Create MS Office docs on your mobile with Quickoffice Pro

Microsoft Office users who want the ability to view and edit their MS Office documents using their mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, Symbian and HP webOS) can do so with Quickoffice Pro, a quality mobile app that conveniently makes creating and modifying MS Office files on the go easily and quickly. There are other similar apps in the market that do the job well but Quickoffice pro is, in our opinion, winning the competition.

Quickoffice pro has a neat interface. Its main screen displays four buttons that allow you to access three different types of Microsoft Office documents: MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint. Aside from these three, the mobile app also lets you view PDF files. Three additional icons for browsing, searching and uploading files to various cloud services are also provided. Updating the app, contacting technical support and exploring other online resources for the app (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) can be fired up using the provided buttons at the bottom menu.

Tapping on either the Quickword, Quicksheet, or Quickpoint buttons lets users manage their MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint docs respectively. Trying to create any of these documents will activate a prompt to help the app know what version of the document should be used. As of the moment, 97-2003, 2007 and 2010 versions of Microsoft Office files are supported. Also, browsing your SD card or using the Recent Documents shortcuts allows for easy file retrieval. Note that the file manager also lets you view non-Office files as well.

Since this is a mobile app, trying to do what you normally do when using MS Office on the PC or laptop is not as easy. Formatting text with a MS Word doc, merging/splitting cells with an MS Excel File or adding images in MS Powerpoint can easily be accomplished using the app’s button menus that provide these functionalities. Because of this, there is a slight learning curve in using the app, but after mastering it, expect to breeze through the file creation/editing process.

A good feature of the app is the ability to retrieve a MS Office doc attachment from an email and being able to modify it and send the changed the copy in your reply. We tested this using the Gmail app for Android and it worked like a charm. Docs can also be uploaded to Dropbox, Box.Net, Google Docs, Evernote, Catch, SugarSync, Huddle, Egnyte, and MobileMe for easy collaboration.

Quickoffice pro still has a lot of room for improvement but with its current features, it surely is a great app to have. It is currently being offered at $14.99 (USD) – a small price to pay for a very useful mobile app. For more information, visit Quickoffice Pro’s official website.