Quickoffice 4.0 for Android gets PowerPoint editing and text-to-speech

One of the best document editors on Android received its latest 4.0 update, and the changelog is just what the doctor ordered.

It is now possible to edit PowerPoint files, not only view them, and you can have docs read to you with the new text-to-speech capability.

Just in time for the barrage of Android tablets to hit the shelves we'd add. Here's the full changelog for the free version, and for the $7.99 Quickoffice Pro:

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  Create, open, & edit PowerPoint® Files (.ppt & .pptx)
•     Clipboard access (cut/copy/paste in app and between apps)
•     Insert and resize images from gallery or camera
•     Text-to-speech document recital and voice input dictation
•     Edit and format table text in documents
•     Undo / redo most user actions
•     Thumbnail preview scrolling for multi-page documents
•     Improved toolbar and performance enhancements
•     Paragraph alignment in documents
•     Edit speaker notes in presentations
•     Share files from via e-mail, SMS, Bluetooth, and others
•     Support for advanced formulas more charts in Excel files
•     Edit in page layout mode and thumbnail page navigation in documents
•     Add, delete, and rename worksheets in Excel files
•     Apply formulas to multiple cells by tapping and dragging
•     Move & resize text boxes, images, and shapes
•     Install to SD card and save storage space on your device

Quickoffice Pro

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  Create, edit, and share Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
•     Get continuous and convenient mobile access to remote storage services
•     Access and manage email attachments with the most popular file formats
•     Experience advanced PDF viewing
•     Save files locally, on your remote storage provider, or to an SD card
•     Browse and open zip folders
•     100% data integrity - guaranteed Microsoft compatibility
•     Localized in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese

After it got updated for iOS, Android users can now take full advantage of the rich Microsoft Office docs management capabilities of Quickoffice, making it one of the most functional apps for Google's mobile OS in that respect.

source: Quickoffice