Documents To Go v11 Released for Palm OS

Posted By: Ryan Kairer on Monday, November 17, 2008 12:08:46 PM

Dataviz has released a major new version of Documents To Go for Palm OS devices. Documents To Go version 11 brings track changes support, and other advanced formatting features to its mobile office suite. Docs To Go continues to be the only application to support viewing, editing, and creation of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 files on Palm OS devices.

v11.00 brings the ability to view tracked changes in word processing files, new apply and view styles in word documents, view borders and wrapped text in spreadsheets, 10 new starter templates for Word and Excel files and an assortment of bug fixes and optimizations.

Documents To Go Premium Edition for Palm OS retails for $49.99. Upgrade pricing of $29.99 is available directly from DataViz for previous Documents To Go customers, including those who received Documents To Go as bundled software with a Palm handheld or smartphone. A free 30-day trial period is included.

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Wonderful!

tobefrnk @ 11/17/2008 1:32:22 PM #

I'm glad to see that DataViz is still programing for Palm. I know I will be upgraded to 11 as soon as I see how others fair with stability. Of curse if we all wait then I'll take one for the team and get it first.

IIIx -> m500 -> T2 -> TX

RE: Wonderful!

joad @ 11/17/2008 2:30:27 PM #

Feel free. I've sworn off jumping on the Dataviz limitless update train. Palm has been in existence for about 11-12 years, and Dataviz is already up to that many "paid" upgrades!?! Iambic did this version inflation with Actionnames/Agendus, too - but didn't start charging until many later, and the fees were 1/3rd of these.

Between the one in ROM, the patches and upgrades... it hogs WAY too much RAM, and the number of "major updates" requiring payment are just ridiculous for anyone except someone who's doing major editing on the Palm. For those 32 people, there are now UMPCs costing not much more than the Dataviz upgrade fees for a few years.

Offer me a good program at a reasonable price, be generous with your patches and other adjustments, and you'll have my money and good word to other users. But call nearly every single adjustment and bugfix and feature addition a "major" upgrade and require another $30 from users who have already bought your $30.00-90.00 file reader... that just seems exploitative.

Paying my annual PDA update tax to Palm since 1997.

RE: Wonderful!

CFreymarc @ 11/17/2008 3:50:18 PM #

Does this release have any local import functions? I have known a few that wanted to import Word and Excel docs from text files on an SD card. They ever get around to putting this feature in or are you still stuck to sync, edit on handheld and sync to export your file? Can you at least launch an email app created a blank email with the focused document attached?

RE: Wonderful!

grahamnind @ 11/18/2008 1:52:11 AM #

I just got version 11. I wouldn't have bothered but because I only bought v10 3 weeks ago they offered me a free upgrade.

I'll try to answer your questions
"Does this release have any local import functions? I have known a few that wanted to import Word and Excel docs from text files on an SD card. They ever get around to putting this feature in or are you still stuck to sync, edit on handheld and sync to export your file?"
Can you explain a bit more what you mean by this.

"Can you at least launch an email app created a blank email with the focused document attached?"
If you are in the document you cannot launch an email app. If you close the document you can send it from the Docs-to-go opening page. A blank email is then created with the doc attached. Doesn't seem any different to how v8 does things

RE: Wonderful!

grahamnind @ 11/18/2008 2:14:12 AM #

OK. I understand the queion now I've thought about it!

"Does this release have any local import functions? I have known a few that wanted to import Word and Excel docs from text files on an SD card. They ever get around to putting this feature in or are you still stuck to sync, edit on handheld and sync to export your file?"

No. I can't see an option in the menus to import local files.

huh?

joad @ 11/17/2008 2:17:34 PM #

WTF - The Treo 755p just shipped *last year* with DTG version 8 (the unpatched release), and was confirmed in the ROM update months ago THIS YEAR...

If version 8 is still considered current, how can DataViz have inflated up to version ELEVEN already?!? It reads PDFs and read/writes Office files... exactly what justifies THREE more "major" upgrades (vs. just releasing updates for whatever changed)?

Paying my annual PDA update tax to Palm since 1997.

upgrade not worth $30

Gekko @ 11/17/2008 2:20:23 PM #

>v11.00 brings the ability to view tracked changes in word processing files, new apply and view styles in word documents, view borders and wrapped text in spreadsheets, 10 new starter templates for Word and Excel files and an assortment of bug fixes and optimizations.

you want $30 for this? Outrageous!

dataviz sheet to go needs to support Excel WEB QUERY asap -

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA010450851033.aspx

RE: upgrade not worth $30

joad @ 11/17/2008 2:36:08 PM #

Hey - you want your "bug fixes and optimizations" to come for FREE?!!? Sheesh!

You don't see Microsoft doing that with Office - that's why every time you click on Microsoft Update you pay them $30.00 each for the patches, just like Dataviz requires. If Microsoft were to give you fixes and improvements for FREE they'd have been in business long ago.

Paying my annual PDA update tax to Palm since 1997.

RE: upgrade not worth $30

joad @ 11/17/2008 2:37:12 PM #

meant "out of business." (v11 probably wouldn't fix my bad typing).

Paying my annual PDA update tax to Palm since 1997.

RE: upgrade not worth $30

mrborgs @ 11/18/2008 2:19:20 PM #

I agree with the fact that you should pay the "programmer" for his/her work but this is a huge amount for little change. And I have a problem with the $2.99 subscription fee to let you download what you already own (yes, back-up is free). I have had this program since version 7 and if I paid for all the updates this software would have been about $180.00 (ouch).
My last $.02 :)

RE: upgrade not worth $30

Gekko @ 11/18/2008 2:22:05 PM #

Outrageous!!!

RE: upgrade not worth $30

Brownster @ 11/18/2008 5:24:10 PM #

I am still using DTG v9 with no problems... why pay for something you don't need. I will wait for version 15 when it is worth 30 bucks :)

Hi all I have lost my Docs2go bundle

LOSTDATAVIZ @ 12/11/2008 6:54:36 AM #

Hello Lost bundled docs to go pro forTX due to hard drive crash.Still have activation code etc and have a copie of it installed on another pc Any ideas how I can download it again for free?

I agree about being stung for each upgrade anyone know of another product that works as well?

Thanks all

RE: Hi all I have lost my Docs2go bundle

Gekko @ 12/11/2008 6:56:04 AM #

http://www.dataviz.com/customerservice/index.html

RE: Hi all I have lost my Docs2go bundle

LOSTDATAVIZ @ 12/11/2008 7:02:11 AM #

Thanks but they want $5 for the download is there not another way?

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