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Posted by agesofman on June 24, 2008, 11:51 am
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"Todd Allcock" wrote:
> At 18 Jun 2008 03:15:00 -0700 agesofman wrote:
> > I have a similar problem but the answers so far do not solve my issue.
> > I want to sync excel files between my Vista PC and Windows Mobile 2003 PDA
> > PDA will only read .pxl files (it can see .xls files but not open them)
>
> That's odd- my Dell Axim X5 (PPC 2003) has no problems opening .xls files.
> Keep in mind, however, the PPC only has a subset of "real" Excel functions-
> perhaps the sheets you tried were too large, complex, or used functions the
> PPC didn't understand? I've used sheets of up to 700kb in size on the Axim.
>
> > PC will only read .xls files
> >
> > Yes I can on PDA save .pxl file as .xls but if you think about it this is
> > not a workable solution if I want to keep PDA and PC synchronised with
> latest
> > files.
> >
> > Is there a solution other than to go back to XP?
>
>
> You can use an alternative spreadsheet program on the PPC that support more
> functions, like Stephen Bye's SpreadCE, or Planmaker from Softmaker
> (roughly $30 and $50 US respectively, IIRC, and both offer free trials,)
> but the included Pocket Excel should be able to open your .xls files.
>
>
> Todd
I have had some time to look at this problem further and yes you are
correct, my i-mate will read 'normal' excel files - however the reason I use
excel files as this was the only no cost way I could figure out to password
protect individual files (with the palm I used before you could designate any
file for password protection - so it was a real suprise to me I could not do
this on a pocket pc device!).
Once I PW protect excel file, I can no longer open it on i-mate.
rgds
bob
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