I wonder what would have done it with my Palm `om? I tried to play (for my age nonsense). Tried to take (twice two is four). Tried to paint (the black board in the square in the style of Kasimir Malevich). Well, of course - read books (ran into snapper Sorokin and hardly any dislocated cerebellum). Is that writing? No, I write - this is for a man of my profession sacred. This I do not try and operate on all cylinders (laptop, Palm, and the place where decent people are the brains). Therefore suggest that someone like me, find yourself a decent text editor. But at the same time to try something that at hand - utilities that sewn into the ROM machine. In short, write, and enrich the Russian literature, its louder than words. In my opinion, very important lesson ...
What we have for nothing
For nothing in his Palm `s we have two text editor - NotePad and MemoPad. Applets are not so hot perfect, but in any accident, and then restart your computer is always on site. Editor NotePad - ordinary notebook, focused more on quick handwritten notes (no recognition as a sticky yellow pieces of paper - stickers), than to enter the system through the keyboard or Graffiti (although it is not excluded). Stuck this in real life is very comfortable. Note in NotePad, you can assign the time in which Palm would wake up prochirikaet his bravura song sparrow voice and display the desired memo.
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Another drawback - a small working space for writing. The screen scrolls down, increasing the "list" for the letter four times. But this space may not be enough, because on the go write carelessly sweeping. And it's not convenient to do calligraphy with a tiny pen in hand. What I personally would be perfected in NotePad? Provided him with autoscroll working screen, as it once was, computers Newton. Approach the lower edge of the virtual paper and the screen automatically inserts clean "leaf" ... However, as this mechanism works in practice - it is convenient or not - I do not know. Newton for me was and still is the old tale about the gingerbread perfect pocket computer (except that fits in your pocket old kangaroo, but still, after all) ... The second built-in editor MemoPad this is a tool for working with small volume texts it is quite enough . And as a plug-in to the Palm `at the keyboard of his lack of possibilities for the eyes.
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In this simple text editor to me most kindly to two things - automatically divide the text into lines (by reaching the right edge of the screen space of the next word is automatically transferred to the next line, scroll to the left does not occur). And the ability to quickly select the screen font of the three system - normal, bold and big. Actually, this opportunity is provided for any system (wired into the ROM) and a variety of downloadable programs and Palm `. So consider changing fonts prerogative MemoPad not worth ... What can MemoPad? What is and should - work with small (only about 4 kilobytes) of the text and in sync automatically transfer them to a desktop machine in the program Palm Desktop. On the "big" computer text fragments (a decent volume will have to write an article just fragments) can be translated into MS Word (in Memo section of Palm Desktop right click on the title piece and in the ensuing menu, select the bottom option to Send To, and already in it - MS Word), to merge it together, format, validate, and finalize ... Then I allow myself a little bit to think about skromnyagi MemoPad. I'll start with the title.It misleads the inexperienced user, since the "memo" (for notes on memory) is better than just using NotePad, and for working with text - MemoPad (which in my opinion should be called "notepad" NotePad, and not a book for memos) . But not in the title business, but hidden from superficial view of functionality. In fact, the ability to automatically save the text on a personal computer and its subsequent translation into a full text editor Word greatly increases the value of MemoPad. There are quite a lot of programs to handle large texts on the PDA. But none of them are not able to synchronize with the "big" computer automatically (for a reservation - without additional software on the PC). Actively using MemoPad and plug the keyboard, I'm at the end of the day are sometimes surprised to discover how many can write. And I see it is not on the small screen Palm `a, and in Palm Desktop, where my text is saved" HOT "and ready for further processing. And no confusion - MemoPad save the text under the most articulate, easily recognizable names, using as the title of the first line of text. To merge the fragments into a coherent whole remarkably comfortable - each subsequent piece continues the previous one, and that's it ... That is not very convenient ... complete lack of warning about the size limit of text in one file. When you print on a folding keyboard, often carried away by tiddly screen Palm `and simply do not look. What to watch, if did not really make out (at least I'm guessing more than I see)? And it turns out that the "spank" paragraph by paragraph in vain. Look, but the text is over a hundred letters ago. That's bad luck ... It's awkward absence of any format and at least one unit of Spelling ... However, with the spelling checker (Russian text), the editors do not do. In this respect, life is good only to foreign users ... Although I orfokorrektor on any Palm `s seem superfluous. Still have to handle the text in Word `e. Then why not check spelling and there? And this idea - of a spelling check of the text - occurs because a small handheld computer could not help doing a lot of "ochepyatok. Sometimes it is difficult to understand yourself - what exactly to say. Error on error ... In general I think that to be effective, you can do the built-in MemoPad, not fooled his head searching for better programs. Of course, if you do not have to work (reading and simultaneously edit) texts produced on a desktop machine. Then the Palm `u need more serious tools.
