On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:47:51 -0700
"Dennis E. Hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The phones run on a different hardware platform.  An x86 or x64 version of 
> OpenOffice will not run on it.  

Thanks, Dennis.  Hardware difference noted for future reference.

Rory


>The Acer m220 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processor, and that Windows Phone 
>8.1 processor will not run Windows desktop (x86 or x64) applications.
> 
> There is no separate distribution of Apache OpenOffice that is available for 
> Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10 Phones.  The same applies for iPhones, iPads, 
> and Android devices.
> 
> At this time, there is no roadmap for producing such versions of Apache 
> OpenOffice.
> 
> To see if there is anything that supports OpenDocument Format (ODF) documents 
> to any degree, it is necessary to go to the Store/Marketplace on the phone 
> and see what might be available.  Please note that even if there appears to 
> be some relationship to OpenOffice (documents), Apache OpenOffice has no 
> knowledge of that software and cannot support it.
> 
> It is more likely that your best choice is to use the Microsoft Office 
> applications that come with Windows 8.1 Phone and interchange them with 
> others (and your desktop computer) using OneDrive.  If you use the same 
> account on the phone as on the desktop computer, you should be able to edit 
> those documents via OneDrive on the Web without having to install Microsoft 
> Office on the desktop PC.  You will have to experiment to see how those 
> files, if brought down to your PC, work with Apache OpenOffice.  You can also 
> move documents to OneDrive and see how well they work on your phone using the 
> provided Microsoft Software.
> 
>  - Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 00:58
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Michael L. Barnes <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Open office for mobile devices
> 
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:07:48 -0500
> "Michael L. Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I use an Acer netbook running windows 8.1, with a duel core 2.25 GHz. each,.
> >   also I use an Acer m220 smart phone running windows 8.1 with a quad core 
> > 1.27 ghz. each. T I need to know if there is a mobile versions for my 
> > phone??? If not, will there be in the near future. Please???
> 
> If the smart phone runs Windows 8.1, the existing Windows version of 
> OpenOffice ought run on it, unless there are such serious differences in the 
> implementation of Windows 8.1 on the phone as to prevent this.  In which case 
> I would have expected the Windows version to have been renamed/renumbered.
> 
> -- 
> Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]>
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