Any Alternatives to Word Mobile?

Whalespew · 01-19-06, 10:58 PM

Windows word mobile is severely limited in numerous ways. Are there any better word processor / text entry software programs available? Free would be desireable if possible, but ultimately function is more important.

Don't Panic! · 01-19-06, 11:03 PM

Textmaker.

01-19-06, 11:15 PM

Another option is WordCommands which is a free Pocket Word add-in that makes it much more usable.
http://www.lagorio.net/pocketpc/wordcommands/

Don't Panic! · 01-19-06, 11:42 PM

Where did he go BTW? I remember the kid who wrote the program (He was still in High School at the time, and that's a kid by anybody's yardstick) when he worked the whole thing out on Pocket PC Passion.

Whalespew · 01-20-06, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by Noisy Crow

Another option is WordCommands which is a free Pocket Word add-in that makes it much more usable.
http://www.lagorio.net/pocketpc/wordcommands/

Lagorio mentions being PPC 2002 compatible. Does it work on WM5?

As for textmaker, I am having a hard time believing it is worth $50. Maybe the trial will convince me otherwise, but I don't know...

Don't Panic! · 01-20-06, 07:42 AM

They sell textmaker on ebay cheaper. Less overhead I guess.

01-20-06, 05:32 PM

Dunno, but it is free, and doesn't actually change Word... it just acts as a wrapper. So there's not much risk in trying it.

Originally Posted by Whalespew

Lagorio mentions being PPC 2002 compatible. Does it work on WM5?

As for textmaker, I am having a hard time believing it is worth $50. Maybe the trial will convince me otherwise, but I don't know...

ErwinE · 01-21-06, 07:06 AM

I bought Textmaker for 22 bucks at Ebay. It really is worth every penny. It is unbelievable how well this ppc version corresponds to the Windows version.

I was switching over from the Palm world in September. I was quite satisfied with Wordsmith for Palm. Textmaker is well above it. The What-you-see-is-what you get adaption is perfect. Footnotes, endnotes, index, comments, perfect preview, lexicon etc. are of similiar quality like those of WinWord.

Buy it if you write a lot and if you want to use your ppc scipts directly for print.

Originally Posted by Noisy Crow

Dunno, but it is free, and doesn't actually change Word... it just acts as a wrapper. So there's not much risk in trying it.

kcscout · 01-21-06, 11:45 AM

If you can wait a while, I think on the 11th of November (11/11)Textmaker marks all their software down to $11. At least they did two years ago when I bought it.

Originally Posted by ErwinE

I bought Textmaker for 22 bucks at Ebay. It really is worth every penny. It is unbelievable how well this ppc version corresponds to the Windows version.

I was switching over from the Palm world in September. I was quite satisfied with Wordsmith for Palm. Textmaker is well above it. The What-you-see-is-what you get adaption is perfect. Footnotes, endnotes, index, comments, perfect preview, lexicon etc. are of similiar quality like those of WinWord.

Buy it if you write a lot and if you want to use your ppc scipts directly for print.

Gigi · 01-21-06, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by kcscout

If you can wait a while, I think on the 11th of November (11/11)Textmaker marks all their software down to $11. At least they did two years ago when I bought it.

I bought it then too, but this past November (2005), TextMaker was not included.