WPS Office 2016 - Page 2

MidnightCowboy · 21. May 2016, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by danielson

Wonder why?
Some kind of free publicity stunt?

With most Linux apps being open source they would hardly be able to sell a premium version anyway. Nor are they likely to be swayed by the numbers of solo Linux users. What they did consider no doubt is the number of Windows/Linux dual booted machines and the opportunity to promote themselves this way, especially because they also produce data recovery software.

Burn-IT · 21. May 2016, 07:21 PM

They hope you get so used to the premium features that you have to buy the Premium Version

danielson · 22. May 2016, 01:26 PM

Did i miss an option for synonyms or thesaurus on right-click of selected text?
LibreOffice has it, that's for sure.

Btw, one minor issue with ChaletOS.
Some themes blank out the text from recent documents in WPS.

AfiAzrael · 24. May 2016, 04:33 AM

what means sponsored access? anything limitation on printing?

George.J · 24. May 2016, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AfiAzrael

what means sponsored access? anything limitation on printing?

I think they mean that you'll be seeing sponsored ads while printing. But since my 30-day trial has to finish to revert to free version, we'll have to wait and see what happens.

To the rest, I don't think there's a paid version for Linux, so all features might be enabled for it? But it's still in alpha on Linux right?

George.J · 19. Jun 2016, 06:42 PM

After 30 days of usage here's what I found.

I was still able to save in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats even though it was shown as a limited feature. So I'm happy about that.

For functions like Export to PDF, a pop-up will appear asking you to watch an advertisement to unlock the feature. But I really liked the way the ad was implemented, because it's non-obtrusive and extremely short in length.

On choosing the temporary unblock feature, it shows you this pop-up ad that appears for 3 sec before you can unlock the feature for 30 minutes.

You can still use the feature after you have blocked WPS Office with a firewall, but you can unlock for only 5 seconds in that case.

Final note: Am glad with the new development of WPS Office and am finally bidding adios to Kingsoft Office.

MidnightCowboy · 19. Jun 2016, 07:53 PM

Sorry but I just cannot think why I would want to endure all of this when LibreOffice has none of it.

EldonW · 20. Jun 2016, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

Sorry but I just cannot think why I would want to endure all of this when LibreOffice has none of it.

It's much more convenient to just install a PDF printer driver of which there are numerous free ones.

Kingsoft Office 2013 (9.1.0.4550) had none of this export to PDF 'sponsored access'. It had full support for .docx & .xlsx. But, while it supported opening & editing .pptx, it did not offer saving to .pptx.

maxfan · 16. Sep 2016, 12:32 PM

I have had the Windows 2014 Beta 3 version of WPS Office for some time and have been using it on and off without issues. This morning I was surprised to see a notification appear saying that I had the most up to date version and when I looked it had updated itself to WPS Office 2016.

I ran Privazer yesterday to clean my computer before defragmenting, I don't know if that deleted something that affected the settings, but it has never happened before. Bit odd.

maxfan · 16. Sep 2016, 02:07 PM

It's also set itself as the default programme for .docx .xlsx and .pptx AND .pdf files!

19. Jun 2016, 06:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
George.J Editor Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,940	After 30 days of usage here's what I found. I was still able to save in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats even though it was shown as a limited feature. So I'm happy about that. For functions like Export to PDF, a pop-up will appear asking you to watch an advertisement to unlock the feature. But I really liked the way the ad was implemented, because it's non-obtrusive and extremely short in length. On choosing the temporary unblock feature, it shows you this pop-up ad that appears for 3 sec before you can unlock the feature for 30 minutes. You can still use the feature after you have blocked WPS Office with a firewall, but you can unlock for only 5 seconds in that case. Final note: Am glad with the new development of WPS Office and am finally bidding adios to Kingsoft Office. __________________ If you seek for attention, do common things in life in an uncommon way!

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MidnightCowboy Site Manager Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South American Banana Republic, third bunch from the left Posts: 15,285	Sorry but I just cannot think why I would want to endure all of this when LibreOffice has none of it. __________________ Buy a Hoover and prove technology sucks.

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21. May 2016, 07:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Burn-IT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 555	They hope you get so used to the premium features that you have to buy the Premium Version

22. May 2016, 01:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,156	Did i miss an option for synonyms or thesaurus on right-click of selected text? LibreOffice has it, that's for sure. Btw, one minor issue with ChaletOS. Some themes blank out the text from recent documents in WPS.

24. May 2016, 04:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
AfiAzrael Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 1	what means sponsored access? anything limitation on printing?

16. Sep 2016, 12:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
maxfan Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	I have had the Windows 2014 Beta 3 version of WPS Office for some time and have been using it on and off without issues. This morning I was surprised to see a notification appear saying that I had the most up to date version and when I looked it had updated itself to WPS Office 2016. I ran Privazer yesterday to clean my computer before defragmenting, I don't know if that deleted something that affected the settings, but it has never happened before. Bit odd.

16. Sep 2016, 02:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
maxfan Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	It's also set itself as the default programme for .docx .xlsx and .pptx AND .pdf files!