Office App

[Supatramp]

I wonder if someone can help?

Back in the good old Nokia Communicator days, they came with a full version of I think Quick Office already installed. For me, one of the great things was the fact that with a spreadsheet containing my customers' details, I could click on their phone number > COPY, then go to the dialer screen and click on the number box > PASTE, and hey presto the phone number was there, and I simply pressed the green button and the number was dialed.

The free version of QO already installed on my Xperia P is pretty tame so I downloaded the free Kingsoft Office, but although it's a lot better than QO, I still can't do what I've described above.

So...........can anybody tell me if any of the Android office apps do this? I'm happy to pay for a full version if necessary.

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[Harry2]

I've Polaris Office (as stock app) and DocsToGo on my phone and only Polaris copys a sheet's cell contents to the phone's clipboard.

Harry

 

[Supatramp]

Thanks, but I can't find Polaris in Playstore.

 

[Harry2]

Thanks, but I can't find Polaris in Playstore.

Might be not compatible with your phone?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...le&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=polaris+office

Harry

 

[Phoenix1974]

I think Polaris is a Samsung only app.
Kingsoft office is a pretty good all inclusive app and is free.

 

[Supatramp]

I haven't used Kingsoft much yet but it already looks and works better than the free version of Quick Office. But you can't copy & paste with it!

And re Polaris, I tried via the above link, and found it, but it won't download!

 

[El Presidente]

Looks to be a country restriction, the link claims the app isn't compatible with any of my devices either.

Do the document editing tools in Google Drive do what you need them to do?

 

[Harry2]

Looks to be a country restriction, the link claims the app isn't compatible with any of my devices either. ...

I think you are right, EP

On Play Store the app claims the same about my HTC phone and ... although some version (?) of Polaris Office is stock on my HTC phone

Harry

 

[Harry2]

I haven't used Kingsoft much yet but it already looks and works better than the free version of Quick Office. But you can't copy & paste with it!

And re Polaris, I tried via the above link, and found it, but it won't download!

Hi Supatramp, I just tried it with DocsToGo again.
But instead pressing on the spreadsheet's cell I just tapped on it and went to that little windows on the top which shows the content of the cell. In that window I was able to use the phone's copy&paste

Have you tried this with QuickOffice already?

Harry

 

[Supatramp]

Looks to be a country restriction, the link claims the app isn't compatible with any of my devices either.

Do the document editing tools in Google Drive do what you need them to do?

I've actually got a separate issue with Google Drive! Using it to transfer folders and files from my PC to my laptop instead of via my wi-fi network, I discovered that some folders had transferred ok, but others were just empty folders!

 

[Supatramp]

Hi Supatramp, I just tried it with DocsToGo again.
But instead pressing on the spreadsheet's cell I just tapped on it and went to that little windows on the top which shows the content of the cell. In that window I was able to use the phone's copy&paste

Have you tried this with QuickOffice already?

Harry

Thanks Harry. I've just gone into Kingsoft and discovered that I can indeed 'copy & paste' into the phone dialer. It doesn't work quite as easily as with my old Communicators, but it is working, so thanks for your help! :shakehands:

 

[itsallgood]

I use Quick Office Pro and copy/paste works fine. Also, can dial a number if selected from within a word document.