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may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome
Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.
Pagnell said:
Out of curiosity, what formats does this reader support? Not that it matters too much, I really can't see it being a patch on Allreader+ which is the best mobile ebook reader I have used bar perhaps Stanza.
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ePub, the HTC reader supports the ePub format (don't know if it supports other formats as well). As of now only Freda supports this format. In addition, the HTC eReader support DRM protected ePub books (I have to test this out yet, but the device can be activated using the adobe server)
ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.
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ebup and plain text both work, haven't tried anything else yet. Just have to access them via file manager, so I asecond the original question.
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I second that also, but I think we just have to wait till someone is going to write a program for this. At this moment, there's a little work-around described here. This works very well, but is a bit cumbersome.
BTW, there is some interfacing possible with Adobe Digital Editions. When there is a active sync connection, one can activate the HD2 with this PC program and there is a possibility to copy books to the HD2. However the books copied to the device don't show up in the ereader tab.
On the 2.05 test rom there was a directory "Program Files/HTC Reader" in which there was a subdirectory "manifest". This name is also used by Adobe Digital Edition for its library.
(Not that this is of any use right now, but maybe someone can figure out how the HTC reader interfaces with Adobe Dig. Ed or for that matter, any other pc reader/manager)
btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.
irakliontevza said:
may be somebody knows an app. to add easily e-books in sence reader. ideas welcome
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looking for this kind of app too
How to make e book visible in sense
i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
thanks
tboy2000 said:
btw http://www.epubbooks.com/books has many many free epub books.
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i've downloaded an e book to storage card but reader in sense doesn't pick it up.....where shall i copy d e book to make it visible in sense ???
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it wont do this automagically. There's a database which holds all the books, unfortunately there's no tool available on WM to add new books.
I'll publish one soon.
EDIT: wont publish mine, as one has already been published.
ebook indexer
Try with this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663
So it doesn't read PDFs? Might have been worth using if it did so I'll stick to Allreader, any EPUB books I have can be easily converted to HTML.
calibre does a great job of converting to Epub
OT: Is there a way how make eReader read different character page correctly? I cannot read all Czech characters correctly, only some of them.
Hi all.
If you're looking for an application to import other e-books in the new Sense e-reader tab, please look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632517
Sorry for a stupid question but what is this new sense reader. I dont see it in my phone.I have the latest 1.66 ROM.
Thank you for this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631663
It really helped!
Now more then ever this tool helps really. Thank You for this
Hi all.
I wrote an application that replaces the Library Manager that comes with the new Manila e-book reader tab (which is not of much use, if you don't have an account for Borders).
After installation, the application will start when you click the "Library" menu of the new reader tab.
You can use the application to access the books in your library, but also to import books you already have on your PDA into the new Manila tab.
It will import e-books in the .epub format, but also in lots of other formats.
The Manila tab will only show the ones in .epub format, but from this new library you can access the e-books in the other formats as well (at least, if the appropriate reader application is installed on your PDA).
This application assumes that each of your e-books is located in its own folder.
If an image file is located in a folder that contains an e-book, the application will automatically assume that the image represents the bookcover.
If an .opf file is located in the folder (which is a standard format for saving metadata with e-books), the application will automatically get the title, the name of the author and the name of the publisher of the e-book from that .opf file.
See the screenshots to get an idea of the look and feel of the application.
To install the application on your PDA, download the .cab file, copy it to your PDA and run it there.
Release history:
In version 0.3 the robustness was enhanced significantly.
In version 0.2 a number of small user-interface enhancements were made.
Thank you. Very useful program.
Thx...
How to add national fonts to Manila HTCReader ??
Thank you very much...
Your application works better,but i need to move to another tab then return to e-reader tab if i want to see the added books.
great little software.
thanks
Thanks,nice one
it works fine
I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
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I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
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Djurkash, does your ROM include the Manila e-book reader tab?
My application only works if the reader tab is available (and working).
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I have an error message, when hit library button, sayng:"an unexpected error ocured...".
I am running Artemis 3.5 ROM. Any ideas?
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SR....install it next.
Hi.
