Word processor for a tablet [Android]?

[Qqmike]

Best word processor (free/free) to install from Google Play (to a Samsung Galaxy tablet)? Opinions, preferences, any hands-down, clear-cut choice?

[woodsmoke]

Hi
Thanks for the question.

I am sure that others will weigh in, but I've fiddled with this going waay back to the old HTC days...

For me HANDS DOWN........... WPS Office, formerly Kingsoft Office just works, even to making a "presentation" on a cell phone! lol.

It saves to the older .doc, .ppt, .xls format but that is ok. The only real problem with that is if one gets into off the wall formatting.

If one defaults to arial for a font, and in a presentation uses ONLY a "text box", again with arial, and delays adding images until one gets onto a computer it is really seamless.

And, as I noted in another thread today, WPS will "share" to KDE connect seamlessly.

just my thoughts, and again, I'm sure that others will suggest other apps.

The following linky give a smorgasboard of moving images and also talks about the Linux app which is downloadable as a .deb and other balls.

I, myself don't use the app on my computer but I did try it out and it does work.

http://wps-community.org/

OH BTW the Linux app has a BOATLOAD of templates! lol

woodsmoke

[Qqmike]

Thanks. I'll look into WPS. As I recall, Google Play offered too many choices for this. Maybe I just need a good text writer for note taking, then transfer to the PC, convert to Libre, and compose the full, final document. Note-taking while reading articles (including copy and paste) is my main need here (on the tablet).

[Feathers McGraw]

Best word processor (free/free)

If you meant £free and FOSS, then Kingsoft/WPS Office probably isn't what you're after, although it certainly works.

I was looking for something similar a few years ago and the best I found was a LaTeX compiler for Android. I think it was this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rbosus.verbtex

The other one sends your data to a server somewhere to be compiled and then sent back... so I wouldn't use that. I remember Verbtex being open source, and the SERP says it is:



... but for some reason there is no mention of it in the app description, so maybe they've added some non-free libraries since I was using it.

[woodsmoke]

Thanks to Feathers comment I researched WPSOffice/Kingsoft Office and found that it was/is based on "Open Office" was/is 'based in Hong Kong", was originally a thing to get "Chineese characters" into a document.

It has changed it name from WPS, to KingSoft, and back again, the WPS standing for Writer Presentation Spreadsheet.

It is now "part of" "the People's Republic of China.

I d/ld it on my phone and it worked so good that I made a donation, but did not "buy the suite".

So........hmmmm ..............

proprietary

and

supporting a communist country that openly abuses it's people..........

going to have to rethink this.

I just "assumed" that it was........."guys in a garage".....dumb woodsmoker.

Thanks Feathers

woodcluelesssmoke

woodsmok

[Qqmike]

I downloaded WPS on my Android tablet. I just need a Writer to take notes and copy-paste text while reading articles, and save in either .odt or .doc, something quick and easy. WPS seems easy enough. I will try your VerbTex LaTex Editor for Android.

[richb]

I have been happy with Office Suite Pro. It is free in a stripped down version and $6.99 for full featured Pro version. I have the Pro.

[Qqmike]

I could try that. The stripped down version would be all I need for now. Thanks.