Re: Word Mobile problems

Mike wrote:
"... it is not easy to distinguish documents using longer file names
when the tiny screen can't show many characters; that is partly why
you need a folder structure..."

Microsoft could at least have allowed temporary resizing of the name
column in the list. After all, why support long file names if they
can't be displayed?

The same thing applies to File Explorer, although I downloaded a 3rd-
party extension for File Explorer that adds resizable columns, plus a
few other improvements. Most of the time, however, I use Total
Commander instead. In fact, most of the software I use on this WM5
device is by 3rd-party developers.

"... you get automatic conversion if you transfer with ActiveSync."

I stopped using ActiveSync a long time ago. I have horror stories
about having used it, but that's too long a story to relate here. My
device is in use now as a standalone PC, since I've collected enough
software to use it independently. I'm submitting this post on the
device through a Wi-Fi connection. Microsoft's horrible browser
(PIE), in this case, has been vastly improved by a 3rd party plugin
(PIEPlus).

I've pretty much given up on using Word, now that most of my documents
are either in plain text or HTML. If I want to exchange files with my
partner's PC, I simply insert one of my SD cards in his machine. If I
need to add software, I either download the .CAB installer directly to
the device, or run the installer on the PC without connecting the PDA,
then transfer the .CAB file to the PDA via an SD card.

"What happens when/if you can insert some feature not allowed for in
RTF format; do you then get full conversion?"

There are no formatting features available in Word Mobile that can't
be rendered in RTF. I'm talking about documents created on the
device, of course, not those created in Word for PC.

"What happens if you paste content from a new .DOC file into one that
originated as .RTF?"

It remains an RTF. I can only get native .DOC format by creating a
new file.

Gerry
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