Friday, March 28, 2014

Microsoft Office for Ipad

Sooo i came across some information that I found to be VERY surprising, since most people are familiar with the MICROSOFT vs. APPLE feud. Microsoft has decided to release microsoft office for ipad in the app store. How this came about I have no idea since microsoft has always been so protective of their office product. They decided to make every office program into a separate app. So there is a separate app for (word, excel, powerpoint etc.). This is great news for people that own ipads since now they can pretty much turn their ipad into a laptop, all you would need to do is add a keyboard to it. Apple had a version of these apps before called Office Mobile for iPhone but this new version that was recently released offers much more features. Now the only downfall with this is that to unlock the full potential of these applications you do need to have a subscription to office 360. you do however get full access to OneDrive (a.k.a. 'skydrive') as well as the ability to read Word, excel and powerpoint files on the free version. Once you purchase the office 360 subscription you unlock the ability to create and edit documents. As for me i will stick to google docs as it is free for now. :)

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  1. Do you believe that Office for I-Pad is going to "catch on" the way it did for PC's or the multiple free apps available will make it more difficult? I am of the wait and see mentality, but wanted to get the opinion of someone more technical.

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