There is ambiguity in abbreviating AndrOpen Office and Apache OpenOffice since
they are both referred to as AOO. I'll use AOO1.x to the former and the
customary AOO for the latter. AOO1.x is based on v3.4 of AOO. It's the most
usable OOo derivative that I've found for Android tablets or smart phones.
There is also a LO based app but I definitely do NOT recommend it for any
serious work YET. I installed it a few months ago but then uninstalled it again
as it was definitely not all that usable. Now I don't know where to get it to
test it again (help anyone?).
I started using AOO1.x last week for a spreadsheet application after KingSoft
Office (KSO) lost a file for me right after it was saved. It also only supports
the M$ file formats (e.g. .xls or .xlsx for spreadsheets).
AOO1.x implements all the modules (Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation,
Drawing, Data Base, and Formula) in Apache OpenOffice v3.4 with a touch screen
interface instead of the mouse interface. The screen appearance is unchanged.
The app plays very well with the Hacker's Keyboard app which provides at least
full US keyboard functionality via an on screen set of keys.
I have over a dozen issues with AOO1.x Calc:
• The UI is hard to use on my smart phone which has a screen 2/3 the size of a
dollar bill. I can't speak regarding tablets with 7" or 10" screens. I know
some will howl at the idea but the truth is that a separately scrolling ribbon
similar to the one used by KSO is much more usable on the tiny screen of my
smart phone than the menus and icons that the traditional OOo family jams into
the upper part of the display.
• When saving a file, a password dialog is always offered. I apparently
INADVERTENTLY set a password and since it was not intentional I have no way of
knowing what it is. I simply can no longer update that file. :(
• Help appears to have not been ported to the Android project.
• Being based on AOO v3.4, I can't specify that protected cells are not to be
selected.
• I have not found how to specify the directory (folder) when performing a Save
As …. It simply has to be possible.
• Not all keyboard shortcuts that I'm used to using work (e.g. to fill a range
of cells Upward Alt+E, I, U works in LO but the "I" does not work in AOO1.x).
With my 75 year old eyes I cannot see if a different letter might be specified.
I guess I could try "F" or "L."
• Alt+O, E (Merge) simply toggles cell merging on/off. This may be a LO vs AOO
difference. I don't know. I left OOo shortly after LO came into being and have
not looked back until now.
• I have not found a way to Print (even to a PDF file). AOO1.4,1 complains
about there being no default printer.
• There is no Exit on the File menu.
* I have found no way to toggle between two open documents.
• There being no title bar, the file name is not displayed automatically and as
is true throughout the OOo family, the function call CELL("filename") does NOT
get recalculated when a Save As … is executed.
* Swiping a finger across the screen does not scroll. Also, pinching/spreading
does not zoom. These functionalities are supposedly provided via a hidable
button bar though I haven't figured out some of the buttons.
• It appears that template files need to be saved in one particular directory.
These are the issues that sprang to mind over the course of some three hours.
All in all it's a good product and will undoubtedly get better. I look forward
to the day that the LO community gets its entry in this environment as good as
this.
--
Jim
Simi Valley, CA USA
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