Quickoffice
{{Short description|Discontinued freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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| title = Quickoffice, Inc.
| name = Quickoffice
| logo = File:Quickoffie_Logo.jpg
| logo caption = 2012 logo
| logo alt = Quickoffice logo from 2012
| logo size = 200px
| screenshot = File:Quickoffice_on_Android.png
| screenshot size = 200px
| screenshot alt = Quickoffice is shown running on the Android operating system. Part of the electronic mail address displayed has been redacted for privacy reasons.
| caption = Quickoffice on Android OS
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| developer = {{Ubl
| Cutting Edge Software (1997–2004)
| Quickoffice, Inc. (2004–2012)
| Google (2012–2014)
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| latest release version = Android: Varies with device:{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id%3Dcom.quickoffice.android |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708191042/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quickoffice.android |archive-date=July 8, 2014 }} / {{Start date and age|2014|02|14|df=yes}}
iOS: 6.1.4{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/eg/app/quickoffice-edit-office-documents/id578386521?mt=8 |title=Archived copy |website=iTunes |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-date=2016-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924152915/https://itunes.apple.com/eg/app/quickoffice-edit-office-documents/id578386521?mt=8 |url-status=dead }} / {{Start date and age|2014|01|06|df=yes}}
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| license = Proprietary
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| website = {{URL|http://quickoffice.com}} (redirects to Google Docs)
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Quickoffice, Inc.{{Cite web |date=2002-06-12 |title=Quickoffice, Inc. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/3535043 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=OpenCorporates}} is a discontinued freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices which allows viewing, creating and editing documents, presentations and spreadsheets. It consists of Quickword (a word processor), Quicksheet (a spreadsheet), QuickPoint (a presentation program) and QuickPDF (a PDF viewer). The programs are compatible with Microsoft Office file formats, but not the OpenDocument file format.{{Cite web
|url = http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_connect_suite_ipad
|title = Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad
|work = QuickOffice website
|publisher = Quickoffice, Inc.
|access-date = 13 February 2011
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101228024258/http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_connect_suite_ipad/
|archive-date = 28 December 2010
}}
Quickoffice was commonly used on smartphones and tablets. It was the main office editing suite on Symbian OS where it first appeared in 2005 and last updated in 2011, and came pre-loaded on all devices.{{Cite web | url=http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/18412_Quickoffice_officially_discont.php | title=Quickoffice for Symbian officially 'discontinued' by Google| date=September 20, 2013}} It was released for Android in 2010.{{Cite web | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/editing-friendly-quickoffice-hits-the-android-market/ |title = Editing-friendly Quickoffice hits the Android Market|website = ZDNet}} There was a project to port Quickoffice to Chromebooks in February 2013,{{cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/22/google-ports-quickoffice-to-native-client-for-chrome-will-launch-with-full-editing-features-in-about-3-months/ | title=Google Ports Quickoffice To Chrome Using Native Client, Will Get Full Editing Features In About 3 Months | date=22 February 2013 | access-date=March 3, 2013}} and the port released as a Chrome extension named "Office Editing for Docs, Sheets, and Slides."
