Microsoft Office for iPad launched

Johand said:
Well... the Office 365 Home Premium is quite affordable for home use. I am busy downloading the Excel app. At 221MB it is probably one of the larger apps out there.
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Office 365 has various options at different prices.
It will be interesting to see how or even if it works with dropbox documents. Clearly Microsoft wants you to use onedrive (the renamed skydrive pro), but this does not work on OSX as I discovered recently.
 
Downloaded them all, will probably not really use them very much but nice to be able to view Office documents properly on the iPad now.
 
Just finished playing with Excel. It is pretty awesome :) Unfortunately cannot create Pivot Tables *yet*.

If anybody want to try them I can really suggest going to http://office.microsoft.com/en-za/home-premium/. For personal use this is quite cheap (especially if you have multiple people your house each with their own tablet and own PC).
 
Electron1 said:
Office 365 has various options at different prices.
It will be interesting to see how or even if it works with dropbox documents. Clearly Microsoft wants you to use onedrive (the renamed skydrive pro), but this does not work on OSX as I discovered recently.
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Skydrive = Onedrive, Skydrive Pro = Onedrive for Business

Also there's an app for OSX
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-za/onedrive/mac-app-faq
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/onedrive/id823766827?ls=1&mt=12

Johand said:
Just finished playing with Excel. It is pretty awesome :) Unfortunately cannot create Pivot Tables *yet*.

If anybody want to try them I can really suggest going to http://office.microsoft.com/en-za/home-premium/. For personal use this is quite cheap (especially if you have multiple people your house each with their own tablet and own PC).
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You are not allowed to share device licenses among different users, each user requires their own license which allows that user to use it on 5 different devices.
 
grim said:
Skydrive = Onedrive, Skydrive Pro = Onedrive for Business

Also there's an app for OSX
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-za/onedrive/mac-app-faq
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/onedrive/id823766827?ls=1&mt=12
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Yeah know it is Skydrive Pro or Onedrive for Business - there is no OSX client that will sync folders and files. Logged a call with Office 365 suppport who were very helpful and had 4 calls from the US support within a week. End result is there is no way to sync files at the moment. I am hoping that with office 2014 for Mac release, Microsoft will release a full client that will sync properly.
 
Office for iOS and android was made free completely from yesterday. No Office 365 needed to edit documents, just need a free microsoft account.

I downloaded the android version, and I'm not impressed to say the least with the editing options. Don't know if they are the same on iOS.
 
No, you are mistaken, Fanie.

You are confusing the very junior cut-down "mobile" versions released a while back, and the much richer version of Office for iPad released yesterday. The latter requires an Office 365 subscription to edit, but it is the real thing.

Read Paul Thurrott's review here: http://m.winsupersite.com/office/microsoft-office-ipad-review - you'll see the diffs.
 
grim said:
You are not allowed to share device licenses among different users, each user requires their own license which allows that user to use it on 5 different devices.
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Nope. Microsoft is quite specific:

The Office for your whole household

As an Office 365 Home Premium subscriber, you can share your subscription with up to four other members of your household. Each household member you share your subscription with can:
Use any of your available installs on their PC, Mac, Windows tablet, or iPad.
Get an additional 20 GB of OneDrive storage.
Manage their own installs from their “My Account” page.
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Arthur said:
No, you are mistaken, Fanie.

You are confusing the very junior cut-down "mobile" versions released a while back, and the much richer version of Office for iPad released yesterday. The latter requires an Office 365 subscription to edit, but it is the real thing.

Read Paul Thurrott's review here: http://m.winsupersite.com/office/microsoft-office-ipad-review - you'll see the diffs.
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so i've seen. thanks for pointing it out. the ipad version is a full proper version. the android version sucks ass in a bad way.
 
The current Android version is much the same as the little junior applets in Windows Phone - not the real thing.

Just as with the full-function iPad version released yesterday, the proper Office for Android has been ready for a while, but not yet released. MSFT is trying to resolve some issues with Google. But rumours are that it's been ready for over a year already, and already in its second iteration inside Msft.
 
Arthur said:
The current Android version is much the same as the little junior applets in Windows Phone - not the real thing.

Just as with the full-function iPad version released yesterday, the proper Office for Android has been ready for a while, but not yet released. MSFT is trying to resolve some issues with Google. But rumours are that it's been ready for over a year already, and already in its second iteration inside Msft.
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oh microsoft... bet you its them being difficult here..
 
fanie.dry said:
Office for iOS and android was made free completely from yesterday. No Office 365 needed to edit documents, just need a free microsoft account.
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Saw this and started downloading.

Arthur said:
No, you are mistaken, Fanie.

You are confusing the very junior cut-down "mobile" versions released a while back, and the much richer version of Office for iPad released yesterday. The latter requires an Office 365 subscription to edit, but it is the real thing.

Read Paul Thurrott's review here: http://m.winsupersite.com/office/microsoft-office-ipad-review - you'll see the diffs.
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Saw this and stopped.

I might have been tempted by a once off fee, preferably for individual apps but R750 per year? No thanks. Thanks to microsoft's dragging of their heals there are plenty of viable alternatives.
 
bwana said:
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I might have been tempted by a once off fee, preferably for individual apps but R750 per year? No thanks. Thanks to microsoft's dragging of their heals there are plenty of viable alternatives.
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+1,
I'd be willing to buy it for a once off but R750 p.a? Nein. I too will pass. I get Office HUP at work for a few bucks, have no need for a 365 sub.
 
R750 a year..... not a &^%$
 
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