Here's Excel to iPad

And now the end of this mini-especially now that I have brought from Appleismo, the full Office suite for the iPad. I have spoken of Word, PowerPoint and now Excel one of the most powerful spreadsheets that exists in the market. 

Will the same happen in the iPad? We will see.

Excel for the iPad has many virtues and of course, some other defect. First of all I would like to note that the Office suite for iPad is perhaps not directed to the general public. Obviously, anyone who wants to can pay a subscription, but the real target is anyone who needs the office suite programs for labor or ecosystem studies. For everyone else there are free options that we have already discussed.

The application is completely designed from scratch to run on the iPad, and it shows. Just pull it asks us that we connect to our Office 365 account Where do we: 

• Access to both our account OneDrive to see all documents stored on it, or the ability to view documents that we charged through iTunes. 

• We may also choose to store our documents, whether in the cloud or physically in our iPad.

• We can set up more accounts OneDrive besides personal. If we had a different to our Office 365 account, business space we can also access documents stored on it. 

• Default templates you can access different styles, create a new or use an already made​​.

Here's Word to iPad

Satya Nadella began the great change that you want to apply to Microsoft two days ago, launching Office for iPad and embracing iOS as a platform where you can get a good market share in their applications. So far that's what it looks like, because if you open the App Store from an iPad you will see that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and even OneNote are the most downloaded free applications. 

With this scenario, it is time to take a good look at the Office applications. And start with Word, which is probably the most used. It is difficult to know why: globally many more documents are created spreadsheets and presentations. Let's see if Microsoft Word has a champion application in the App Store.

Microsoft finally respects the iOS platform and launches Office done perfectly tailored

After a brief walk about the application, without rummaging through all the sections, I have already taken a good feeling: Microsoft finally he has got the hang of the App Store. He had already hinted with OneNote, but Word (and other Office applications) confirms that this is maintained applications. In Redmond have not been limited to trying to patch something they had or to be ready to protect their selfish platforms: have created a Word from scratch and respecting the platform to be run. Congratulations.

A success of Microsoft , but users will accept it ?

Personally, if these applications are the first of a new era of Microsoft, I'm excited. It does so because this is a matter of good. A simple, easy to use interface, which shows that Word is not locked into what we all take for granted always and I even get to like it more than the pages to have a touch of identifying color.

Where is Word scratched me in their business model. I would not pay for a subscription to Office 365 knowing that I can edit and save .DOC and .DOCX with Pages. And I can also edit documents compatible with Google Drive. We could use the argument format compatibility with the official word, but at this point it comes down to use fonts that are installed font everywhere.

So yes, I think Word is an excellent application... to see Word documents. And that can already do with other alternatives that I'm used, further allow me to edit documents if paying a penny. That's the Word's problem: late.

Here's PowerPoint to iPad

It was time for the real work. The iPad, of course. On March 27, Microsoft announced the official launch of its famous Office suite, now the most powerful office tool on the Apple tablet. 

Before going to discuss the virtues (many) and weaknesses (few) PowerPoint to iPad, is necessary to differentiate between different types of users: casual and professional. User homespun PowerPoint is too big, and not so much in features but rather in handling price. PowerPoint to iPad is designed for someone who lives to make presentations, someone who is immersed in the Microsoft ecosystem has several devices and values ​​the synchronization between them.

PowerPoint to iPad: quick, easy and intuitive

To test this app, I created a presentation from scratch using almost all the features it offers, namely: 

• A default template of the wide selection. 
• Different slider distributions. 
• Geometric shapes, arrows and text to create a simple flow diagram. 
• Created a table of 5 × 6 with a custom distribution. 
• Place a couple of photos and use frames, shadows and effects. 
• Transitions of different types. 
• Copy, duplicate and move slides from one place to another. 
• So a total of 6 slides in half an hour, since the launch of the app to have it complete (removing several breaks in between). The result you can see for yourself in the gallery at the end of the post, but as you advance that is very satisfying for a job done from a tablet without a mouse and keyboard.

Office for iPad is now cheaper with the Personal plan: $69 per year

One of the drawbacks that most people have pointed out the new Office for iPad is its price: $99 for a normal annual subscription (although there are cheaper plans for students). But Microsoft has been taking off result of its presence in the App Store, so they have squeezed its offer a bit more and now offer a subscription called Personal Office 365 for $69 per year.

This plan allows us to install Office on an iPad and a Mac, which is what the vast majority of home users need. To install on more machines have to pass the usual plan of $99 per year, but remember that Office is completely free if you only want to view documents without editing. 

Not forget that Office is free on the iPhone, so Microsoft lowers its presence in all our Apple devices these $69 per year. What I wonder now is if they paid a regular subscription to this plan can jump lowered or have to wait a year...