Documents To Go Premium 6.0

by DataViz

Product Features

• Use MS Office files on handheld devices
• Create and synch new Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
• Work with graphics, PDFs and more
• E-mail compatible
• Easy to install

Product Details

Product Manual [622kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CDVUC
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 2, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,570 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Use your Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on your handheld anywhere, anytime. Leaving your office does not have to mean leaving your critical files and work behind. Increase productivity on the road by using files right on your handheld. Or, easily create new documents on your handheld and synchronize them back to your desktop when you return to the office. Now with support for native Word and Excel files, you can even use files saved to expansion cards or sent as e-mail attachments directly on your handheld without synchronization.

In addition, you can synchronize e-mail with attachments, password protected files, PDF files, pictures and Excel-like charts--even spell check your word processing files! Documents To Go Premium Edition includes essential productivity applications in one box creating a powerful office solution for any mobile professional. Over 5 million sold!

• Work smarter by having instant access to contracts, price lists, forecasts, PDF documents, and much more.
• Save time by syncing, editing, and rehearsing your PowerPoint presentations, anytime, anywhere.
• Be more productive by creating and editing documents while on a plane or cab - it's even optimized for portable keyboards.
• Instantly open graphics, logos, even your favorite family photos on your handheld.
• Stay connected by taking your e-mail anywhere, even attached files.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Must Have's - Security and Native Files!, October 1, 2004

By 

MartyHansen (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Documents To Go Premium 6.0 (CD-ROM)

I've been a Docs To Go user since version #4, and it's a program I wouldn't want to live without. I recently upgraded to the Palm Tungsten T-3, and Docs To Go #6 Premium looks great on the high resolution color screen - especially when viewed on the wider horizontal format when my T-3's slide-out cover is fully extended.

I originally didn't buy the Premium Edition of Docs To Go #6, but I upgraded as soon as I learned that it had two new features - both of which I had always longed to have!

The first is SECURITY. In MS Word, one can save documents that are openable only with a password. (When saving a document, use "save as" and then click "options.") This security feature carries over when the files are transferred via Docs To Go #6 Premium. To activate this feature on my Palm, I need simply to tap on the "Options" tab in the upper menu bar on my screen, followed by "Security," and then "Hide Records."

The second essential feature is Docs To Go #6's ability to save documents in NATIVE MS WORD format - which means that the file can be opened directly in MS Word! I can now save a document on my Palm's SD card - and then open it straight away on my PC in Word - without having to sync my Palm using Docs To Go before hand. This enables me to work remotely on my Palm (using my ultra-portable Stowaway Palm keyboard) and then open, edit and print the document on any computer that has MS Word. (To facilitate this, I carry a USB SD Card reader with me, which is plug-and-play for all Windows XP computers.)

Since a Word file is much larger than a Palm Memo file, this allows me to take notes in a long meeting - which I can then edit on my PC and distribute almost immediately to my other team members via email! (Before Docs To Go #6 Premium, I would take notes in Memo, and then cut-and-paste the text into a Word document - after I had transferred the Memo file to my home PC by syncing. What a pain!) Also, taking notes during a meeting using a Palm + keyboard is still kind of cool - whereas doing the same using a laptop isn't even close!

As another useful tool, I've also installed the latest version of BtPrint from ISComplete on my Palm, which allows me to print wirelessly to the infrared (IR) or Bluetooth (Bt) capable printers available to me at my home and in my office. MS Word documents printed via BtPrint look almost letter quality. For work, since my new company wouldn't provide me with a desktop printer, I went ahead and purchased a very used HP 990 cxi (which has IR) - along with a hardly used Bluetooth print adapter - both from eBay, which put me into business very inexpensively.

(As a final pair of tips, if you search very carefully using Google, you can even find the HP website which will send you a print driver disc for $10, which makes trying to bypass your company's firewall to download the software unnecessary. I've also installed PrintBoy 6.0 available from Bachmann software on my Palm which will print my To Do list -- by category -- which makes me look super-organized! Hey, in times like these, it's important to have every possible advantage, right?)

With the Security and Native MS file saving capabilities of Docs To Go #6 Premium, my Palm is even more indispensable than ever. This is one program I definitely couldn't do without! Why should you?

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This program kicks butt!, November 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Documents To Go Premium 6.0 (CD-ROM)

If you want to bring your Office documents around on your you Palm or Sony handheld, this is the product for you. Sweet new user interface that gives all file info, allows for selective syncing of documents, easy SD card management.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars unsuable, April 2, 2004

By 

"davem20" (MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Documents To Go Premium 6.0 (CD-ROM)

documents to go compresses my power point slides to the level where the graphics and text are literally unreadable. space on my memory stick is not tight so I would rather have the raw data, but i found no way to change this. a 15 meg document is compressed down to 580k, of course the quality is terrible.