Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers is a free app for those already paying for the service, which is a virtualized version of Office, albeit not exactly optimized for the iPad. It was possible to use Microsoft Office on an iPad before today’s announcement. For creating and editing those documents, however, you’ll need to pay for Microsoft’s Office 365 service, which starts at $70 per year. Microsoft Office is now a free download from the App Store, but only for viewing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. In 2014, we finally have Microsoft Office for the iPad.Īt Satya Nadella’s first Microsoft event and public appearance since being named CEO in February, the company announced its longstanding productivity suite for Windows will henceforth be available to use on Apple’s family of tablets, including the iPad mini and full-size iPad (2, 4, or Air).
