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App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT

I am having no luck at all with Office Suite - the file path to the 'My Documents' folder on my Xperia S is wrong & I have NO idea what to put in there instead to make downloaded doc's go into that folder. It also refuses to open PDF doc's - tells me the file is damaged; but these are perfectly good PDF files that I can open everywhere else apart from in this app. I posted a thread on this & was referred to the developer - but none of their e-mail addresses work now (I got 'delivery failure' messages from all of them). Can anyone suggest another app which will allow me to download; read and manager Word & PDF doc's? Right now 'Office Suite' is useless to me. Thanks.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:06:16 GMT

PS: this is my other thread on this - clearly nobody else here has any idea, so I'm trying to find a different app for documents now...

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/398839#398839

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:08:18 GMT

as soon as you download the doc file they will be stored at the Download folder, either use a file manager (Astro or OI file manager) to open them or use OfficeSuite Pro, either or will work, also on the app drawer you can see an app that says Downloads

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:13:02 GMT

Thank you, but I'm not sure you're looking at the Xperia S? There is no 'downloads' folder - not in Office Suite in any case, & I'm not sure where else to look for it. The 'Apps' folder only has apps in it, nothing called 'downloads'. All I want to do is to change the file path to the 'My Documents' folder so that downloads will go in there - this should not be so difficult! There is an option change the file path in 'settings', but I have no clue what to change it to.

I'm getting so tired of the amount of time I have to spend on this forum to try to fix things that should not be broken in the first place.... This is my first 'smart' phone, & it's the most UN-'smart' object I hae ever owned...!

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:22:27 GMT

it varies per region, in some regions it DOES have this.

do this

1st download OI File manager

2nd open it and look for Download

3rd look for the files.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:22:53 GMT

OI file manager

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openintents.filemanager&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsIm9yZy5vcGVuaW50ZW50cy5maWxlbWFuYWdlciJd

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:55:46 GMT

Thanks again for taking time over this, but I'm still struggling... I now have OI file manager (with a huge jumble of folders inside, making it very hard to 'manage' anything); but no documents at all inside the folder called 'download'. When I try to download the attachments again from an e-mail, it asks me to 'complete action using...' - & gives me the option of Office Suite or Adobe Reader (if it's a PDF), or 'Documents to go' if it's Word, but it does not show me OI as an option to open or save the file.This results in the doc being opened in one of the other Apps; but it is still not actually saved anywhere, other than in the 'recent files' folder for a short time.

'Documents to go' works perfectly with my Blackberry Playbook - all downloaded files are saved in there & are easily accessible - but on this phone again it puts them in 'recent files', which is just a temporay folder, & eventually they vanish. There seems to be NO way with any of these apps, to actually manage the files- i.e. create folders & store things in them so they can be accessed again!

I really don't understand why this has to be so complicated. I'm just looking for something where i can actually SAVE documents - not just open & view them & then they vanish - & also create folders & manage files. I just want a simple filing system where I can access my documents when I'm not connected to the internet.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:07:42 GMT

which email app are you using to download the files?

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:10:52 GMT

Hotmail - I am sending the docs to myself via Hotmail, as this phone is not recognised by my Mac & 'Sony Bridge for Mac' is incapable of actually transfering documents onto the phone, so I have to download them via e-mail if I need any docs to be on the phone.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:13:12 GMT

which app do you use to access your hotmail?

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:14:36 GMT

also the best way to store your files or share them is with Box

https://www.box.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.box.android&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5ib3guYW5kcm9pZCJd

or Google Drive

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:17:22 GMT

Sorry - this is a reply to your earlier post - you asked me which Hotmail app I'm using? The one with the orange envelope logo - I don't know what it's called; it's just called 'Hotmail'.

Will look at these new links in a minute...

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:18:43 GMT

you have to check the settings on that app, as it might be storing this files on another folder.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

Rickard — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:17:02 GMT

I'm not sure where the app called Hotmail saves downloaded files but if using the phones browser or builtin email client (which works with Hotmail) your files will be stored in a folder called downloads.

As uliwooly says you could also use for example box to transfer documents to the phone.

If you're having problems opening a certian pdf-file, try using another reader like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader.

Re: App for managing/storing documents? (Word & PDF)

AliWonder — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:47:49 GMT

Thank you to all for taking the time to assist with this. After some struggle I managed to find the downloaded files in a folder in 'OI file manager' called 'Attachments' (there is nothing in the 'downloads' folder). I don't know how to edit these folders or move files around, but it's a start that they actually seem to be saved somewhere. The other 'Office' type apps - Office Suite; Adobe; Docs to go etc that I have downloaded - do not seem able to store anything, they just open the files (& Adobe is the only one that is able to open PDF's). I will try to just use the Attachments folder from now on to access my documents.