Quickoffice Free App for iOS and Android Devices

Quickoffice is now a free office suite app for iOS and Android devices.  According to the app store description, you can create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files and save them to your Google Drive.  You can also use it to access your Google Drive, open and view PDF files, attach files to emails, and share files.  On iOS devices you can also zip files.


In order to use Quickoffice, you have to have Internet access.  All files are stored in your Google Drive account.  Quickoffice offers up to  15 GB free storage. 

For more information go to https://support.google.com/quickoffice/answer/3381968?hl=en
http://lifehacker.com/quickoffice-now-free-on-android-and-ios-with-free-googl-1350259070
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57603769-285/get-10gb-extra-space-on-google-drive-for-linking-with-quickoffice/

When you first open the app, you are prompted to login to your Google account. You have to accept the app managing your Google Drive files, viewing your email address, and basic information about your Google account.

The next window provides you with four tutorials:

• Explore a budget spreadsheet (two sample spreadsheets - no tutorial)
• Get started with Documents.docx
• Get stared with Presentations
• Get started with Quickoffice.pdf

If you use Google Drive, QuickOffice may be a perfect mobile solution.

PS - Quickoffice is also an extension for the Chrome web browser, although it is still a beta product. The extension differs from the app.  Chrome extension allows you to view any Microsoft Office files, not edit the files. 

Adding a Signature to a PDF File with Preview Software

It is interesting, having used a Mac for a few years now, that I still am overlooking some of the apps and features.  I discovered the app, Preview, this morning.  Preview allows you to add a signature to a PDF file in less than a minute. Note, Preview is software for the Apple iOS and works on a MacBook or iMac, not a Window PC.

• First sign your name with a black pen on a piece of white paper
• Use Spotlight or open the Applications folder if Preview is not on the desktop menu.
• Open Preview > Preferences > Signatures
• Click Add Signature
• Hold the piece of paper with the signature up in front of the camera
• With the signature on the blue signature line, click Accept
• Open a PDF file (signature only works with PDF files)
• Open Annotations menu in Preview
• Click on the signatures icon
• Click on the place in the PDF file where you want to add the signature

That is all there is to it.  If you had not already created a signature with Preferences, you could create one using the Signature icon in Preview.  The video below from the website at http://revision3.com/tzdaily/sign-pdf-with-preview  reviews the process.