Does it not then take two taps to open e.g. word if there's a single office icon, rather than 1 to go straight into word?
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Microsoft's Unified Office App for Mobile Now Compatible With iPad
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Does it not then take two taps to open e.g. word if there's a single office icon, rather than 1 to go straight into word?
I think there are a couple of benefits. For me at least. Smaller size, less apps open, unified. I think it’s slightly faster too. But the downfall is you can’t open an excel and word document simultaneously using split screens on the iPad. Or at least I haven’t been able to.
No different to any other. Its exactly the same. If you're in File, you just open the file straight into Word/Excel. One tap. If you’re in Office, it defaults to "recent" and its 1 tap.
As I recall from when this was introduced on the iPhone, people mentioned that the unified app was missing some features from the individual apps. Not sure if this is still true or not.
Hard to say. Excel looks identical to me, and not sure about Word as I rarely use it.
I know it's not 2007 any more, but can't believe I'm the first to say yo dawg we heard you like apps so we put apps in your apps...
About time. No idea why it took so long.
It's a matter of preference but I always found it quite handy to be able to do everything in a single app on my iPhone. On the iPad however, I'm inclined to keep the dedicated Office apps alongside the new Office app.
It's a matter of preference but I always found it quite handy to be able to do everything in a single app on my iPhone. On the iPad however, I'm inclined to keep the dedicated Office apps alongside the new Office app.
I couldn’t do it. I reckon it’d be worth having Office & Word or Excel if you want to do it. Wasn’t a problem with the individual apps. Ive just sent feedback to MS through the app, so expect it to arrive in the next update! 😂
I was hopping Apple made iPadOS and MacOS somehow compatible, so developers could bring MacOS grade apps in iPadOS. Instead of that , my iPad Pro is collecting dust while using constantly my laptop , even for the most basic tasks , since i will always bump at a task that will not be compatible with my iPad.
With the original iPad standalone apps, could two Excel sheets (i.e., two instances of Excel) be open side by side? Or two Word documents? Or only a Word and Excel file, etc.?
I just noticed that two instances of Mail can’t be opened, but two instances of Safari can. I’m just starting to experiment with this type of workflow; I’m only used to having one app open at a time.
Yes they all can be opened side by side. With the same excel files or excel with powerpoint for example.
Also can be open with slide over. Makes it 3 windows can be opened simultaneously.
Mail can also be opened side by side, just drag one of the email you want to open from the list pane to the side, that will leave the main mail app still open.
Wow, thanks. I never knew that about Mail. In my opinion, it then makes more sense to have separate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps on the iPad.
I agree. With stuff like this I'm wondering how long it's going to be before people start complaining that iOS and Mac OS having separate apps for movies, TV, podcasts, albums, and radio stations...
Why can't these all be combined in to one app? 😂
Are you getting paid to do that?
That sorta makes it "Pro" in the most fundamental way. You have to be able to function inside the Professional ecosystem your 'boss' has adopted for Professional reasons, so I have trouble seeing your point.
I am just surprised your 'boss' lets you use personal hardware configured as you see fit to perform company business and share electronic files, etc. within the company network. That seems to be a real no-go for businesses I've been involved with, with professional IT, where the 'company standards' are strictly enforced for business, especially security and reliability, reasons.
Yep- it’s about 750MB for all 3 individual apps vs ~350MB for the unified app.
I also notice it doesn’t support muliple windows/split screen- I’m hoping they add it soon.
Yes.... blatant money grab..... because back in the day you certainly didn't have to pay ~$300 for Microsoft Office.
If your boss sent you a document, your company can pay for a license to Office 365 or you can use a company device to edit the document. Doing work for your company IS *professional work*.
One of my favorite paid-for iPhone apps does not appear on my iPad Air 4. Nor can I actually find it in the app store when I look for it explicitly by name. I was expecting it to show up in the store and have an either "download" or "open" icon next to the app icon. Nope, nothing. Not even a "buy" option.
This.
Luckily I have like 15 different license keys to different versions of Office I've accumulated over the years through the HUP program as well as educational licenses.
I pay for Office 365 for the OneDrive storage and ad-free email, that's it. If I stopped paying, I certainly wouldn't use one of my many pre-existing licenses against the license agreement.
I do "not" condone violating license agreements.
You get what you pay for though.
Perfect example that no Apple fanboys can argue against:
Buying a $20 Android vs buying an iPhone Pro.
Sure you can save lots of money and do the same thing, but there is no doubt that the iPhone Pro will top anything a $20 Android can do in terms of quality, stability, and support.
And that is why Microsoft Office is the gold standard of Office productivity software. Sure, you could use LibreOffice (ick), but if you want to work without having random bugs that won't get fixed because open-source developers are pompous tyrants, then you should pay for the app used by businesses and governments around the world.
Some governments have switched to open source, only to go back to MS after a decade:
German Government Switching Back To Windows OS From Linux After 10 Years - MSPoweruser