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I have created several documents in the desktop version off Office 365 and would like to be able to edit them on my ipad. I've noticed that typing in these documents is unacceptably slow. I've tried switching compatibility mode on the desktop, but to no avail. Any thoughts??
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Now December 2014.
We have not heard from you, Mr. Moderator.
You still there ?
The problem persists and it's a show stopper unfortunately for our company.
This problem is driving me crackers & I am so annoyed that Microsoft is staying silent on this & not fixing it.
The problems occur no matter what way you are inputting (through on-screen keyboard or bluetooth keyboard) and as other posters have said the greater the number of fields the greater the problem.
I was roughly timing the input delay yesterday while working with a medium-sized document and it pretty much runs at taking 1 second per character. In other words finish typing a sentence, go do something else for 5 minutes, then come back for the next sentence. Totally unacceptable.
Prior to MS releasing these apps I had to use Documents To Go from DataViz to access my MS documents on my iPad. I NEVER had this problem with their 3rd-party app! How absurd is that?
I'm now seriously considering demanding a refund from MS & going back to using Docs To Go!!!
I had been thinking of suggesting to the national company I work with that we look at deploying Office to all our reps & various road-warriors for use on their iPads but that certainly won't be happening when there are SERIOUS problems like this being ignored by Microsoft.
It is frustrating. I have numerous forms that I have been using on my iPhone 4S using mobile office with no issues. Now Mobile Office has been replaced with Word and Excel versions for the iphone. At first I thought this was a good upgrade, but now any Word form I have with a table isn't usable. I have to use a different office suite to edit those files now. The typing lag seems consistent no matter where I have the file stored (locally or any supported cloud service).
I have been having the same issue as well, It seems to happen more in Word than Excel. Both apps have been updated to the newest version but the problem still persists. The lag does seem to occur less when you save a file locally and edit it, but that really defeats the purpose of using OneDrive and creates extra steps for something that should be much easier. This is very disappointing from Microsoft...I would expect better from them for a product that we are wasting money on.
Not on my side. It's a consistent issue for me.
I should also add that I do not use via cloud, this is with a locally stored document. If this was with a cloud stored document I imagine it would be impossible to use.
I always duplicate documents before I start making changes to them so I guarantee I can open the files even when I have no access to the Internet. The delay is present regardless of where the file has been saved. But in my case it's intermittent. Last night I was writing notes while observing a class - the reason I bought Office 365 in the first place - and there was no delay! I was working locally with no access to the Internet.