However, any other cell you then select will automatically expand, as if you wanted to modify it. When you select a cell, it briefly expands to indicate that it's open for input (if the cell contains a formula, then the formula is shown). Also up top are icons for Viewing Tools, such as sorting a list and showing comments. Like Apple's Numbers, Kingsoft shows tabs at the top for sheets within a spreadsheet (in Excel, these tabs are at the bottom). Unlike with Word and Pages, you can't add borders or other effects to images in Kingsoft Office, either.Ĭlick to EnlargeKingsoft's Spreadsheets follow the same minimalist look as its word processing interface. You can resize and rotate images, but you can't crop them. When you insert a photo, text automatically reflows around the image, but only after you drag the image to a particular spot in Word, text reflows dynamically. Kingsoft, by contrast, keeps font selection buried, requiring you to scroll through size, style and color first.
For example, in both Word and Pages, the font selection has its own drop-down menu. There's a wide range of tools to change font size, type and color, but they're less accessible than in competing programs. We'd much rather the comments appeared in the margins. The comment then appears in a manila-colored box that partially covers the document. You can only read the comment by selecting the word and pressing the "Comment" icon that shows up. When you create a comment, the word or phrase being commented on is underlined in blue. You have to save them locally to your iPad, then share them with a cloud service.Ĭlick to EnlargeWe found the commenting feature in Kingsoft less useful than competitors' versions.
Kingsoft says it's looking into the issue.įinally, you can't save documents directly to the cloud. Additionally, you can't open native Google Docs through Kingsoft Office, and there's no way to convert them into a compatible format. There's also no way to search through your documents stored in the cloud. It often took about 15-30 seconds for the documents in Google Drive to appear.
Another clever feature, Shareplay, lets you beam your presentation to other Kingsoft Office users, but only if they're also using an iOS device. You can also beam your documents using AirPlay and DLNA. That's a huge leap over other productivity suites for example, Office for iPad only connects to Microsoft's OneDrive, and Apple's Pages only links to iCloud. You can also share documents via AirDrop, and open them in other editing programs. Unlike all its competitors, Kingsoft Office connects to a number of cloud services, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box.net and any WebDAV services. Click to EnlargeOne of the primary advantages of being a third-party app maker is that you're not tied to the success or failure of any one platform or service.
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