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iPad Pro Microsoft Office on the iPad Pro?
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After so long with so little attention, the new Office 2016 apps for both Mac and iPad are genuinely worthy upgrades. I bought a family 365 subscription, installed it on all our macs and iPads, and haven't looked back.
Microsoft has really done a great job with MS Office - since I use it at work and have an Office 365 subscription shared among my family, it is only natural I'd want to use it on my mobile devices ...and it really delivers. Sure I can't integrate with my statistics programs like R or JMP, nor can I do VBA stuff ... but as a general on the go tool it is quite useful.
I also have a 365 subscription, and the Office apps are great in my opinion. They are not 100% fully featured; there are little things here and there that are missing, but I couldn't enumerate what those missing features are off the top of my head. For my day-to-day use, though, I find Word and Excel to be pretty equivalent to the desktop apps, and touch-friendly to boot.
I tried it but couldn't bear it because of lack of trackpad/mouse. I am not saying others will have this trouble - but for me it was quite awkward and not worth it.
I'm totally with you.
Im definitely confused how a touch interface is somehow better for people in something like Excel. Screen size on IPP, yes...very nice, but touch interface...not for me. I am obviously a different animal it would seem.
Precise keyboard and mouse/trackpad input is an absolute requirement for me to efficiently and enjoyably do anything beyond pure basics in Excel, especially when it gets to creation and editing of complex formulas.
Side note: It sucks that MS decided that "X sized iPad" is now too big and requires a subscription. :-(
It's pretty great on iPad pro. My only qualm is that I can't seem to highlight a group of text with my pencil - super annoying.
Yeah this is key. its in many ways better than the desktop version nd can't really be compared. Microsoft did a really good job on this.
Excel is amazing on the Pro.
Excel is amazing on the Pro.
Just be aware that not all Excel macros work on Office for iPad. Of course, it's also the same with Office for Mac (though that version is getting better). What type of work do you do in Excel? If it's basic spreadsheets, you'll be fine. But if you use the toolpaks, a Surface Pro or a MacBook running Windows might be a better option.
I cannot seem to get Word to open documents in other formats, like txt or pdf. Anyone know if this is possible?
