Documents To Go for iPad
Just a quick note to point out that DataViz has updated its popular Documents To Go app (and its Premium counterpart) to be universal apps now formatted for the iPhone and the iPad. Documents To Go allows users to create, edit and view Microsoft Word and Excel compatible documents right on the iPad. The Premium version of the app adds PowerPoint functionality as well.
I’ll give the app some time for a full review and post my experiences later. I see from the App Store comments that some users are experiencing problems accessing some of the remote disk options. In the few minutes I have used the app, I’ve not experienced this problem. I am experiencing a problem viewing files in other apps that were created or modified in Documents To Go. While I was able to open a basic MS Word document easily in Documents To Go, once I saved it back to my Dropbox, I was unable to view that file in Dropbox or any other iPad apps (trying GoodReader, Office 2, Pages) getting an error about an unrecognized file format. I was able to open the file on my desktop just fine.
For now, I would recommend not using Documents To Go with any critical or time sensitive files. I’ll test the app more fully and report as well as continue to monitor the comments of other users.
Some users are reporting being charged for this app even though they are already owners of Documents To Go for the iPad. This is an upgrade of an existing app and should not result in a charge. To avoid a charge, I’d recommend the following: If you have the iPhone version of the app installed on your iPad, an update over the air through the App Store on your iPad should get you the new version without additional charges. If your copy of Documents To Go is not currently installed on your iPad, I’d recommend updating the app through iTunes on your desktop, connecting your iPad to your computer, add the app back to your iPad using iTunes and then syncing (this is what I did). Do not click on “Buy App” in the App Store to upgrade. This may be the reason some people are reporting being charged again (typically when you try to buy an app you already own, you are not charged twice – the app simply downloads again – perhaps something in the upgrade to a universal app is preventing existing owners from being recognized when tapping Buy App in the App Store).
Let me know in the comments any early experiences you are having with Documents to Go.
Documents To Go is available in the App Store for $7.99 for the regular version (Word and Excel) and $11.99 for the Premium version (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and some other features). These prices are 20% off the regular price until June 4, 2010.
Thanks for the warning. I just downloaded this app last night. I’ll test it out on some test documents before I use it with anything mission critical.
Sure would like to see an update. I need an iPad with an app that will allow me to download thosands of pages of MS Word documents, and am not about to reformat individual pages on an iPad