
I have also created a web version for it (sync your data with a web url), but thats too alpha at the moment. If anyone wants to beta test it, please let me know.
I'm uploading the last versions I made of this app to gather some bug reports, problems, crashes, new features etc which people might be interested in.
Keep in mind, I want this app to be so good that people can finally leave their paper notebooks home
I know some things aren't working well or at all, for e.g. synchronization.
Play around with the buttons (the tooltips etc should tell you what they're for)
Features:
arrange data in notebooks and pages. (basically you create a notebook and then insert a page into it..)
There are two modes.. view/edit.. edit mode gives you basic text input where you can format text using the following wiki syntax (effect of formatting is only visible in view mode):
*text* - bold
\text\ - italic
_text_ - underline
+ (add more pluses upto 6) gives you heading (e.g. ++My heading)
~color:green~ any text after this will be green. you can use this for most named colors
[link to another page] link between pages (linking will automatically happen if you use CamelCase/wiki syntax.. you can enforce linking by putting [Notebook/Page name] <-- in square brackets as such. Links can be renamed as well [[renamed link][Notebook/ActualPage]]
[image:image name]
You can insert images using the button/menu options. these images are imported into the notebooks directory.
Search notes
tag notes
bookmark notes (you can even bookmark searches, the stored search will be re-run every time, so for e.g. if you bookmark a search with dates later than last week, then it'll give you new results every time)
Maintain clipboard history and auto insert copied stuff into current page. (keyboard is polled every second)
Most important feature:- You can just copy over your notebooks/bookmarks directory (or sync it using any sync tool), and the same notebooks/pages/bookmarks will be available on both PPC and Win32.
Download:
http://ace.xhaven.net/DN-Win32-PPC.zip
Installation:
- Just unzip the win32 and PPC directories to your desktop and PDA.. click on the exe to run program. Should work on wm2003/wm5/wm6
Known bugs/issues:
- clipboard isn't working on PPC
- PPC version is slower, doesn't have softkey support yet
- PPC Icons look wierd
- .... add more?
Disclaimer:
I make no claims that this will work properly, or even execute on your desktop/PPC. I dont owe you anything. Please try this at your own risk.
no one tried it yet?
Nice Idea
Thanks,
This is great idea, i tested the note book, it is good.
But quite difficult to use on mobile, can u change the interface to make it easy to understand and write.
You're right, the PPC version is not that easy to use. Hopefully I'll get some time on this weeked to fix that up, as well as allowing common actions to be performed using hard/soft keys.
ammarr said:
You're right, the PPC version is not that easy to use. Hopefully I'll get some time on this weeked to fix that up, as well as allowing common actions to be performed using hard/soft keys.
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Yes that would be cool, waiting for your new version.
Overview
MyQuotes is a desktop application which you can read eBook or study vocabulary or display personalized picture. In addition, MyQuotes is very customizable, you can configure MyQuotes to change the quotes and/or background image every several seconds/minutes/hours, you can also change it by clicking or key-press for prev/Next/Random. MyQuotes support many modes that be suit for different scenes(like as reading/learning...), you can append new mode and delete old mode, and these modes can be convenient switched by desktop context menu.
MyQuotes has appended three modes by default:
1. Reading: for reading eBook;
2. Learning: for learning vocabulary words
3. Exciting: for dislpay picture/quotes/affirmations/saying
MyQuotes fetchs the content from TEXT files (specified at mode settings) that can be created and edited for convenience.
Features
Blow is a general list of features for MyQuotes Today Screen Plugin:
Desktop eBook reader
Can display quotes/affirmations/saying
Can display BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF image files
Support fixed display lines
Support fixed file lines( Word Wrap/Scrolling text)
Conveniently switch mode and file by context menu
Full customizable text files and image files
Support TEXT file format(ANSI/UTF16/UTF8)
Manual actions, such as clicking/draging/scrolling/pressing
Automatic actions, such as every several seconds/minutes/hours
Multiple change style, such as Next/Prev/Lock/Unlock/Random/Direction by region
Multifarious appearance, such as Background/Margin/Alignmeng/ProgressBar/Font
MyQuotes lights your heart.
You can access the MyQuotes's BBS : www.addintimer.com
or download at : http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=26723
or direct download the attachment following
Nice, but is it freeware or what..?
