"Many people have the misperception that they can’t use Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on Palm handhelds,” said Kevin Hell, senior vice president of product management, Solutions Group, Palm, Inc. “In fact, Palm handheld users with Documents To Go now will have the most comprehensive and efficient means of working with these Microsoft Office files while preserving the file format through DocSync technology. And they are able to instantly open documents without the frustrating wait for the hourglass to disappear."

New PowerPoint Capabilities
Similar to PowerPoint on the desktop, Slideshow To Go enables mobile professionals to view PowerPoint files on their Palm handhelds. Users can navigate through presentations in outline, speaker notes, and slide views. For example, users can practice PowerPoint presentations on their Palm handheld while riding in a cab or on a plane without pulling out a bulky laptop. They can also refer to their enhanced speaker notes while giving the actual presentation. Slideshow To Go is available for Windows only.

Improved Spreadsheet Functionality
Documents To Go 4.0 is the most comprehensive spreadsheet application available for handhelds. Sheet To Go is compatible with Excel, Lotus 1-2-3 and Quattro Pro. The handheld spreadsheet supports more than 110 functions, including logical, financial, statistical and informational functions. Users can create and edit formulas, format cells, recalculate data, and insert rows, columns and even new sheets on their handhelds. Sheet To Go also features “instant open” on all files, so people don’t have to wait for files to load on the handheld. The latest version of Sheet To Go complements the already rich format support of Word To Go(TM), the word processing application in Documents To Go.

Expansion Support and Add-On Kit
Documents, spreadsheets and presentations can be downloaded onto SD and MultiMediaCard media during synchronization, creating a postage stamp-sized “floppy disk” that can be removed or passed to a colleague. An Add-On Kit includes DataViz Mail (Windows only), an email application to synchronize Outlook and Lotus Notes email and attachments, as well as PDF To Go to access PDF files. When Documents To Go Professional Edition is purchased in retail or directly from DataViz, the Add-On Kit is included free. Palm m500 series customers can purchase it for only $19.95.

Document Protection
Documents To Go is powered by DocSync technology (Windows only), which gives users the freedom to make changes on their handhelds without losing the formatting of the original Word and Excel files after synchronization. There is no need to manage multiple versions of the original file because changes made on the handheld are intelligently merged into the original desktop file, as if the changes have been made on the desktop. Features such as graphics, character and paragraph styles, text boxes and even embedded objects are preserved in the original file after syncing the changes back from the handheld.