Microsoft Office Mobile 6.1 adds Office 2007 file formats and more
Warner shares the news over at GottaBeMobile: Microsoft has a free upgrade to Office Mobile that supports the Office 2007 file formats. You’ll need a Windows Mobile 6 device with Office Mobile as well as 6 MB of free space to install the download. After you upgrade, you’ll have gained support for the Open XML file formates used in Office 2007. Additional benefits include:
- Enhanced viewing experience for charts in Excel Mobile.
- Ability to view SmartArt in PowerPoint Mobile.
- Ability to view and extract files from compressed (.zip) folders.
I thought I would try the latest version on my TyTN II, only to find it comes with v6.1 anyway. Thanks, I hadn’t noticed!
David
Microsoft obviously has a hidden interest of not developing full editing of the documents on the mobile devices. Here is another teaser of update to a full set of tools.
No wonder their HPC systems never took off.
This upgrades works on WM5.0 devices too! I installed this upgrade on my IPAQ hw6925. Works great!
the link doesn’t work for me. can someone post the correct link?
Tried the download to my XP machine and found that:
Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista (32-bit)
This new version of the Windows Mobile Device Center contains key improvements and new features to support Windows Mobile 6 devices. The Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is only supported on Windows Vista.
Also posted to GottaBeMobile
VictorE: looks like Microsoft pulled it temporarily. We have details so stay tuned.
Jack: I think that’s the same version we covered in the summer: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/06/windows_mobile_.html