With the PAC Mate Omni's support of Excel Mobile, many new and exciting possibilities await you. While a mini version of the desktop application, Excel Mobile retains many of the powerful features you need in a spreadsheet analysis program.
Like other Windows Mobile applications, your Excel files are fully synchronizable with Excel on your PC.
Excel Mobile files use the extension .pxl and .pxt. During synchronization, many items in your.xls file will not convert or are changed in your .pxl or .pxt files. For instance, cell comments and hyperlinks do not convert, while borders change to single lines in Excel Mobile. However, once you synchronize and convert back to .xls these items are restored. For more information on Conversion changes, please see Excel Mobile's online help in the PAC Mate Omni.
You can find the Excel Mobile application in the Office Mobile submenu (F4, O, E). The first time you open Excel Mobile, it opens by default to a blank spreadsheet so you can immediately begin entering data.
To view all the commands available in Excel Mobile, please see Appendix A: Pocket Excel Commands.
After you have created a workbook, Excel Mobile will then open first to a list view where you can choose the workbook you want to open or create a new workbook. To select a workbook in the list view, use the cursor cross to move to the workbook and then press DOT 8. To create a new workbook, press F1+F2.
In Excel Mobile you can open only one workbook at a time. When you open a second workbook, the first one is saved and closed automatically.
To save a workbook, press F4+F5, move to File and press DOT 8. From the File Menu, press DOT 8 on Save As. In the Name edit field type a name for your file. If you want your workbook to get saved in a particular folder, press DOTS 4-5 CHORD to move to the next control and use the cursor cross to select a folder. The next control allows you to change the workbook's format. Since this is also a combo box, use the cursor cross to select a file format. The last control in this dialog box designates where you want to save your file. You have a choice of using the Main Memory or storage card. To close this dialog box and save your file, press DOT 8 on the Save button. Otherwise, press DOT 8 on Cancel.
Excel Mobile workbooks can be synchronized with Excel on your PC. To synchronize files of any type, you must first create a standard partnership. Then in ActiveSync on your PC go to the Tools Menu (ALT+T) and select Options. In the Mobile Device list view, place a check in the Files' check box. When you select Files, a PACMate My Documents folder is created on your PC's desktop. Place all files you want to synchronize with the PAC Mate Omni in this folder. Password-protected files cannot be synchronized.
All Excel Mobile files stored in My Documents and its subfolders are synchronized with the PC. ActiveSync converts documents during synchronization.
For more information on synchronization or file conversion, see ActiveSync Help on the PC.
Note: When you delete a file on either your PC or your PAC Mate Omni, the file is deleted in the other location the next time you synchronize.
In the list view; select the file and press F2 CHORD. To select multiple files, use the UP/DOWN ARROW CHORD. Then, press F2 CHORD. From the Context Menu, choose Send.
A new e-mail message is created with the file attached.