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Best Office Suite [Poll]

Hi Everyone,
I'm interested in all your opinions in a poll for the best Office Suite app (paid or free) to run on the Nexus 7.
My only real personal requirements are:
Google Drive integration
Full (as much as possible) editing of documents
Integrated fonts
Autosave
It's interesting to see that last month Google acquired Quick Office too!
Your thoughts...and more importantly reasons for your choice!

OP: good question. I was frankly quite disappointed that the new, improved Google Drive only allowed offline editing, but not offline document creation.
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Thanks for the reply malcontent510, I had noticed that feature was lacking too and to me with the acquisition it is quite plain that eventually Quick Office + Drive will merge and it will be a force to be reckoned with. Until then one of the £5-10 ($7-15) range of apps will do the job I think, what was your personal pick?

on the phone I have experience with quick office, documents to go and preferred quick office.
On the tablet(nexus 7), I tried quick office pro hd and really like it so far.
I'm still learning how to use it but it is visually appealing to me & I love that I can sync my dropbox, box, drive accounts with it.
Vote= quick office pro hd
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Thanks ateebtk, so can you open/save to/from Drive offline and then sync your saves when you're back online?
Are there several fonts included?

bertles86 said:
Thanks ateebtk, so can you open/save to/from Drive offline and then sync your saves when you're back online?
Are there several fonts included?
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Alright..there are 19 fonts included.
Won't let you save file on drive without Wi-Fi.
You are forced to save on local storage without Wi-Fi.once you get Wi-Fi, you can easily drag files from local storage to the Google drive account very easily using the file explorer built in the app.
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Thanks!
Does it Autosave in the background?

I like king soft office
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Quite a few votes for Google Drive/Docs, I do like the app, but you can't work offline unlike the others...
phantasybm does KingSoft have Drive integration?

Bump

OnLive Desktop looks pretty good, only downside is the need for a decent internet connection.

Hey ben, that's a very interesting app! Very cloud based but if you were at home/in an office with Wi-Fi then it could be worthwhile.

I just came across this app in the store that you might want to check out as well...
CloudOn

ateebtk said:
On the tablet(nexus 7), I tried quick office pro hd and really like it so far.
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How did you install Quick Office Pro HD on the tablet? The app page on Google Play says it's not compatible with the Nexus 7.

drsky125 said:
How did you install Quick Office Pro HD on the tablet? The app page on Google Play says it's not compatible with the Nexus 7.
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Turn on unknown sources from menu(setting) and install apk from your tibu/online
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A full featured, MS office compatible office package would be the "unreleased" SoftMaker Office Mobile for Android.
They have a free release candidate version you can download from their website and try.
This is the only one I've ever found that's 100% compatible with Office 2007 and 2010 without any formatting changes, etc.
It's really a heavy package tho. it includes "word", "excel" and "powerpoint".

Interesting find compusmurf! Have you tested it?
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Officesuite HD. Works really well and works with a number of cloud services.
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I use OfficeSuite Pro- It was Amazon's free app of the day a few months ago and I have no real complaints with it. Nothing particularly spectacular about it either.

Does anyone know if the Google Drive app allows you to save directly to .docx/.xlsx?

Which Office App should I use for Nexus 7?

I installed a couple of Office Suite from Amazon Free App of the Day on my phone. I am wondering which one is the best for the Nexus 7. I can download other free alternative if it is even better. Thanks!
List of Office Suite that I have from Amazon:
OfficeSuite Professional 6
Quickoffice Pro
Documents to Go 3.0
Or should I go to a free one?

I like quick office pro, and I think I remember them being bought up by Google docs or something like that not too long ago. I can't remember I'll have to do some searching.
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Kingsoft office... And it is free
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I have Office Suite Pro that I got for free.... so that's my only choice.
I used Polaris on my old transformer and I liked it. There is a really good comparison between the various office apps some where online. I think someone from the Asus transformer forums did it.
Some allow you to only read and not edit. I can't see really having to edit or create documents on the go, but I guess some people do. As long as I can open them, I'm good. Since you have access to them all, won't you simply try each one and tell us what you like better?
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I have always used quickoffice pro on my 10" tablet, and I installed it on my nexus 7 and it works great. I also got those three office apps from amazon, and quickoffice pro seems to be the least buggy
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CloudOn is one of the best office apps I've seen, although you need to be on wifi and have a box, dropbox or Google drive account (or all 3) as it only reads from cloud storage. They match the office ui almost exactly and have support for Excel, Word, and Power Point docs. Also it only works on tablets.
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QuickOffice Pro HD is great, though you'll need to pull the APK off another device, it doesn't think it works on the N7.

Which office suite would be best for a student? I'm looking at Smart Office 2. Anyone tried it? I believe its on sale now for $1.98

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CloudOn is one of the best office apps I've seen, although you need to be on wifi and have a box, dropbox or Google drive account (or all 3) as it only reads from cloud storage. They match the office ui almost exactly and have support for Excel, Word, and Power Point docs. Also it only works on tablets.
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How did you get cloud on? When I go to it it says its not compatible...
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Here is the link to the comparison:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085173

Quick office HD.
Think it shows not compatible in the play store, but it works fine.
You can link it to all your cloud storage accounts.
It has really advanced features that mean you can create documents as if they have been made on the PC.
I think quick office were acquired by Google not so long ago but I might be wrong on that.

lostwhat83 said:
Kingsoft office... And it is free
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I have no idea how this is free. It's as full featured as the $15 apps. There are no ads or other bloatware.

