[AccessD] Windows 8 Tablet and Access/Office 2010

You're missing the point.  First, I don't like Google docs.  Secondly, it
isn't about usefulness, it's about seeing how MS products behave under Win
8 on the tablet.  Hard to do that when you can't get them to recognize a
valid key.

Charlotte

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Doug Murphy <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote:

> Google docs does 99% of everything you need as far as I can see. It doesn't
> have Access but pretty much everything Open Office has.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 1:58 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 Tablet and Access/Office 2010
>
> How about Open Office for WP and spreadsheeting?
>
> R
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 11:25 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> Subject: [AccessD] Windows 8 Tablet and Access/Office 2010
>
> I bought myself a new Samsung Tablet PC with Windows 8 and I'm sure glad I
> didn't upgrade my laptop!  Once you get used to Win 8, it's not completely
> awful, but the desktop screams for a mouse and keyboard.  The virtual
> keyboard works fine in the Metro UI, but it's very awkward in desktop and
> you still need a mouse unless you know a LOT of keyboard shortcuts that are
> less than easily memorized.  I like the bluetooth mouse and keyboard
> options
> but I wrestled with the darn thing for a week before I bought those.
>
> It's painfully slow to download Office to the tablet and when I did, I
> discovered that even though the license allowed me to install on up to 3
> devices, the tablet wouldn't accept the product key used for the computer!
>  Microsoft help pointed at the computer OEM (not Samsung) and the OEM told
> me to call Microsoft.  GRRrrrrrrrrr  I finally bought a new copy of Access
> and downloaded and installed that.  I'd still like to install Office on
> there (I think), at least Word and Excel, but I'm not sure the tablet is up
> to the load.  Any suggestions or insight?  I hate breaking new ground like
> this!!
>
> Charlotte
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