Re: Office document support
Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the posterior w/o a Bluetooth keyboard for CTRL keys but I like that the newer X-term has taken alt keys in to consideration. Are there light versions of Google docs? I ask because with my tablet I'm always using the plain HTML or mobile versions of gmail and google.com/xhtml for searching with my tablet. On a side note, the iPhone and iPod Touch can view office documents out of the box. -Gary ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
Gary wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the posterior w/o a Bluetooth keyboard for CTRL keys but I like that the newer X-term has taken alt keys in to consideration. Are there light versions of Google docs? I ask because with my tablet I'm always using the plain HTML or mobile versions of gmail and google.com/xhtml for searching with my tablet. On a side note, the iPhone and iPod Touch can view office documents out of the box. I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but with OpenOffice, you can export a document as PDF, which the tablets can handle. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Gary wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Pine and antiword used to be my best friends. Using either with the tablet are a pain in the posterior w/o a Bluetooth keyboard for CTRL keys but I like that the newer X-term has taken alt keys in to consideration. Are there light versions of Google docs? I ask because with my tablet I'm always using the plain HTML or mobile versions of gmail and google.com/xhtml for searching with my tablet. On a side note, the iPhone and iPod Touch can view office documents out of the box. I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but with OpenOffice, you can export a document as PDF, which the tablets can handle. If you know ahead of time and only need to view a document there are lots of utilities (many free) that can convert pretty much anything to PDF. However, you can't edit PDFs, especially on the tablets. Mark ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an office document on the tablet, and it was on the Web already, you passed the URL to a web service URL and it returned a PDF Google Docs lets you look at AND play AND save OpenOffice files while online. You just need a free google account and internet access to make it work, assuming the tablet's Firefox can handle Google Docs. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an office document on the tablet, and it was on the Web already, you passed the URL to a web service URL and it returned a PDF Google Docs lets you look at AND play AND save OpenOffice files while online. You just need a free google account and internet access to make it work, assuming the tablet's Firefox can handle Google Docs. ...provided it's a *very* basic document with almost nothing in the way of special features like formatted sections, tables, images, and other imbedded stuff. I've had zero luck with Google Docs, even on my desktop. If you *create* the documents with Google Docs, you're fine, but trying to view and work with documents created with Word or OOo is an exercise in futility frustration. Your best bet is Turbo Easy Debian for Everyone http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/easy-deb-chroot/ Mark ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Rainer Dorsch rdor...@web.de wrote: Hello, earlier this week a friend asked me for a recommendation for an internet tablet. Pretty much all his requirements were met by N810 (and there would be extra goodies in the N810) except viewing office formats. Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? If that is unfeasible right now, what would be a good alternative? EeePC? Or is there something more portable? Many thanks, Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch Lärchenstr. 6 D-72135 Dettenhausen 07157-734133 email: rdor...@web.de jabber: rdor...@jabber.org GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ My EeePC 1000HE is great, and has more bang for the buck than any other netbook out there, but is significantly larger than the original EeePC. If money is no object, there's no substitute for the OQO machines http://www.oqo.com/index.html . A full Windows computer in an N810 form factor only a little larger. They're actually about half the cost they used to be, but at this point they've removed the pricing from their Web site. Mark ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
Mark wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: Andrew Daviel wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an office document on the tablet, and it was on the Web already, you passed the URL to a web service URL and it returned a PDF Google Docs lets you look at AND play AND save OpenOffice files while online. You just need a free google account and internet access to make it work, assuming the tablet's Firefox can handle Google Docs. ...provided it's a *very* basic document with almost nothing in the way of special features like formatted sections, tables, images, and other imbedded stuff. I've had zero luck with Google Docs, even on my desktop. If you *create* the documents with Google Docs, you're fine, but trying to view and work with documents created with Word or OOo is an exercise in futility frustration. I've NEVER had any trouble dealing with Google Docs, but then the most complex thing I've typically got might be a table or two in a couple page document. So it's probably valid to say if you've got simple stuff, Google Docs probably will work fine. If you've got complex heavy formatted docs with various imbeds that push OpenOffice on a typical desktop to the limit, it probably won't work for Google Docs. No surprise there. Most docs for most folks are probably of the simple variety, so go ahead and try it rather than follow the blanket recommendation of someone who needs don't appear to be simple. If it works, fine, you can move on to other tasks. Also, like everything, Google Docs is in constant evolution and subject to frequent upgrading process. What might not have worked a year or month ago, might work fine now. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Rainer Dorsch wrote: Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? At some point I was playing with OpenOffice server mode. It's broken right now, but the idea was if you wanted to view an office document on the tablet, and it was on the Web already, you passed the URL to a web service URL and it returned a PDF If that is unfeasible right now, what would be a good alternative? EeePC? Or is there something more portable? I got my daughter an Acer Aspire One. That fits nicely in a small backpack or large handbag, and comes with OO. While my N810 fits in my pocket.. At one point (before OO) I was using strings and a Tk scroller, which would let me read most Word 97 documents. At least, the ones that should have been sent as a text message, not the ones with lots of graphics and tables. There were things like antiword and catdoc as well which did a slightly better job. Andrew ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Office document support
Well, if you can wait a minute for OpenOffice to start, it works well enough; especially if you're familiar with the performance of computers from 1996. :-) The install includes a few menu icons and 'debbie oowriter' will start the word processor from the command line (or in Personal Menu). You want 'dbus switchboard' if you want to do MIME type handling. You can assign applications to file types so clicking on links in the browser, the file manager or in an e-mail will launch your chosen app. DBus Switchboard: http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17757 - Original message - I will look into the easy-deb-chroot stuff (running Debian since 1996 on all my systems:-). So far I thought chroot is only a toy and openoffice is far too heavy for realworld usage. How enduser friendly is such an installation. E.g. can it be configured that clicking on a ppt document in the browser opens OpenOffice as viewer right away? Do I have to start OO always from the cmd line or is there an easy way to make it showing up in any kind of menu? Many thanks, Rainer Am Freitag, 17. April 2009 schrieb Qole: There are several ways to view MS Office / OpenOffice documents on the tablet. My favorite, of course, is my project, Easy Debian (easy-deb-chroot in Extras) which allows you to run full OpenOffice right on the tablet. See also: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24272 http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/easy-deb-chroot/ - Original message - Hello, earlier this week a friend asked me for a recommendation for an internet tablet. Pretty much all his requirements were met by N810 (and there would be extra goodies in the N810) except viewing office formats. Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? If that is unfeasible right now, what would be a good alternative? EeePC? Or is there something more portable? Many thanks, Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch Lärchenstr. 6 D-72135 Dettenhausen 07157-734133 email: rdor...@web.de jabber: rdor...@jabber.org GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users -- Rainer Dorsch Lärchenstr. 6 D-72135 Dettenhausen 07157-734133 email: rdor...@web.de jabber: rdor...@jabber.org GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Office document support
Hello, earlier this week a friend asked me for a recommendation for an internet tablet. Pretty much all his requirements were met by N810 (and there would be extra goodies in the N810) except viewing office formats. Does anybody know what is the status of viewing MS office and openoffice documents on the N810? If that is unfeasible right now, what would be a good alternative? EeePC? Or is there something more portable? Many thanks, Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch Lärchenstr. 6 D-72135 Dettenhausen 07157-734133 email: rdor...@web.de jabber: rdor...@jabber.org GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
