Its tabbed interface feels more like a web browser than a typical word processor, but its visual gallery of all your documents-displayed in three sliding rows-makes it one of the easiest office apps to navigate. HopTo is a relative newcomer to the all-in-one office app crowd. Data Viz also offers a free Documents to Go desktop app so you can remotely access files on your Mac or PC. While anyone serious about iPad productivity will be using an external keyboard, it’s not a significant knock, but it is a head-scratcher.ĭocuments to Go offers robust cloud support, syncing with Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, SugarSync, OneDrive, and even iCloud accounts. Because of this, a simple function sometimes took two or three steps when it realistically could have been performed in one.Īnother quirk of the interface is that when the Virtual keyboard is activated, it covers the bottom formatting bar. At least three separate, hidden toolbars handle formatting and other tasks, such as find-and-replace and sharing, and there’s some overlap of functions among all of them. Though we can’t fault its functionality, navigation in Documents to Go is unnecessarily complex. The app supports change tracking, but note that if you’re working on a collaborative document, all revisions will be rendered in the same color-look for authors’ initials appended at the end of each edit to keep track of who changed what.ĭocuments to Go: Fantastic file fidelity. File fidelity is superb and documents edited within Documents to Go retain their original formatting, thanks to DataViz’s InTact Technology. The premium version of the iPad app can create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files (though in the last case it can only edit text). Each has stronger points, such as a more elegant interface, or better file or cloud support, but any will get the job done admirably until you can get back to your desk.ĭocuments to Go has long been a favorite for working on Microsoft Office files on mobile devices. We tested them with an eye toward usability, cloud support, and faithfulness to Office file formats (the last of which disqualified Apple’s iWorks right out of the gate). While no third-party suite can fully replicate the real deal, these four came closest.
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