I just posted version 0.2; the flow through the user interface is more Manila-like now.
@OABsoftware, sure it does... like I said, it happens when hitting library button
tried to reinstall, but it's the same...is it possible that problem is caused cause I changed my book.db file through ebookindexer?
I'm really liking this app...I have a request however, is it possible to have this app work with the other native built-in e-book functions as well?
What is happening is even if you click on the 'Menu' > Shop or Account Settings, it is redirecting to your app. I would prefer if the app was launched only when you clicked on the 'Library' link. That way people who have Adobe & Borders accounts can still get books via those means also.
Thanks
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What is happening is even if you click on the 'Menu' > Shop or Account Settings, it is redirecting to your app. I would prefer if the app was launched only when you clicked on the 'Library' link. That way people who have Adobe & Borders accounts can still get books via those means also.
Thanks
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I agree with this idea...
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@OABsoftware, sure it does... like I said, it happens when hitting library button
tried to reinstall, but it's the same...is it possible that problem is caused cause I changed my book.db file through ebookindexer?
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does look to be that.. I had the same error and changed back to be the original and it works fine. import is great, even with all the books in one folder..
It also beats the 20 limit.. just added all the books from my sd card
need to go back to calibre and redo them to fit the new system
@fards,
I confirm this, have restored original book.db, and now is working flawlessly...
Possible to search ebooks into \My documents and \StorageCard\My documents or not ?
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Possible to search ebooks into \My documents and \StorageCard\My documents or not ?
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it does, press import
Is there a chance to add support for international characters?
Or do you know which font should be used?
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Is there a chance to add support for international characters?
Or do you know which font should be used?
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+1, totally want that too. HTC Reader is of almost no use without proper support of national characters.
There is nothing wrong with eitheryour HD2 or Facebook; the problem is with a particular tweak that I find irrevocabley pernicious across my phones! It ALWAYS causes my ELF, Diamond, and HD2 to behave erratically and without adding the alleged performance boost everyone is convinced it does!
I have tried it, it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
NOTE:Most of our tweaking apps apply this legacy em3.w tweak mindlessly to our wm6.x systems.
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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Go into your registry
Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....
Hi shirreer,
thanks a lot for this, unfortunately this seems not to be the problem I'm facing. This Reg is on 0 already.
I've been using a lot of Manila versions (currently 20142924)
But also 2011 and 2012 had the same issue.
Maybe its the FacebookSDK build in the ROMS I used so far. Dutty once issued an different one, but with this album works, but contacts doesn't any more....
Thanks although.
Oh hey, that works nicely. Guess there is such a thing as too many tweaks. Heh! Don't generally use the feature, but it's nice to have it working anyway.
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Or you just download the hotfix at the official HTC site....
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Do you know if this hotfix is available somewhere for custom ROMS? Anyone extracted it from the official one?
Edit: I found the files from the hotfix and installed them, no change (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5989296&postcount=12)
I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?
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I don't have a Leo, but this fix works for me on my Raphael & Rhodium: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=268518&d=1263662460
It simply creates a folder called "PINET_ROM" in the root of your device. The FacebookSDK.dll is hard-coded to look for Flash Storage there, but for some reason, the driver that's supposed to create the folder (OEM_FLASHDRV_1.DLL) doesn't mount the drive properly (or something like that). So this should get the online Album working. Also, make sure these registry keys are set so that you see the option to view FB Albums for linked contacts:
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila]
"EnableOnlineAlbum"=dword:1
"Facebook.Disable"=dword:0
(The latter value shouldn't actually be there at all)
The downside here, of course, is that the Facebook Online Album cache is going to take up quite a bit of storage on your device, but for you Leo users, I assume that's not a big deal, right?
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Hi Captain_Throwback!
I cannot believe it, as my Reg-Key on my TD2 Rom (Yin.09) was anyhow correct, I followed your advice and created the directory via Resco Explorer on my Root of the phone...and it really works....simly as that, just createa dir, I still cannot believe it....
THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!
Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?
nothing...
i can't resolve.
help me
I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.
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Hi.
I've the same problem.
But i can't create the directory in the root. It says that's impossible.
I've resco explorer.
