![]() Yes, you can type and edit documents in Word using the Citrix app, but formatting text is nearly impossible as the Citrix environment doesn’t (and quite possibly can’t) use any of the iPhone’s text selection features. In fact, I was able to use the AccessConsole to shadow a remote user and resolve a problem using the Citrix app without any issuesīut programs like Microsoft Word, that use-and in most cases, require expansive screen real estate to be usable, are studies in frustration. In most cases, you can do everything you have to in a small, focused area with one or two clicks, a small swipe, and a few characters typed into a field. For example, Microsoft Excel and Citrix’s AccessConsole, used by administrators to manage Citrix servers and the users and resources on those servers, work quite well because they don’t need much screen space all at once. But, depending on which applications you’re using, Citrix on the iPhone can either be amazing or amazingly frustrating.Īmazing are apps that don’t require much in the way of typing or that don’t require you to see the majority of the screen to use them. Everything works as expected when navigating the Windows environment. Tap once to left click twice to open an application, document, or folder double-tap and hold to right click or triple-tap and drag to drag items where you want them. Press Citrix’s Scroll Mode button and you can swipe up, down, left, or right to see the contents of open windows. ![]() Pinch, drag, or swipe the screen and you can get to anything on your Windows desktop with relative ease. In this regard,Ĭitrix on the iPhone doesn’t disappoint and makes navigating that desktop easy. Log in to Citrix from your Mac, PC, Linux, Unix, or OS/2 (no, really, OS/2) machine, and no matter where you are, you’ve got access to the Windows desktop you use at your office. Your Office on Your iPhone: Citrix Receiver squeezes your office’s Citrix enviroment down to iPhone size and makes it possible for you to get some work done in a pinch.Citrix excels at presenting users with their office’s Windows desktop environment on virtually any platform. ![]()
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