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Quickoffice comes to the Mac
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
November 4th 2002
Award-winning Palm-powered productivity suite enables users to create, view, edit,
synchronize Word, Excel files
Cutting Edge Software has announced the immediate availability of Quickoffice v6.1 for
Mac OS X, which enables users to utilize Quickoffice for viewing and editing M$ Office
v.X files on their Palm OS handhelds. The app features a suite of award-winning
productivity applications, including the Quicksheet spreadsheet, Quickword word
processor and Quickchart graphing module.
"We are excited to bring the power and functionality of Quickoffice to our Macintosh
customers," said Michael Compeau, vice president of business development and planning.
"Quickoffice Mac provides a powerful suite of Office productivity tools that can be
useful for individuals, as well as entire workgroups regardless of the type of desktop
computer being used by each member."
Quickoffice for Mac provides intuitive synchronization with Mac desktops using
drop-down menu add-ins for both Excel and Word. It can make copies of files to be
synchronized to users' handhelds, a unique approach from other Palm OS office
solutions available for the Mach. Because Quickoffice for Mac does not modify a user's
original files, it eliminates the risk of removing any formatting or elements in the
original file.
Quickoffice for Mac provides all the handheld functionality Windows users have enjoyed
for years, including full file operability with expansion cards like Memory Sticks and
Secure Digital cards, thesaurus and spellchecker capabilities in the Quickword word
processor, support for displaying fonts, and the exclusive multi-level ZoomView
display technology in Quickword.
Quickoffice for Mac requires Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager v4.0 or later, and any
handheld running Palm OS 3.0 or later. Quickoffice for Mac is compatible with Mac OS X
and Microsoft Office X. Support for the company's Quickpoint solution for Microsoft
PowerPoint compatibility and integration will be offered in a future version of
Quickoffice Pro for Mac. The Quickoffice suite is available for purchase at
Quickoffice.com or Handango.com. The retail price for Quickoffice for Mac is $39.95.
Editor's note: It seems fairly odd that they'd come to market with only a partial
version -- i.e. the lack of PowerPoint functionality. On the other hand development
may have stalled and customer demand dictated a release. Whatever the case, it's good
to see a staple productivity tool like Quickoffice come to the platform.
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