Just thought i'd post this for anybody interested.
I went out and bought a Windows 8 phone, having been informally told by some folks that "Full, regular Excel" works on the Windows phone.
TOTALLY NOT TRUE. All my "real" workbooks, when i open on the phone, i get a message "Read-only". I don't know exactly what kicks in the read-only-ness. I have experimented, and yes, a workbook with just a few cells with just numbers in them is editable. So, apparently, some workbooks can be editable on the phone. But, what i'd call "real-world" workbooks, for me, NONE (0, nada) of my workbooks can be edited on the phone. So, for me, Excel on the Windows 8 phone is COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. It might be for you, too!
I had tried some of the Android-Excel-imitations on a tablet, and found them inadequate, and thats why I bought the Windows phone. But, actually, the Android-Excel-imitations on Android, work better than Excel on Windows 8 phone.
Just thought i'd post this for folks information, if you were thinking about how nice it would be if you had an actual excel working on a phone. Microsoft does not provide this on their own phone. Be warned! I would recommend either Google Docs or Android imitations, over Excel on the Windows 8 phone. I would call Microsoft's advertising on this point "Extremely misleading".
...Back to the desktop i guess. Too bad. Don't understand why Microsoft wouldn't exploit the advantage of Excel for their own phone, but they do not.
Tom
I went out and bought a Windows 8 phone, having been informally told by some folks that "Full, regular Excel" works on the Windows phone.
TOTALLY NOT TRUE. All my "real" workbooks, when i open on the phone, i get a message "Read-only". I don't know exactly what kicks in the read-only-ness. I have experimented, and yes, a workbook with just a few cells with just numbers in them is editable. So, apparently, some workbooks can be editable on the phone. But, what i'd call "real-world" workbooks, for me, NONE (0, nada) of my workbooks can be edited on the phone. So, for me, Excel on the Windows 8 phone is COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. It might be for you, too!
I had tried some of the Android-Excel-imitations on a tablet, and found them inadequate, and thats why I bought the Windows phone. But, actually, the Android-Excel-imitations on Android, work better than Excel on Windows 8 phone.
Just thought i'd post this for folks information, if you were thinking about how nice it would be if you had an actual excel working on a phone. Microsoft does not provide this on their own phone. Be warned! I would recommend either Google Docs or Android imitations, over Excel on the Windows 8 phone. I would call Microsoft's advertising on this point "Extremely misleading".
...Back to the desktop i guess. Too bad. Don't understand why Microsoft wouldn't exploit the advantage of Excel for their own phone, but they do not.
Tom
