Casio BE-300 Pocket Manager is positioned as an electronic assistant, not a PDA. The computer assumes office applications, but it turns out that they also have an assistant. Let us find out what kind of programs and how they cope with their responsibilities.
JW Word Processor
Probably one of the most anticipated applications for the BE-300 - Karaman Word. Probably one of the biggest disappointments. In the preview, the version with the usual installation files, which is in the network, you can not even download. To install it requires more than 5 MB of free RAM, while generally in the BE-300 for the user's needs is allocated only 4 "with a penny." The only option - take this one file, unzip it and hands to move it to the BE-300 in the folder \ Program Files on Nand Disk or on a memory card. Secondly, the program can not open Word files from your desktop computer, such as, by the way, and documents "pocket" versions of Word. Here's what happens instead of cookies:
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| Open the file *. doc |
JW Word at all originally created as the Anglo-Japanese program, so many of its useful features are focused on Japanese language or to convert between Latin characters and Japanese characters. The latter, incidentally, also two types - "printed" and "cursive." Accordingly, for Russian users, in most cases, these functions are of no interest.
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| How much can be done with the Japanese language! |
Russian language is also supported (with localization RussKey BE, but there are some problems. Firstly, normally only open files *. txt. Secondly, the opening must specify the correct file type: either the ASCII, or UTF-7. If offer the program itself to determine the type, is the following:
And finally, an incorrigible glitch when typing Russian text: the spaces between the letters and the width approximately equal to the very letter. It turns out very ugly, uncomfortable and, most importantly, because the gap is nearly equal to this gap, which is why it is difficult to understand where one word begins and ends another. The text Latin typed correctly.
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| Latin and Cyrillic at JW Word |
Output actually is. In the standard (non-Russified) keyboard to switch to the tab AXNT, where the characters "umlauts" (dots and dashes above the letters) and type them up, know what Russian letter corresponds to each. However, after each application, the keyboard comes back to native mode, so that option is clearly "on the fan." But the text looks like a man. With the disadvantages seem to be finished, proceed to the merits: a program surprisingly functional for Pocket text editor. JW Word otkrytmi can hold multiple documents, and we can close the current one or all at once, switch between them. There's even a list of recently opened files, as in the present Word'e. In the menu Edit - Multiple Undo (and repetition), search (up and down from the current position) with the ability to view all open files at once and AutoCorrect. Formatting can be set for a separate paragraph, as well as for the whole file as a whole.As in "large" Word'e, regulated field, page orientation, headers and footers, you can even write a Summary - a summary of the document. Moreover, there is even a full dictionary with the ability to connect additional units and write the words the user. Would not even the dictionary of Anglo-Japanese! .. There are many settings and intefeysa. For example, you can specify that close when you click the X in the upper right corner - the program or the current file. There is a set of screen fonts, position of the scroll bars work with the clipboard, font cache. Summary: if the program was able to open files even Word for Windows CE and to work properly with the Russian language, the prices would not it have been. At the same time working with it brings more trouble than positive emotions.
SpreadCE
Sad impression of "kasiynogo" analog Word fully compensated by the magnificent "kasiynym" analog Excel - program SpreadCE, incidentally, the owner of a prize ZDNet PDA Software Award for the best software for Windows CE. First of all, no problems with the formats. No problem opening the files desktop Excel, and tables to be converted into "pocket" format with the conservation of all defined on the worksheet functions. Second, works fine Russian. With support for Unicode, Excel table book with Russian letters was opened on the BE-300 when it was not a crack installed. Another thing is that you create and edit pages in Russian needed RussKey BE (Incidentally, in the coming days, will be released a new version).
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| With the Russian language in SpreadCE okay |
The program functionality is not inferior to Excel on the desktop. SpreadCE "stand up" 256 columns by 65,536 rows by 32,768 sheets for only a limited amount of free memory at the same time the number of open files. The program "understands" the 317 features (full list available here) and retains 49 macros for creating custom functions. SpreadCE working with array formulas, supports all the editing operations (can be separate copy, cut and paste formulas, numbers, and formats), is the AutoComplete feature. The program also performs all standard operations with cells, rows and kolnkami (add, cut, hide, etc.), sorts the data according to different criteria. Formatting a cell includes, in addition to size, number format, alignment, format, font, borders, shading, setting "Zoom" and protection. Another program is able to draw graphs and charts.
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| Charts in SpreadCE |
The only thing I would like to add - the function of screen rotation. The only thing I would like to remove the - sign that the program is shareware. The full version costs $ 20 SpreadCE. However, no restrictions other than those mentioned labels, pop-up when you open each new file, I have not discovered. In addition, use the program so convenient that $ 20 is not too bad.
Pocket Paint
On the BE-300 and can draw. Pocket Paint on the possibilities are virtually identical to the similar applications on the desktop. True, Paint on the BE-300 is not able to open and save images in JPEG and GIF.
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| Our logo on the BE-300 |
Scaling is done not so easy: either the original size (its way, you can change by setting the length and width in pixels), or a great approximation to the eye, approximately 400%. Cancel previous action works, you can flip the image and reflect a mirror.Program explicitly ported to another PDA, so, for example, the dialog for setting the image size and its color comes out off the screen, as well as the upper panel with buttons. Standard set of tools: selection, eraser, fill, color determinant, a pencil, insert the printed text, line, square, oval. As in "adult" version, you can customize the color.
Primer
This program is designed for viewing files *. pdf (those on the desktop opens Acrobat Reader). Primer is not intended for the BE-300, so it has to be set through Active Sync. In the dialog setup ActiveSync on offer to write files to the default directory, ignore the warning BE-300 that the Primer is not designed for it and work on it will not, and then use the file manager transfer program folder in Program Files directory on the card or in internal memory. Everything works.
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| Works |
That is, works in the sense that the *. pdf files are opened. Written in Latin - with no problems, the Cyrillic alphabet - like this:
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| Not working |
In the settings you can disable the greeting, specify the search parameters, the scale and number of pages to be loaded by default. Mozho also adjust the overall image quality and the amount of system RAM (the more the faster "turned over" the page). The bottom button on the right menu is designed to manage bookmarks.
Total
In contrast, multimedia, office capabilities BE-300 is not too impressive. In this aspect the machine does not run from your PDA Pocket PC. Basically, of course, the impression is made up of the lack of a functioning replacement for Word (a substitute for Excel is beyond praise). Additional problems arise in connection with the use of Russian language. However, programs for Casio BE-300 Pocket Manager continue to emerge and it is hoped that soon the office suite for "Kaskiv" expand. The authors, translation:
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