Another vote for KingSoft, It's brilliant. I paid for it when they used to charge.
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+1 for Kingsoft it really is great. Like iElvis said, I have no idea how its free but its fully featured works great!
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Thanks for the king soft suggestion. It is much better than quick office pro I got for free on Amazon.
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ben1066 said:
QuickOffice Pro HD is great, though you'll need to pull the APK off another device, it doesn't think it works on the N7.
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I have no issues installing it from the amazon app store, i guess its a play store thing?
lostwhat83 said:
Kingsoft office... And it is free
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I recently tried this app as well, I love it. I don't think anyone should spend money on an office suite app since this one is available
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+1 Kingsoft

I like king soft but its very laggy. Anyone else ?

I posted a thread exactly like this and the general consensus was Quick Office Pro HD. I got off Amazon since it doesn't show up in the Play store. It works awesome, integrates with Dropbox too.
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I have king soft installed and it works perfectly, haven't experienced any issues.
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CNN app for tablet

The CNN app for android tablet is not compatible with the N7. I found an apk in the Viewsonic G Tablet thread but I'm not sure what version it is and that info doesn't seem available in the app either. Here's the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13048857&postcount=9
Does anyone have a current version to share?
Thanks!
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Want this bad!! its crazy- cnn for phone isn't compatible either,what are they thinking I mean the nexus 7 is the most popular android tablet (with market) and they have no support for it.
also the economist app has the same issue.

I had emailed them about this months ago and this is the response I finally got:
"Greetings,
Thanks for contacting CNN! We appreciate you taking the time to send in your suggestion for the CNN app. I will put this suggestion into our mobile development team for consideration.
Regards,
Dave
CNN.com Tech Support
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/teamcnn
Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/cnn"
It has never been made available for the N7. LOL
That email was sent on September 11th.
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I don't mean to sound overly critical but... why not just use RSS? Ever since Google Reader, I no longer understand why anybody would prefer to manually open each website to check for news, when Reader does that for you...

euskalzabe said:
I don't mean to sound overly critical but... why not just use RSS? Ever since Google Reader, I no longer understand why anybody would prefer to manually open each website to check for news, when Reader does that for you...
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This is actually a far better idea: I tried side-loading the CNN app off of my Galaxy SIII and it looks terrible. You're better off reading the articles on the Web through Chrome or through an RSS reader such as Paper.

jpbl1976 said:
This is actually a far better idea: I tried side-loading the CNN app off of my Galaxy SIII and it looks terrible. You're better off reading the articles on the Web through Chrome or through an RSS reader such as Paper.
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There is a cnn money tablet version that does feature news(can configure what news you get. Albeit it's a bit more focused to the financial side but delves into other news topics.
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I was able to send myself the CNN apk with myappsharer (free in the play store) and install it on the N7 that way. Works fine.
http://android-gz.com

PDF reader with a good pdf selection interface

Hey
I am looking for an app with a pdf selection like the play magazine app or something other. I am tired of book cases
Thanks

"Or something other", in that case Mantano Ebook reader (premium). The best one that i've come across so far

QNBT said:
"Or something other", in that case Mantano Ebook reader (premium). The best one that i've come across so far
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I just checked out that app. Its very smooth. I hate stutter when flipping through pages. The iPad excels with PDFs and epub files. Annotation with Mantano requires the paid version though.
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Hi
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kill.geek.bdviewer&hl=en
Very good for CBR & pdf / view on line webdav samba sftp
Or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbGRpa28uYW5kcm9pZCJd

andrew.cambridge said:
I just checked out that app. Its very smooth. I hate stutter when flipping through pages. The iPad excels with PDFs and epub files. Annotation with Mantano requires the paid version though.
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Oh, I've been using the premium version far too long to remember that. The only downside with Mantano is the price I guess.

QNBT said:
Oh, I've been using the premium version far too long to remember that. The only downside with Mantano is the price I guess.
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I don't care about price. I like to help out development of apps by contributing to the Dev. $7 could be wasted on something else, so why not an app that I like?
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Most of my time in nexus 7 is spent on reading and annotating PDF files. There is unfortunately no single PDF solution. My favorite is ezpdf reader. Lots of options for editing PDF files. I also use repligo and iannotate . must say most are not free.
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Until that time, iAnnotate is the best in my opinion, it's free.

Of course ezpdf reader is the best.
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DNG Editor?

Trying to find something free to do some simple editing on my DNG files?

drtchocky said:
Trying to find something free to do some simple editing on my DNG files?
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did u mean RAW file?
hope this app can help u
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.lrmobile

Adobe lightroom would be your best bet its free and it works very well!
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Mf4466 said:
Adobe lightroom would be your best bet its free and it works very well!
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The export file size is ridiculously small. Disappointing.

You did ask for a free dmg editor... Not specifying on app export size and all that jazz
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Lightroom requires a subscription fee though, right?

Adobe Photoshop

Lightshield said:
Lightroom requires a subscription fee though, right?
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PC, Mac, yes. Android, it's free. but it's a very cut down version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.lrmobile

Free 30 days trial. Then it requires a subscription.

dont use phone editor apps for DNG file use lightroom for desktop for best results

While I agree that desktop software yields better results, I do find useful to be able to ocasionally edit a DNG file, especially for low light noisy/mushy shots.
With that in mind, my app of choice is PS Express, it allows to recover detail that gets lost in jpegs. I have tried Photomate and it produces slightly sharper images, but color balance is worse and the interface is much much clunkier.
Update: after some further testing, I found that PhotoMate color reduction is much better, and this is needed with the DNGs produced by the G4