Over half a year after adding Apple Pencil support to Office for the iPad Pro, Microsoft on Monday added a similar feature for written annotations to the suite's core iPhone apps.
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Microsoft updates Office apps to allow on-screen sketching for iPhone 0
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Microsoft Office for iPhone gets drawing support for your fingers 0
August 15th at 11:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsMicrosoft was quick to optimize its Office suite of apps for the iPad Pro and Apple's Pencil stylus, but the company held off on any inking support in Office for iPhone. Starting today, Microsoft is updating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPhone to include a new drawing tab option. Just like the Windows and iPad variants, Office on iPhone will now let you use your finger to write, draw, and highlight documents....
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BitTorrent's Bleep secure chat comes to iOS, Microsoft adds features to core iOS Office apps 0
May 12th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsBitTorrent on Tuesday released the first iOS version of Bleep, its secure messaging app, while Microsoft updated its flagship Office iOS apps with a handful of new features.
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25 Apple Watch apps you need on your wrist 0
April 24th at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsHappy downloading!
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Microsoft backs Apple Watch with PowerPoint and OneDrive apps 0
April 21st at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAfter giving lots of love to Android Wear, Microsoft sets sights on Apple's smartwatch.
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Microsoft lets you control PowerPoint for iOS from an Apple Watch 1
April 21st at 12:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsMicrosoft was quick to support Apple's new Watch with a OneDrive update, and the company is showing no signs of slowing dow its backing of the new wearable. The software maker has updated PowerPoint for iPhone today to allow future Apple Watch owners to control presentations from their wrists. It's one of the more useful apps for the Apple Watch right now, with the ability to navigate between slides and see elapsed time or total number of slides in a deck....
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Microsoft adds iCloud save support to its Office suite for iOS 0
February 17th at 4:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsUsers of Microsoft's mobile productivity suite for iOS have new storage and synchronization options for documents, following an update to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that adds support for Apple's iCloud.
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Microsoft PowerPoint for iOS review: Presenter View feature makes the subscription version worth it 0
December 8th at 6:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWhen I reviewed PowerPoint for iPad version 1.0 back in April 2014, I found a lot to like but dinged the app for a few notable omissions; I also noted its dependence on a paid Office 365 subscription. Now at version 1.3, PowerPoint for iOS works on iPhones as well, and has adopted a new freemium model (like the other Office apps—Word and Excel) in which most of its features are available even to those who don't pay for Office 365. ...
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Microsoft Office for iOS overhauled to allow free creating & editing of documents without subscription 0
November 6th at 5:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsDedicated versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, comprising the Microsoft Office suite, are now available for iPhone, based on a unified codebase with their iPad counterparts, and also offering both iPhone and iPad users the ability to create and edit documents for free without an Office 365 subscription.
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Office for iPad update adds support for third-party fonts, ability to send as PDF 0
July 31st at 10:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft's Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, was given a significant update on Thursday, giving users the ability to utilize third-party fonts in Word, and the option to export files as PDFs in all three programs, among other new additions.
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Microsoft's Office for iPad apps notch 27M downloads in 46 days 0
May 13th at 3:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAfter a highly anticipated launch in late March, Microsoft's Office for iPad suite of productivity apps is still going strong in the iOS App Store after having accumulated some 27 million downloads as of Monday.
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Adobe Voice captures some of Apple's magic in its video storytelling software 0
May 8th at 9:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWhat’s your story? That’s the question the Adobe Voice app for the iPad is clamoring to help you answer. The app combines the boring task of making slideshows with a fun, iMovie Trailers-esque feel; it’s one of the company’s most beautiful iPad apps to date, and it’s incredibly easy to use....
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Microsoft Office for iPad updated with support for Apple's AirPrint 0
April 29th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft's Office for iPad now ties even more tightly into Apple's ecosystem, as the touch-friendly productivity suite has been updated with support for the wireless AirPrint standard, along with a few other new features and assorted bug fixes for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Microsoft launches $70/year Office 365 Personal for Mac, iPad 0
April 15th at 9:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPricing on Microsoft's Office 365 service became a little more affordable for individual users on Tuesday, as the company launched a new "Personal" subscription plan priced at $69.99 per year.
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Microsoft Office for iPad hits 12M downloads one week after debut 1
April 4th at 1:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft on Thursday announced Office for iPad downloads hit the 12 million mark after just one week of availability, illustrating pent-up demand for an iPad port of the software giant's productivity suite.
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Microsoft's Office for iPad suite dominates App Store charts after one day of availability 0
March 29th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAbout 24 hours after debuting on the iOS App Store, Microsoft's Office for iPad productivity suite has taken over the first three Top Free Apps seats, with the fourth going to the redesigned OneNote.
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Microsoft Office for iPad Dominates Top of App Store 0
March 29th at 12:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe suite of Microsoft Office apps for iPad have only been in the Apple App Store for 24 hours and they are already dominating the download charts.
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Hands-on: Office for the iPad 0
March 28th at 7:27pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsiPad users now have top-of-the-line office productivity software now that MIcrosoft has finally released Office for iPad. It was worth the wait.
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Using Office for iPad: getting to work 0
March 28th at 3:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsMicrosoft Office has long been the productivity suite juggernaut on the desktop, and today it's trying to claim some new territory: the iPad. Launched this afternoon, Office for iPad translates Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into touch-friendly mobile apps, finally giving the many, many Office users with Apple devices an easy way to sync, edit, and present their documents across their desktops, tablets, and phones. Though Microsoft has offered a way to do this on a tablet before, it was only through a...
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Apple confirmed to take 30% cut of Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions purchased in Office for iPad apps 1
March 28th at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIt was confirmed on Thursday that Apple will garner its stipulated 30 percent share of Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions purchased from the new Office for iPad app, which launched at a special event earlier today.
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First look: Hands on with Office for iPad from Microsoft's event in San Francisco 0
March 27th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe long-awaited debut of Microsoft Office for iPad finally took place on Thursday with an event in San Francisco featuring the company's new chief executive Satya Nadella. AppleInsider was there live to test out Office on the iPad, and also see Microsoft's new leader in action.
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Microsoft Office for iPad arrives: Word, Excel & PowerPoint now available to download 0
March 27th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsJust moments after Microsoft Office for iPad was announced, the trio of applications that make up the industry leading productivity suite hit the App Store and can now be downloaded.