It's official, Office on an iPad! Microsoft already announced that it will support one of its competing tablets, by handing out Office for iPad to its long time rival company, Apple. The announcement made by Microsoft was highly anticipated, and involve a lot of risk analysis from the tech giant.
Microsoft new CEO, Satya Nadella, personally declared the release of its Office programs to the collection of iPad apps available on the market. This includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, joining the other apps that are already present with the iOS, which are OneDrive, Onedrive for Business, OneNote, OWA, and Lync.
Thursday announcement would also be the first appearance of the new Microsoft CEO, saying "It's a beautiful set of applications,"
The Microsoft Office apps will be available to download via Apple's App Store at no charge. Users can easily view there documents and presentation without paying for the service,.Although before users can actually create and edit documents, they will need to subscribe to Office 365.
Microsoft decision in providing Office as a free application on Apple's App Store, is a planned approach to win back iPad enthusiasts who are former PC users. It is also targeted to the business professionals that are accustomed to using Office and needs to solve compatibility issues with their iPads. The released Office apps for iPad is said to have powerful tools, that carries a ton of features that delivers a better alternative to other productivity application on the market.
The primary question most iPad users are asking, is whether the Microsoft Office Apps could be a satisfactory replacement over other free options like Google Docs, or Apples iWork suite. Reviews over the new Office application on iPad are already underway, it will take some time before satisfactory and user adaptability results will be recognized.
