Documents to Go

Perhaps the best known of the Palm office products is DataViz Documents to Go, which has been synching Word documents for years now, and has earned its good reputation. It comes bundled with many Palm OS handhelds.

If you need to purchase it, however, Documents to Go comes in several flavors: the standard version delivers text document and spreadsheet abilities only and sells for $29.99. It works with Windows and Macintosh computers. At the high end is Documents to Go Total Office, which sells for $89.99 and includes tools for synching with Outlook and with Access. It requires a Windows PC.

To use Documents to Go, open the desktop app that it installs on your computer and use it to load the documents you want. You can specify if they should be stored on your handheld or on an expansion card. Create a list and every time you sync, Documents to Go will make sure that the latest changes are in both the local and Palm versions.


Documents to Go's main screen lists all your stored documents,
shows you what type of file they are, and lets you know if there
are changes that need to be synched.

Document to Go's Palm interface is clear and well-arranged. For text documents, you'll see bold, italic, and underline buttons along the top, as well as buttons to change the alignment or to add bullets. Buttons to change the font and paragraph settings are on the bottom of the screen, as are the search and bookmark options. Working with spreadsheets can be a bit more challenging because of the scrolling involved, but the program makes it easy to move around, edit cell contents, and add formulas.

If Documents to Go came with your handheld, don't look further because you've already got an excellent application. If you're looking to buy a good document editor, this one is a sound choice.

--Introduction

--Documents to Go

--Quickoffice

--WordSmith, Office 2004 Professional & Office Companion