Can you help me?
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You don't have to create the directory. That's what the CAB I linked to does for you. Just install it.
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I dont seem to have a problem loading any friends albums anywhere, in the app, in the htc albums or where ever.
THE problem i have is, i cant get my own album to load in the fb app normaly .....
I can see my wall and all that, but when i go to my album tab to tag or whatever, in the fb app, it just sits there loading forever.
The only way i can get it to load, is by adding the fb app to rotate i bsb tweaks and rotating the app to landscape and they show. It wont load any thumbnails though.
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The Facebook app is an entirely different animal - that's an MS app. You'll have to search around to find fixes for that issue. My response relates only to the Sense online Album integration.
i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??
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i've tried to install the cab, but appear the message : impossible to install "t-back..."
why??
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I don't know. That doesn't make any sense. The CAB doesn't even contain any files, so there's no reason it shouldn't install. There's also no reason you shouldn't be able to create a directory. I assume you have an HD2? Can you provide your device ROM info, Manila version, etc? The best to allow people to help is to provide all those details.
Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07
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Yes I've an HD2.
The rom version is 1.66.408.1
Manila 2.5.xxx
Radio 2.06.51.07
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If it's not letting you create the folder, that likely means the Flash Drive is actually working, so I don't think you need this fix. Do you not get pictures when you go to Facebook Online Album?
When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize
masdan said:
When i go to create the folder, a message appear: impossible to cerate folder, the folder already exists.
When i go on facebook on line album... i see nothing (only the list of my friend)
when i touch on refresh (on a friend's name) appear the message: the customer doesn't have an album to visualize
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The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? I can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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Captain_Throwback said:
The problem you're describing isn't the problem I was attempting to fix. Did you try the tweak from the first post regarding the CacheSize? in what it consists?
Are you sure the friend you're looking at has Facebook Album pictures? YESI can get to Online Album 2 different ways - either going through a link Contact's page, or selecting the Facebook Tab in HTC Album. in both ways I visualize nothing.
From there, you should see a list of the linked friend's FB Albums. if you're not getting that far, then you have no way of knowing if the picture preview is working or not.
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See excerpt from the OP below. Have you tried this?
shirreer said:
.....it caused my album to lose the ability to load Facebook photos, fixed that, recreate the problem and saw the same result, and finally fixed it again!
The fix is simple:
After you have applied all your performance tweaks, go into your registry and:
1. Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\FATFS
2. Change the DWORD value "CacheSize" to 0
3. Reboot
4. Launch Album, goto Facebook albums, load your favorite one, browse the pics
5. Rejoice!
Cheers
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sorry i've already tried the tweak in the first post, but nothing, the value of DWORD is already on"0"
I have noticed today that while you can copy and paste text within Polaris, you cannot paste text from another app. I have tried to copy text from a variety of other apps and cannot seem to paste it into the a new Document, even though I have put the Document in Edit mode.
This is disappointing as I frequently grab text from a variety of sources and create a document with it. Does any of the Office apps allow pasting between apps?
Thanks
Glen
Polaris does indeed not seem to support that... Maybe they use a different kind of clipboard to store data?
Documents to Go (paid) and Quick Office HD Pro both support the paste, Picsel Office does not. Hope that helps. I also have done a comparison between all four office suites; link is in my signature!
Thanks for confirming. I have read all your comparisons. I appreciate your help. Sad that Polaris doesn't support that simple feature.
Strange, I have managed to copy a URL into Polaris via the stock browser. Not tried from anything else yet tho.
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Strange, I have managed to copy a URL into Polaris via the stock browser. Not tried from anything else yet tho.
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I tried inserting part of an email into a newly created Polaris Word document but it didn't show up.
yeah the insert option in Polaris does allow you to insert certain things but not outside text.....which is weird. Hopefully a future fix as i do also use that option alot.
Sorry for the slight thread hijack, but:
Default text size. Does Polaris Office (or any office app) allow you to change it? The default size is quite small for me. I'd like to be able to open a new document at a more comfortable size and just bang away notes.
Thanks.
I was able to copy and paste a ton of text from ezpdf into Polaris.