What we have ... also for just
The biggest sadness for private users - commercial programs. Now, if all software is distributed free of charge! (Then, perhaps, the programs would not be at all). But this does not happen ... But free text editor for the Palm `a - there are. And yet there are shareware, which may be used indefinitely, if not laziness every two to three weeks to demolish the system clean and reinstall the "shareware" programs (add - and grates use illegally appropriated software). However, I will not pretend that I'm holier than the Pope. I also use commercial software to read, try to estimate the ability to spend. But rarely at the same time buy. Disappointed. Find something more attractive. Then another and another ... In short, I have no excuses. So, one of the best free programs for word processing - is the editor QED (I use version 2.62, the latest of those that failed to find sites free programs). Particularly outstanding qualities of this small but surprisingly comfortable text editor, three. The first - the ability to work with big texts, the volume of which is limited only by memory pocket typewriter. Second - to save text in a compressed form (the "palmovskom" format doc). And the third - to automatically save text in sync a PDA with a desktop computer (a backup).
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| Text editor QED |
Not to say that QED is unique talents. Similar set of functions provided with many text editors. But it is free and, I repeat, easy to operate. A small service bar at the bottom of the screen makes it easy to create a new, opening a document already prepared, as well as easy navigation through text.
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| ... Five fonts by which you can customize the screen display of the document ... |
The disadvantage of only one - the text must save manually ... As a counterbalance I note five fonts by which you can customize the screen display of a document (in the settings you can change the attributes of a document, assign it a different name and so on - all in a normal text editor). However, to properly display Cyrillic'll have to find a hack change the fonts and the fonts. And then in the settings of the hack (I will explain to the uninformed - hack is not a slang word, and a small resident utility, running a special shell - the manager of hacks, like a free X-Master) denote the substitution of fonts in the program QED. An example of such a hack - Font Hack 123, which is easily found on the network "failed" programs for the Palm `ah ... There, on the sites of free and shareware software, you can find a lot of other programs for word processing, for example, the editor peditPro (version I've tried in the case, 5.02). Powerful "tekstodrobilka" with a bunch of settings. But I somehow did not lay down. Maybe I was not curious.
Program of the box
Every new Palm is sold in a box. Besides the computer itself and a bunch of colorful pieces of paper to him in this beautiful piece of cardboard you can find a pair of brand-name discs and Palm Desktop software (for crack and Russian programs yet keep silent - not the topic). The second disc (which is not with Palm Desktop, but quite the contrary) is a wonderful program - Document To Go. This is not an editor. More precisely - not a full-fledged editor. This is a convenience package that allows you to view and edit on the Palm `s documents prepared in a text editor MS Word and spreadsheets MS Excel. A new document from scratch, To Go ... But do not prepare to edit your own, that "stuffed" on a laptop (or desktop machine - one that he prefers), you can easily. If you need a PDA that is and if you do not so much writing on the Palm `s how proofreads already written - this package is for you. On a pocket machine, it installs in the form of three software modules - for editing text documents, edit spreadsheets and just to show both. We must see how to look at the Palm `s documents Word. This, I tell you something ... I am working with tables, not often, but for the sake of the show tried. And got a lot of fun. Together with a text editor (even with a small and free QED) set of programs Document To Go is a very powerful tool. By the way, the transfer of documents in a pocket typewriter made easily and accurately - with the help of a special program for the desktop. Be sure to try the Document To Go. Although, I've installed it three weeks after the acquisition of Palm `Yes. All scoured the web looking for software sweets, and the biggest candy at this time concealed in the packaging box of my cars ... But what real, full-featured office suite for Palm `and there? Such as those computers are equipped with Pocket PC - all of these Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and so on?
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There.This is a great by the standards of Palm `a very powerful software package QuickOffice 5.6.3. When installing, it copies the memory Palm `and four software modules - for creating and editing text documents in MS Word, for creating and editing spreadsheets in the format of MS Excel, module import and export documents, corporate font for displaying documents on the PDA screen. Despite the fact that the "weight" of the package is not too large (about polumegabayta), and integration with MS Office fully implemented quality, I QuickOffice seemed too large and unwieldy. It costs money, but the manufacturer allows the drive program for 15 days without pay. To me those 15 days was enough to not try to jump over your head ... Although I do not exclude the possibility that someone will attract exactly QuickOffice. Package, I repeat, very powerful.
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I also do not need so much. There is a simple text editor, there is a Document To Go, a table ... By the way, the tables have to talk in more detail. Very interesting applets. And, caught completely free, although with QuickOffice none of them can not be compared. Any table next to the mastodon that a pleasure boat near the "Titanic." True, "Titanic," no matter finished. Did you know? The authors, translation: