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Microsoft Launching Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad Today
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No argument for Numbers vs Excel. Excel can do more and is easier in some respects to use. I do like how Numbers lets you put several spreadsheets into a single page, but I honestly haven't needed it much.
Pages and Word are nearly equal and quite frankly the layout of tools in Pages is several steps up from MS Office. In fact, the sidebar layout for all of iWork is better than MS Office's Ribbon at the top. Honestly, why would anyone want to cut off the top of their document? I am still waiting for Apple to put the Bookmarking feature back into pages, but once they do that, I won't have a need for Word again ... ever.
Respectfully disagree with you about Keynote: it cleans PowerPoint's clock. No contest. I have seen PPT do precious few things better than Keynote. The transitions and animations are much sleeker on Keynote.
For the most part, renting is cheaper than owning. Especially when you factor in interest, taxes, all the time you spend doing things like painting, cutting the lawn, landscaping, etc. Then the fact it needs constant "updating" to ensure a return on your investment, etc.
Where does it say that Microsoft is exempt from paying the 30% fee for in-app purchases in Office for iPad?
That guy is a moron. He's been wrong so often I stopped even going to his website.
This office for ipad is interesting, if it was a year ago. I see some tradeoffs because of the touch only nature of the ipad, but I haven't really looked that closely at the ipad version yet, I'll have to download it and test it out on my 2 year old's ipad tonight (the only one in the family with an ipad left). I'm happily enjoying the full version of Office on my windows tablet, yeah with mouse support and a stylus when I need them. MS released a Metro version of OneNote which is pretty phenomenal and built from the ground up based on touch, I can't wait to see when they release the Office Suite with the same touch customizations.
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Meh, sell a version with Works type functionality for a reasonable price without subscription and watch the money come in. Use the OFFICE subscription version for more advanced features within the applications and to provide access to cloud OFFICE capabilities.
Office is now $100/yr? Sorry MS, I don't even see a reason to maintain a copy for compatibility reasons at that rate. I'd download a few of these apps for $10 each, but there's no way I'm renting Office for that kind of price.
I understand that MS wants to smooth their revenue flow, but the problem with this kind of model as a customer is that once you're paying annually, the company is no longer motivated to make improvements. I'm not buying in.
I was forced to do some extensive work with Excel this past weekend in a way I haven't needed to in years. Excel (at least for Mac) really is crap. It is reasonably capable but not very usable. Let me use the cursor keys in a formula edit field without inserting cell references all over, for crying out loud!
It flared up my anger at how badly there needs to be an alternative-- and so far Numbers hasn't been that alternative. Numbers is reasonably usable but not very capable.
I understand that MS wants to smooth their revenue flow, but the problem with this kind of model as a customer is that once you're paying annually, the company is no longer motivated to make improvements. I'm not buying in.
I was forced to do some extensive work with Excel this past weekend in a way I haven't needed to in years. Excel (at least for Mac) really is crap. It is reasonably capable but not very usable. Let me use the cursor keys in a formula edit field without inserting cell references all over, for crying out loud!
It flared up my anger at how badly there needs to be an alternative-- and so far Numbers hasn't been that alternative. Numbers is reasonably usable but not very capable.
Why not have a separate subscription for those that don't need or want to use all three apps? I would be much more likely considering subscribing to get Word for $30.00 versus paying $100.00 same goes for Excellent and PowerPoint.
The subscription fee killed it for me. I was actually looking forward to Office on the iPad as I get a lot of mixed document types between iWork and MS Office. Now, I am worried about Office for Mac 2014 doing something similar. I really cannot stand the whole subscription fee for software thing. "Subscription" is too polite a word when what is occurring is greedy rent-collecting.
Where does it say that Microsoft is exempt from paying the 30% fee for in-app purchases in Office for iPad?
Because you do not sign up office 365 from App Store, hence Microsoft does not pay Apple 30% for the subscription fee? And the apps are free, so Apple get nothing from that?
Microsoft does not really need App Store to push their app, but App Store is the only way for mess to get apps...If you can side load the app, Microsoft won't even bother to put their apps in App Store.
With all the arguments about Office vs. iWork, it doesn't matter which is better. The bottom line is, Office is the defacto standard, especially in the business world. If you send someone an Office doc, chances are 99 percent they will be able to open it. With iWork, I'd be surprised if 10 percent could.
Microsoft is too late and too expensive. Why would I pay (minimum) $5 per month to use Word when Pages is free and already has a huge install base? And, for education / enterprise the cost per user per month is a big downfall.
Uh, that isn't correct. I just downloaded Word, PPT and Excel. When you click the Activate button it takes you right to the App Store to pay for the $99.99 annual subscription. Honestly, please check things out before posting.
Same for Netflix, been on App Store for years.
I can't seem to download any apps right now. Related?
you need to quit assuming that people hate MS. Not all will hate MS...quit blabbering please.
You can order it from MS's web site directly, then (I assume) log into the iPad versions using the account.
Albeit iWork is free, it still sucks for scientific docs. It's simply painful to add an equation to pages and it requires MathType, which is $97 ($57 academic). That been said, it's a fair price that Microsoft charges for college students. Only $79 for 4 years of subscription it's a deal for me. If I am capable of editing equations on word for ipad, it's obviously the right choice to buy it.
Because Word, Excel and PowerPoint is still the de facto standard across entire planet earth?
My school still requires me submit reports in word format. Yeah, when you converting Pages, Numbers and Keynote to Word, Excel and Keynote format, you will mess up in big time.
Also, Numbers is just pain suck. Also, when I can directly type mathematical equations, formulas on Pages, then we can talk. Until then, I am using Word and Excel.