Microsoft Office for
the iPad
Microsoft Office is now available and developed
specifically for the iPad. Released on March 27, 2014, Microsoft Word for iPad,
Microsoft Excel for iPad, Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad, and Microsoft OneNote
for iPad provide touch-optimized experiences for users of traditional Microsoft
Office applications.
Office for iPad apps are free to all users. However, for you
to have edit functionality within any of the apps, you must have an active,
qualifying Office 365 subscription. Qualifying plans are listed below.
• Office 365
Home
• Office 365
Small Business Premium
• Office 365
Midsize Business
• Office 365
Enterprise E3 and E4 (Enterprise and Government)
• Office 365
Education A3 and A4
• Office 365
ProPlus
• Office 365
University
• Office 365
trial subscriptions
Of course, each of the Office apps developed for the iPad
possess the same look and feel as their desktop counterparts. Further, Office
for iPad apps take full advantage of the ability to save data to OneDrive and
to share documents with other collaborators.
One of the
limitations in the early releases of Office for iPad apps was the inability to
print directly from the app. Various workarounds for this limitation existed,
including simply opening a document from the desktop version of the app and
printing from there. However, on April 29, 2014, Microsoft released and update
to the Office for iPad apps that included support for in-app printing.
Therefore, once you download the updated versions of these apps, you will no
longer need to engage in workarounds to print documents associated with Office
for iPad apps.
