![]() “Microsoft is focused on delivering the cloud for everyone, on every device. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are now available on the App Store. Office documents will rely on Microsoft’s OneDrive service for syncing content. Users can still read and present documents with Office for iPad without a subscription. ![]() Microsoft’s Office suite of apps will each be available as a free download, but will require an Office 365 subscription ( which offers a 30-day trial) to create and edit documents. Unlike the Office 365 app Microsoft introduced early last year, Microsoft’s new apps today include individual apps for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO following Steve Ballmer’s retirement earlier this year, outlined Microsoft’s new cloud and mobile strategy for the company today including full Office for iPad support. Most notably was The Daily ( now defunct) reporting it had knowledge ( and screenshots ) of Microsoft’s software for Apple’s mobile platform in 2011, something Microsoft was quick to deny was legitimate. Three years and one CEO later, Microsoft is finally ready to play nice with the iPad. Microsoft’s Office suite of productivity apps has long been rumored to be in development for the iPad shortly after the tablet’s debut in 2010.
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