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lensmann · 08-21-2016, 08:51 PM

Has anyone tried installing and using office software on the N96, with an external keyboard? Can it be used in this way?

My use case is this. I edit an academic journal, and have to review dozens of submissions each week. For most of them, I read the submission, assess its quality, send it back to the author if it isn't good enough (with helpful comments), or anonymize it and send it out for review if it is good enough. I am trying to find a solution for chronic eyestrain. The N96 seems like a good fit. If I can install a third-party office suite on it which edits Word documents (eg WPS Office), and if I can send short replies to emails on it, I should be able to use it to do around 70% of the work I do for the journal (avoiding the eyestrain I get from glowing screens). I won't be using it to browse the internet, so the browser doesn't matter.

Does anyone have any experience with how the N96 works with external keyboards, and office suites?

08-21-2016, 08:51 PM	#1
lensmann Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 821920 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Clara BW, Aura One, Aura HD, Boox Max 2, ThinkBook Plus Gen 2	Office software on the N96? Has anyone tried installing and using office software on the N96, with an external keyboard? Can it be used in this way? My use case is this. I edit an academic journal, and have to review dozens of submissions each week. For most of them, I read the submission, assess its quality, send it back to the author if it isn't good enough (with helpful comments), or anonymize it and send it out for review if it is good enough. I am trying to find a solution for chronic eyestrain. The N96 seems like a good fit. If I can install a third-party office suite on it which edits Word documents (eg WPS Office), and if I can send short replies to emails on it, I should be able to use it to do around 70% of the work I do for the journal (avoiding the eyestrain I get from glowing screens). I won't be using it to browse the internet, so the browser doesn't matter. Does anyone have any experience with how the N96 works with external keyboards, and office suites?