iPod working with Microsoft Office

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Like good discoveries, I just found out by accident that the Mail application in the iPod touch does support Microsoft Excel and Word, so I decided to investigate further.

I did few test with Microsoft Office 2003 and the three most common Office applications: Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Here are some of my findings:

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• Can read Excel and Word documents as read-only.
• Powerpoint presentations are not supported.
• In excel, graphics and themes are supported.
• No Excel macros work. Filtering is not supported.
• Formulas seems to work but I haven’t tested which ones are supported.
• Word styles are supported.
• Support Office 97 and 2003 formats.
• Does not support meta-data inside Office documents like hyperlinks or other attachments.
• Supports multi-touch zoom and tap-and-drag features just like pictures.

For reference, I am using a 1.1.1 jailbroken firmware but I think this is a standard feature for the mail application available for the iPhone.

If you have an iPhone or an iPod touch with a different firmware, please test this functionality and send me your comments.