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Microsoft Denies Claims of Imminent Launch of Office for iPad [Updated x4]
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I love Pages and Keynote. Prefer it over Word and PowerPoint.
Now to get Numbers to do more functions and handle larger spreadsheets I can ditch Excel.
Now to get Numbers to do more functions and handle larger spreadsheets I can ditch Excel.
Well, some of us need to be compatible with the majority of the world and would also like to do some editing on the iPad without it destroying the document. Even if I wanted to use Pages to edit a document on the iPad I would have to put up with it stripping out everything that the iPad didn't support when I save.
I would have switched to Pages, but Apple (IMO) has implemented it in a way on the iPad that prevents me from doing so. So, I have to use documents to go, which is not that great, but at least it doesn't wipe out anything that is not totally basic when I save a document.
If there is no Office for iPad in the works all I can say is "I am so disappoint."
Really its actually easy, but its true it does not go as far as Excel does.
Still not that hard and I use both the mac and iPad version. iCloud made me leave MS.
I have Numbers and Pages installed on my imac and ipad as well.
I guess it's time for a few more tutorials... And I love the cloud as well - wish it worked with office.
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Boo hiss Microsoft!
Massive missed opportunity if it doesn't happen.
Boo hiss Microsoft!
Massive missed opportunity if it doesn't happen.
Microsoft is primarily a software company. Therefore, they will develop software for platforms that have a potential to yield most customers. iOS, at this point in time, has an order of magnitude more customers than the other competing platforms. This is why it would make 100% sense for Microsoft to develop office for iOS first.
So if they develop Office for their tablet OS, it's lame? For iOS, it's cool and creative?
Like I said in the other Office for iPad thread, I wouldn't at all be surprised if it did eventually show up. As has been previous stated, MS is a software company. Software is what they do.
Though I would be surprised if it shows up before WOA releases later this year. It is, after all, MS's one big draw towards their own tablet platform.
Regarding The Daily's update...
I think I believe The Daily and I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft rep is playing it down at the discretionary request from both Microsoft themselves and Apple.
I think I believe The Daily and I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft rep is playing it down at the discretionary request from both Microsoft themselves and Apple.
I have had office for Mac on 4 different Macs over the years and it takes forever to open, crashes all the time and I get a pinwheel for 20 seconds anytime I try to change a font. Microsoft just doesn't do well developing on platforms other than Windows.
Oh oh, and every time I plug my Air into my thunderbolt display every excel window I have open goes full screen no matter how much data it contains...super annoying. Ok now I'm just complaining.
Honestly, they do pretty bad job developing windows too.
Every copy of Office put on an iPad would eliminate a future purchase of their tablet computer. Many many people would rush out to purchase an iPad if they could run Office on it. Microsoft doesn't want to promote iPad sales. They'll hold out until their tablet sales have been established.
Let me explain the confusion as I understand it.
What your seeing is Office on an iPad but not intended for an iPad.
You are seeing early development for an Office product on Arm based tablets, intended for release when we eventually see windows 8 based tablets.
The development of these early software prototypes is being carried out on iPads but will never be released as iPad software, they are merely the tools for development as windows based arm tablets are likewise still in development alongside the OS.
It explains the confusion and the subsequent denial of product for the iPad.
Microsoft need an office product to be released alongside the Windows 8 tablets. Its a way of selling them to Joe Public via recognised brand recognition, and give them some differentiator from the slew of Android and iOS devices.
Do not expect to see this on the iPad unless win 8 tablets are a flop.
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Pages on Lion is a disaster. Complete memory hog, and becomes very slow and unresponsive. It was never like that on snow leopard.
I pray to god Apple release iWork updates this year and soon, otherwise I'll have to abandon pages completely. I used it a heck of a lot, now I begrudgedly use it since Lion.
What your seeing is Office on an iPad but not intended for an iPad.
You are seeing early development for an Office product on Arm based tablets, intended for release when we eventually see windows 8 based tablets.
The development of these early software prototypes is being carried out on iPads but will never be released as iPad software, they are merely the tools for development as windows based arm tablets are likewise still in development alongside the OS.
It explains the confusion and the subsequent denial of product for the iPad.
Microsoft need an office product to be released alongside the Windows 8 tablets. Its a way of selling them to Joe Public via recognised brand recognition, and give them some differentiator from the slew of Android and iOS devices.
Do not expect to see this on the iPad unless win 8 tablets are a flop.
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Pages on Lion is a disaster. Complete memory hog, and becomes very slow and unresponsive. It was never like that on snow leopard.
I pray to god Apple release iWork updates this year and soon, otherwise I'll have to abandon pages completely. I used it a heck of a lot, now I begrudgedly use it since Lion.
That's too bad. It looked really good so far.
As a professional who wants to be more mobile and nimble, I could really use office on the ipad especially from MS that can natively edit .doc/.docx and .ppt/.pptx files.
If they price it right... ($49???) it would be something I would purchase from the app store.
As a professional who wants to be more mobile and nimble, I could really use office on the ipad especially from MS that can natively edit .doc/.docx and .ppt/.pptx files.
If they price it right... ($49???) it would be something I would purchase from the app store.
Looking forward to it...
Since it's on iOS, it can't have all the cruft that Office v.X through 2011 have had to carry. It would be funny if Office for iOS ran better than Office for Mac!
Since it's on iOS, it can't have all the cruft that Office v.X through 2011 have had to carry. It would be funny if Office for iOS ran better than Office for Mac!
This picture is almost what I can see if I wanted to edit both a powerpoint document and an excel document at the same time on my laptop screen. I'd split my workspace down the middle but then random buttons would go AWOL.
Who'd have thought all this time I was simply using my computer wrong.
or it could help them sell more copies of office for tablet.
So it's really hard to say.
But at the end of the day, its up to MS to ask themselves what their identity is. Besides a few peripherals and game consoles, is MS a software company or or hardware company.
If they claim to be a software company that sells software (Windows, Office, etc), then why would it matter what hardware or OS it runs on?
They they are making Windows 8 on tablet, they are not really making the hardware. They will be licensing the software:O/S to hardware makers to create tablets using their software and specification to run that software.
So they really have to think about their options:
A) release office(tablet edition) on ipad == more customers but could kill their own tablet market.
B) exclusive release on Windows tablet == could potentially lead to growth in that market. This is not a certainty
This is going to be a tough gamble.
I have had office for Mac on 4 different Macs over the years and it takes forever to open, crashes all the time and I get a pinwheel for 20 seconds anytime I try to change a font. Microsoft just doesn't do well developing on platforms other than Windows.
Oh oh, and every time I plug my Air into my thunderbolt display every excel window I have open goes full screen no matter how much data it contains...super annoying. Ok now I'm just complaining.
Works fine for me. And everyone else using it in my company. Perhaps you're doing something wrong?
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Seemed strange to see MS use à windows-like theme on the iPad instead of the Office:mac design...
Seemed strange to see MS use à windows-like theme on the iPad instead of the Office:mac design...
Seriously, why did they abandon iWork, except for minor updates? Very annoying. Anyway, off topic.
No, not nuff said. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are nice for consumers, but do not work well enough in a corporate environment where Office is the dominant platform. Office 2011 works great, plays nice (for the most part) with Office 2007/2010, and is very stable. Even a slimmed down version for the iPad that kept formatting proper would be a fantastic addition for companies.
