Android Magazine UK - Issue No. 49

Trigger your

memor y based on

aplace,ratherthan

atime

Tap the downward arrow on the right. This

gives you the option of Home, Work or

typing in a place yourself. Press the tick when

you’re done and the reminder is set.

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guide

min

The program will automatically set a

reminder to go off at a particular time.

Press the button next to Where to open up

the location option.

2

Open up Google and press the three

horizontal lines in the top left-hand

corner of the screen. This will open up the

menu. Press Reminders.

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F

ewthingsareasfrustratinginthe

officeasaread-onlydocument.

Needingtomakeachangebutbeing

unable to is ver y annoying, especially if

thepersonontheotherendisn’tinthe

office. Therefore, it’s useful to know how to

send documents that can be edited. The

Microsoft Excel for Android program can do

this, meaning that you don’t need to be in

the office to get your spreadsheets seen, and

you can also ensure that your work can’t be

tampered with by sending it read-only.

Make sure the spreadsheet you’re sending isn’t read-only

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Work on the go (^) masterclass
Share and edit
Excel documents
How to set
location
reminders
Either of the three options will bring up a
range of delivery options. The simplest is usually
Gmail, but One Drive will be the best one to sync
up with the Microsoft Office program. If you are
in close proximity, you could also send it straight
to someone else’s device via Bluetooth.
Send the email
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Load Excel, click new spreadsheet and
create the document to send. Once finished,
save it by pressing the disc in the top-right
corner and name it to make it identifiable to the
recipient. If you’re sending an existing
spreadsheet, just click on it in the home page.
Create your spreadsheet
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If you choose to send your spreadsheet
across as a link, a second option will pop up
asking if you want to send it as a view only file or
as a copy that can be edited. Select your chosen
option. If you want to send it as an attachment,
select that option instead.
Choose your option
3
In the top right-hand corner, click on the
small person with a plus sign in front of them. The
pop up box will give you the option to email the
document as a link or spreadsheet. The link option
will open the document up in their One Drive file
while the attachment will open it in Excel.
Share the spreadsheet
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App used » Microsoft Excel for Tablet Works with » Android 4.4 and up