Chapter 14

On the Road Again: Taking Work on Your Phone

In This Chapter

arrow Using Mobile Office applications

arrow Navigating the Office applications in the cloud

arrow Sharing files using your phone

When you pick up your HTC One, you’re holding as much computing power as was available in a high-end laptop five years ago — and a graphics processor that would have made a hard-core gamer envious. So it’s not far-fetched to want to do some work with your Microsoft Office applications on your HTC One while you’re away from your desk. Why not?

The HTC One actually doesn’t allow you to leave your computer behind for good. The keyboard isn’t great for typing an entire novel, for instance. What makes the most sense is to use your phone to view Office documents and make minor changes. Leave the hard-core creation and modification efforts to a full-size PC.

The Polaris Office 5 Suite, which you can download to your phone, lets you be productive on the road. In this chapter, I start with a little introduction on the basics, explore the tools, and explain how you can use them to your best advantage. Then I ...

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