History
Quickoffice, Inc., a company in Plano, Texas, was founded as Cutting Edge Software Inc. by Jeff Musa in 1997,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB859848429622788000|title=The Pilot Is the Digital Toy For Technologically Trendy|last=Journal|first=Evan Ramstad Staff Reporter of The Wall Street|date=1997-04-01|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-08-24}} offering Microsoft Office and Excel compatibility for mobile devices.{{Cite web | url=https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-quickoffice-1616196 | title=You Can Still Download Quickoffice, but Don't Expect Support | access-date=2018-10-17 | archive-date=2018-10-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203154/https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-quickoffice-1616196 | url-status=dead }} It developed the Quicksheet spreadsheet for Palm OS,{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/tucows_67743_Quicksheet | title=Quicksheet| date=2001-05-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/38806|title=And Then?|last=Williams|first=Geoff|access-date=2016-08-24|date=April 2001}} and the free QuickOffice and paid-for QuickOffice Pro and QuickOffice Pro HD apps. Its flagship products Quicksheet and SmartDoc both won "Best in Class" honors for 1998 and 1999 by Tap Magazine.{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cutting+Edge+Software+Celebrates+Recent+Awards+for+Quicksheet+With...-a065687613 |title=Cutting Edge Software Celebrates Recent Awards for Quicksheet With October Discount Promotion. - Free Online Library |website=www.thefreelibrary.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203120/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cutting+Edge+Software+Celebrates+Recent+Awards+for+Quicksheet+With...-a065687613 |archive-date=2018-10-17}} Cutting Edge Software was acquired by Mobility Electronics in 2002{{Cite web |title=Mobility Electronics Acquires Cutting Edge Software, Inc. |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobility-electronics-acquires-cutting-edge-software-inc-76794332.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308151905/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobility-electronics-acquires-cutting-edge-software-inc-76794332.html |archive-date=2016-03-08 |access-date=2016-08-24 |website=www.prnewswire.com}} for an undisclosed sum and operated as a wholly owned subsidiary until it was sold to Mobile Digital Media in 2004,{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040921005690/en/MDM-Acquires-Leading-Provider-Mobile-Office-Applications|title=MDM Acquires Leading Provider of Mobile Office Applications; MDM Acquires Handheld Software Business from Mobility Electronics {{!}} Business Wire|website=www.businesswire.com|access-date=2016-08-24|date=2004-09-21}} when that firm changed the name to Quickoffice, Inc. prior to the sale of the Mobile Digital Media business in 2005.{{Cite web |title=Quickoffice(R) to Sell Consumer Mobile Software Publishing Unit |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quickofficer-to-sell-consumer-mobile-software-publishing-unit-55244917.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228085506/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quickofficer-to-sell-consumer-mobile-software-publishing-unit-55244917.html |archive-date=2016-02-28 |access-date=2016-08-24 |website=www.prnewswire.com}}
On June 5, 2012, Google acquired Quickoffice, Inc., along with its team of developers, for an undisclosed sum.{{cite web | url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-quickoffice-get-more-done.html | title=Google + Quickoffice = get more done anytime, anywhere |date = 5 June 2012| access-date=June 5, 2012}}[http://www.pehub.com/2012/10/achieving-exit-alan-masarek-quickoffice/ Achieving the Exit with Alan Masarek & Quickoffice], Reuters. Accessed 11 May 2014.[http://www.businessinsider.com/google-snaps-up-the-company-that-made-microsoft-office-files-work-on-android-iphone-2012-6 Google Snaps Up The Company That Made Microsoft Office Files Work On Android, iPhone], Business Insider. Accessed 11 May 2014. Google re-released Quickoffice, as a free app on September 19, 2013,{{cite web|title=Google makes QuickOffice free, gives away 10 GB in Drive storage|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4749180/google-makes-quickoffice-free-gives-away-10-gb-in-drive-storage|work=The Verge|access-date=19 September 2013|date=2013-09-19}} and includes it with its Android operating system from version 4.4 KitKat.{{cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/01/kitkat-ships-googles-quickoffice-bringing-microsoft-office-editing-box-new-android-users/|title=KitKat ships with Google's Quickoffice, bringing Microsoft Office editing out of the box to all new Android users |first=Emil|last=Protalinski|publisher=TheNextWeb|date=1 November 2013|access-date=2 November 2013}}
After having integrated the features of Quickoffice into its own newly released Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides apps, on 29 June 2014, Google announced that Quickoffice would be discontinued, and had since been removed from the Google Play Store and App Store.{{Cite web | url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2429404/google-quietly-announces-the-death-of-quickoffice-mobile-productivity-apps.html |title = Google quietly announces plan to kill Quickoffice apps after beefing up Drive's editing|date = 2014-06-30}}
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