Has anyone tried...??
cheerz
it sounds so great idea
good work
but which format does it support for reading ?
pdf ? txt ?
thanks for the hard work
This costs $9.95 at Pocketgear.
haam1978 said:
it sounds so great idea
good work
but which format does it support for reading ?
pdf ? txt ?
thanks for the hard work
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MyQuotes fetchs the content from TEXT files (specified at mode settings) that can be created and edited for convenience.
Support TEXT file format(ANSI/UTF16/UTF8)
Thanks
Unfortunly it says is trial version...
Registration
By default, MyQuotes will be installed as a trial version, which will expire after 14-days from the original installation date. To permanently activate MyQuotes on your device, you¡¯ll need to purchase the software to obtain a valid 5-digit reg key code number. Entering this code number in the ¡°About¡*¡± form will convert the trial version to the full version.
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Needs instructions or help file
Guoyd
MyQuotes looks pretty flexable and seems to have capabilities that I'm looking for. So I bought it. However, I'm having trouble in configuring the program. Can you provide some instructions on what each of the configuration setting do? This would make things so much easier!
To help me learn Japanese, my goal is to use it to randomly post different Japanese words and phrases with their meaning on the today screen every few hours.
Finansist.PDA
Hi all!
I glad to show my first project for PPC - Finansist.PDA
Use Finansist.PDA to take account of your finances with the possibility of synchronizing with multiple computers. Program Finansist.PDA offers many functions (some of them are in development) to obtain the current exchange rate from the Internet, show reports, etc.
There are maybe some control layout bugs at different screen resolutions (I've tested at 320*240).
Known bugs and issues:
* After you change the lang - you need reboot application
System Requirements:
* Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.1, 6.5 (not tested yet)
* DotNet Compact Framework 3.5
Website: http://finansist.chanaev.ru/
Important! To update aplication without lose my data you need copy file MainDB.fdb from path_where_you_install_application\Database\ to any safe place (for example to \My Documents). After that install new version and copy this file back, overwriting existing new file.
Download:
Version 1.0 CAB: View attachment 222095
Changelog:
Initional release with base functions
Version 1.1 CAB: View attachment 222096
Changelog:
If the application installed in a folder other than \Program Files\Finansist PDA\ - required to manually correct the configuration file. Otherwise application don't work.
Controls layout for different screen resolution and layouts
Possibility to add payment into root categories
Cleanup initial database
Category which are curently selected in a category tree goes to New Payment form.
Interface changes in category tree context menu.
Subcategory payments included in output table when category in treeview clicked.
Database errors now also processed by translation module
Autoselect language during first launch
Field «Translated by:» in programm «About» form
Version 1.2 CAB: View attachment 260889
Changelog:
Possibility to set number of displayed rows in the table of payments
Possibility to display payments in subcategories with selected category payments
Possibility to work with many databases. You can disable dialog of database selection and work just with one database. Also you can create, open, compress, delete, set password see database properties and so on.
Database password protection
Many world currencies. For better usability you can select currencies which you use. Non-active will be not displayed in system (for exapmple in account management).
Database versioning. Converting to new format processed automatically without any data lost. This version has database v1. Finansist v1.1 and v1.0 had v0 database.
Possibility to copy databases from PC and back via ActiveSync. First step into records synchronizing. PC client available at the website.
Basic help at english language actually contained general information.
Fixed dates range calculation in Reports
Fixed some crashes in account management
Improvement of internal algorhythms for better perfomance and so on.
Feedback are welcome!
Enjoy =)
Change Currency
Hi, could you tell me how to change the currency???? I use TT$
hmm
Thanks for it
zjxpot, Unfortunately right now there is no possibility to do it. This function is in development stage. I guess it will be avaible as soon as possible.
yonta, you are welcome
2All, I've published new version. See changes and download app from header post.
Password
Hi in menu/option the password box is disabled how do I enable also in new payment regular payment is disabled how to enable or are those option for future use??? btw nice program
Finansist PDA v1.2 has been released after long time pause. Many changes in code, some new feautures and improvements. Work with PC as main feature must simplify process of money tracking and reporting. Don't forget about backup data at your device before first sync. List of changes is in header. Enjoy.
zjxpot, new version support many currencies
chanaev said:
Finansist PDA v1.2 has been released after long time pause. Many changes in code, some new feautures and improvements. Work with PC as main feature must simplify process of money tracking and reporting. Don't forget about backup data at your device before first sync. List of changes is in header. Enjoy.
zjxpot, new version support many currencies
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Thanks for your work, I will check it out, All the best during this holiday season to you and your family
congrats on the new version