Microsoft has made its Office suite of applications available for use on the iPad, in a move that marks the first major change in strategy under the leadership of new CEO Satya Nadella.
Nadella said the move would help "empower" works across the world by bringing the full suite of Microsoft's productivity tools to the form factors and devices they want to use."We want to make sure the one billion Office users have access to a high-fidelity Office experience on every device they love to use. Office on iPad marks just one more step in that direction,”
The apps are now available to download from the iTunes store, although Apple hasn’t given Microsoft the honour of any home screen banner splash, so you’ll have to search to find them.
Once you do, each requires downloading separately, and you’ll want to be by a good WiFi connection, as each app is over 200MB in size. The PowerPoint app is 205MB, the Excel app is 221MB and Word is a hefty 246MB.Each app is built around the same design style as Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform, with soft fonts and logos, and it looks nice. The apps all load quickly and are easy to navigate, and switch between portrait and landscape orientation immediately.
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