Microsoft Office is now available on iPad

The iPad finally has the right to his version of Office, the popular office suite from Microsoft. Office for iPad comes in two forms, one of which is free and Microsoft also announced new for less complete mobile versions of Office.

It was announced on iPad for ages and it is finally here. It is Office for iPad, Microsoft Office Suite composed by Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Difficult to see the first impression Satya Nadella, the new CEO of Microsoft, since development began long before his arrival at the head of the company. But the formulas according to which the following are proposed by him.

The suite and offers users free version that allows you to view documents (in Word, Excel and PowerPoint). A second version is it, pay via a subscription to Office 365 in order to edit documents.

Practical side, know that Office for iPad requires iOS 7.0 or later. Microsoft clarified that Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications have obviously been optimized for touch. These applications also become free on mobile platforms iOS and Android. It is no longer necessary to have an Office 365 subscription for download.

Recall that Office was already used on iPad (and on any platform) via a web browser using Office Online.

With the arrival of the Office suite on the iPad are the best-selling tablets in the world, we understand that Microsoft wants to make its sequel even more accessible and sell more subscriptions to Office 365. IPad owners should be pleased as Apple! However, sales of tablets running Windows 8/RT may suffer.