EDIT: That seems to be the only one that works though.
EDIT 2: Hmm, now it has stopped working. Weird, since it was working just 2 days ago
EDIT 3: I'm thinking the copy paste issue was a result of the OTA update, since it was definitely working a while back.
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I was able to copy and paste a ton of text from ezpdf into Polaris.
EDIT: That seems to be the only one that works though.
EDIT 2: Hmm, now it has stopped working. Weird, since it was working just 2 days ago
EDIT 3: I'm thinking the copy paste issue was a result of the OTA update, since it was definitely working a while back.
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Hopefully, Polaris will provide us with an update to fix the issue.
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I tried inserting part of an email into a newly created Polaris Word document but it didn't show up.
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I have just copied and pasted text into Polaris from repligo pdf, gmail, and browser app without a problem.
I just tried to copy from email/gmail and a bible program and nothing pasted into Polaris Office.
rpavich said:
I just tried to copy from email/gmail and a bible program and nothing pasted into Polaris Office.
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This seems to hint towards a different usage of the clipboard...
Sent from my TF101
It seems like there are 2 clipboards - the normal one and a polaris one. I tried pasting into the "insert hyperlink" box and it pasted from the normal clipboard (other apps). Pasting into the document itself used the text I copied from polaris itself.
Well..I ponied up for the 15.00 for Documents to go...I have to be able to paste into my office suite for crying out loud.....
When Polaris office gets it stuff together as far as pasting things into it...then I'll give it a shot again...
rpavich said:
When Polaris office gets it stuff together as far as pasting things into it...then I'll give it a shot again...
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At least it was free!
mirumirai said:
I was able to copy and paste a ton of text from ezpdf into Polaris.
EDIT: That seems to be the only one that works though.
EDIT 2: Hmm, now it has stopped working. Weird, since it was working just 2 days ago
EDIT 3: I'm thinking the copy paste issue was a result of the OTA update, since it was definitely working a while back.
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My wife's Transformer doesn't have the OTA update yet, and she can copy and paste in Polaris. However, copy and paste does NOT work on my Transformer, and I have installed the OTA update. So yes, I would say for sure it's a result of the OTA update. Unfortunate, hopefully Asus can fix it on the next update.
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This seems like a huge oversight. I started a thread over on their facebook page. Hopefully they do something to remedy it.
Has anything happened yet about this problem? I mean any changes?
No changes with the 3.1 upgrade. I solved it by purchasing Docs To Go yesterday from Amazon for $7.49
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
alan77ss said:
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
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My PC is down right now, so I can't test, but I had edited a doc file that was emailed to me and sent it back without problems. Does this only happen when you edit an existing file or also with newly created docs?
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alan77ss said:
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
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I couldn't get my PC to read a document I created and then transfered from the Transformer either. I could read it when I emailed it to myself and picked it back off of my email on the PC. Could be in the transfering?
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I couldn't get my PC to read a document I created and then transfered from the Transformer either. I could read it when I emailed it to myself and picked it back off of my email on the PC. Could be in the transfering?
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tested with one excel and one doc document, didn't have any problems viewing them on PC.
Thanks for the response.
Seems to be an issue just on edited files. So it might be that the files on the PC are somehow corrupted. But then i don't have a problem editing and sending docs on my PC - it's only once edited through polaris that there's a problem.
i noticed that when i open up a doc polaris prompts me to 'remove protection' - no idea what that's about as i don't protect the files. maybe it's something to do with that.
Pretty sure it's not the transfer methods, i've tried bluetooth,ftp, drag 'n drop etc...same results.
In my line of work I have come across some interesting information about older office files (doc,xls,ppt). There was an update for office that basically broke them, if you opened an older format file and saved it corrupted them. This same problem may have gone across to Polaris.
Does Polaris allow use of the newer format files(docx,xlsx,pptx)? If so this might be a way around the problem.
Well i tried creating a new document on my PC, edited it in polaris then transferred it back and had the same problem. can't really try other file formats (odt, rtf) as polaris doesn't appear to support them. i might try a quickinstall/refund of one of the other office apps and see if the problem is replicated.
incidentally i can open the editd documents on the docs2go viewer app and i can upload to google docs. so it might be that i have an ancient version of word, but then surely open office should be able to open it ?
