Word Mobile vs. Pocket??

mntom · 01-07-06, 08:38 PM

Hi,

On my Axim X51v I have Word/Excel Mobile and Pocket Word/Excel as native software. What are the differences between the two versions? Why are both included? Enquiring minds want to know!

Thanks!

chewbacca · 01-20-06, 08:57 PM

From what I've seen, you can add tables, attachments and bulleted/numbered lists.

I really like the Office Mobile package (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, Powerpoint Mobile-finally), but glitches in WM5.0 overall forced me to roll back to WM2003SE. I'm still looking forward to the day when all of us X50v WM5 upgraders can get our hands on the ROM update.

ikehiker · 01-20-06, 10:09 PM

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, but I'm pretty certain my X51v does not have two versions of these programs. The shortcuts are named differently, depending on where you look, but the only executables are pword.exe and pxl.exe in the Windows folder.

mntom · 01-21-06, 07:51 AM

Thanks, Ike. Different names picked up in Settings>Today

AndersH · 03-06-06, 05:58 AM

Hi mntom,

I’d love to know how to get Pocket Word/Excel on WM5? The Word/Excel "Mobile" versions seems fine, but for printing on the PDA I use PrintPocketCE from FieldSoftware, which only prints the old type "Pocket" psw/pxl documents. It’s a real pain that you cannot "Save As" in the old "Pocket" format, well done Microsoft.

Alternatively, anyone know of a piece of PDA software that will convert the "Mobile" documents to the old "Pocket" format?

mntom · 03-06-06, 07:00 AM

I'm afraid I'm not going to be of much help. I never print from my PDA. Also, I've abandoned Word and have switched to the much more robust Textmaker from Softmaker(http://www.softmaker.com/english/).

AndersH · 03-06-06, 11:20 AM

Ok, Textmaker seems pricey. You clearly think it’s worth it. :) Printing aside, how did you get Pocket Word/Excel onto the x51?

kevinseise · 03-06-06, 01:13 PM

I will second that Textmaker is worth every penny. I use it daily for writing reports etc.

saminegm · 03-06-06, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by AndersH

Ok, Textmaker seems pricey. You clearly think it’s worth it. :) Printing aside, how did you get Pocket Word/Excel onto the x51?

I dont understand you... they are there by default!

MCMANNUS · 03-06-06, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by saminegm

I dont understand you... they are there by default!

Windows mobile 5 comes with Office mobile products...windows 2003 had pocket office. THe programs are slightly different. For example you cant draw in word anymore.

**Rishad** · 03-06-06, 08:40 PM

anybody tried just copying the files pword.exe and pxl.exe from 2003SE to WM5?

AndersH · 03-07-06, 04:39 AM

The x50 copies pxl.exe, but for pWord.exe it says "Executable and resource files in ROM cannot be copied." Tried renaming pWord but it won’t let that happen either.

Copied pxl.exe and the two pxl dll files to the x51. First time it is run WM5 displays the unknown publisher warning

. Unfortunately after accepting, the busy "pie" is displayed briefly, then nothing. The Pocket Excel files cannot be copied over the Excel Mobile files in the \Windows directory.

Any ideas? It’s still a bit early in the day for me to come up with some "original thinking".

ssego · 03-07-06, 04:46 AM

I'd really like to have powerpoint on my x50v.. but i don;t want to upgrade to wm5 just yet. Could I upgrade, copy the files from wm5 and then rollack and add them to 2003se?

AndersH · 03-07-06, 05:05 AM

Trying to copy ppt.exe from the x51 displays the usual "Executable and resource files in ROM cannot be copied". In any case, I think it even less likely that a program designed for WM5 would work on an older OS like Pocket PC 2003.

ssego · 03-07-06, 06:22 AM

you're most likely right.. but it was a dream I had.