Office for iPad

Microsoft's suite of Office tools for iPad has finally arrived, with versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint (and a revamped OneNote as a bonus). It's a fresh take on Office, designed to be used in conjunction with Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 and OneDrive services, with the intent of keeping your files in sync between smartphone, tablet, PC and cloud.

 The apps themselves are free, but you'll only get access to the editing features if you're signed up to the right Office 365 subscription. It's a subscription-based take on the old freemium model, only here you'll need an active subscription to use all the editing tools in Office. It's possible to sign up for Office 365 inside the new iPad apps, but you're more likely to be using Office on an iPad if you've already got an Office 365 account (making the iPad one of your five devices if you're using a Home or Enterprise account, or one of two if you're using the low-cost Personal subscription).

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source:ZDnet