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Quickoffice adds full PowerPoint support for the iPad

By | December 23, 2010, 1:04pm PST

Summary: Quickoffice just rolled out a free update for their iPad software that includes PowerPoint editing and creation. You can pick up the suite now for just $14.99.

I just wrote about the Quickoffice for iPad update a couple of weeks ago and the last remaining major feature to be added was PowerPoint editing/creation support. I was pleased to get the news this morning that Quickoffice for iPad now supports PowerPoint editing.

This latest update is free for existing users and I have to say that Quickoffice is now clearly my first recommendation for an integrated Office suite on the iPad. Here are the new features that you get in the software with the PowerPoint support:

  • Manipulate font type, color, size and style
  • Add, delete and reorder slides
  • Insert and rotate common shapes
  • Change object layering
  • Insert and edit text boxes
  • Insert images saved within Quickoffice or from the iPad’s built-in Photos app
  • View presentations in slideshow mode on-device and on an external monitor
  • Present using a built-in laser pointer and filmstrip preview of slides

If you do not yet own the software, you can purchase this full suite, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad for just $14.99! This is a special price that saves you $10 and even at $24.99 I think it is a fantastic deal.

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Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle.

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Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases most of his devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “keeper” or “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. He is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts website. Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 90 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, Mac OS X (iPhone), Google Android, and Windows Mobile operating systems. His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew co-authored Master Visually Windows Mobile 2003, was a member of the Nokia Nseries Blogger relations program, and is a member of the invite-only Microsoft Mobius mobile device evangelist group. He can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".

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nkhullar 6th Apr
I just want you opinion over keynote vs quick office, I have lot of ppt files with outline comments for each slide.. Each is over 300 pages ... Which app should I opt for ?
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People 23rd Dec 2010
WTF?
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WP7 supports tables in the word processor
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As in, were you not one of those who cried long and loud that the iPad was just a large iTouch and no use at all for content editing/creation?

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@pennwarren - Yes, I do can type on iPad at a decent speed. One's MMV though right?
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