I had edited a file for work last week using Polaris (document file with images, headers, etc... ), so I tried opening it on my office PC using Office Word 2007 and it opens and renders perfectly.
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Ok well the problem does seem to lie with polaris. i did a quick install/refund of quick office and was able to edit docs and view them on my pc with no problems.
i've got a feeling it's to do with the 'remove protection' prompt i get in polaris, didn't get that with quick office.
maybe it's just a bad install on my device as no one else seems to have the problem. I guess i'm gonna have to call up ASUS as polaris doesn't seem to offer any support on its site.
Same probs here. Gdocs let's me view but not edit. Kword crashes, libre office can't open.
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Ok well the problem does seem to lie with polaris. i did a quick install/refund of quick office and was able to edit docs and view them on my pc with no problems.
i've got a feeling it's to do with the 'remove protection' prompt i get in polaris, didn't get that with quick office.
maybe it's just a bad install on my device as no one else seems to have the problem. I guess i'm gonna have to call up ASUS as polaris doesn't seem to offer any support on its site.
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I got that same message on the file I edited, but what I did was save a copy and worked off the copy. Not sure what the protection was, but that's what I did and it worked with opening the file on a PC.
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EP2008 said:
I got that same message on the file I edited, but what I did was save a copy and worked off the copy. Not sure what the protection was, but that's what I did and it worked with opening the file on a PC.
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Just tried your method and it worked with one file but that didn't prompt me for copy protection, but the other file with protection still wouldn't open. also tried creating a couple of docs in polaris from scratch but they wouldn't open either. it's just far too unreliable,i can't risk using this for work.
kind of thinking, to hell with it, i'm gonna buy quick office, it may be a tener but at least it works and you can actually paste stuff into it from other apps, which polaris doesn't do.
Had exactly the same issue, could write things / edit but once i saved it.... nothing would open it. Compounded by the known issue that you can't copy n paste from polaris (why!?).
The work around I use (while considering what office app to buy) is to send to google docs.
In view mode (not edit mode) click the menu and send to google docs (you'll need to have the google docs app installed first obv. - it then imports it and you can save from google docs, or email a link to the doc.
Hope this helps.
(long time reader first time poster)
With further testing I've found older versions of MS Word and Open Office won't open files edited on Polaris - Newer versions of MS Word will.
Can anyone else test and confirm this?
I tried a trial version of the newer word and was able to open up documents edited in Polaris - but it flagged up a security warning teling me it might be unsafe to do so.
But these were older documents writtten in an older version of word so maybe that has something to do with it. It might be that Polaris isn't handling older word documents properly.
I've been using Polaris Office for school work. Any file created in or edited with Polaris Office is seen by LibreOffice as outright corrupt. Can't open it at all. I tried opening the file on the school's computers with Word (probably the latest version) and it prompted me to open the file in "Protected mode" informing me that the file could possibly damage my computer (I assume they mean it could contain malicious code or something). Seems ASUS needs to get some bug reports about this.
Yep, exactly same issue... Lucky I got a backup of the files cause, only Polaris can read them!... sucks
Hello. I am using the Endnote X5 for my thesis and it makes some automatic arrangements on doc file. When I transfer the file to my Asus, polaris reads it. But back to my PC, not! So I realized that the doc files that contain plain text doesn't make any problem with polaris.
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I have had the same problem.
I could still open the document on my Android smartphone but not on my computer. I am using an old version of Office 2000. My android had 2 office suites that would read the office document. Polaris Office and OfficeSuite. Polaris would not seem to save it in any other format but Office Suite let me re save it in docx format. I then synced with my desktop and was able to open the docx file with Office 2000- though you need to install Microsoft's free file converter to do that.
I use MyPhone Explorer to sync between Android and desktop. I think the issue is associated with Polaris rather than MyPhoneExplorer as I have no other problems with that. I did wonder if Polaris had changed the format to docx without changing the postscript but just changing it to filename.docx did not make any difference so the full conversion seems to be the solution.