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It looks like Apple’s free iWork suite for iOS just wasn’t enough for many iPad users. Two weeks after landing in Apple’s App Store, Microsoft’s Office for iPad has already seen more than twelve million downloads. The Office apps also made the top three of Apple’s list of most popular iPad apps soon after their introduction on March 27.

Microsoft’s three productivity apps—Excel, PowerPoint, and Word—are offered as separate downloads for the iPad unlike previous iterations of the Office suite for the iPhone and Android smartphones.

Microsoft offers its Office apps for free to all iPad users, but to do anything other than merely view your files you’ll need an Office 365 subscription. Office 365 subscriptions start at $100 per year for Office Home Premium, which gives you the right to use Office on up to 5 PCs, as well as 5 tablets (Windows or iPad), the iPhone, and Android phones.

Later this spring Microsoft will also release a cheaper Office 365 Personal subscription offering that will cost $70 per year. The new option gives you Office on one PC and one tablet.

It’s too early to tell if Office’s popularity is due to curiosity or if an actual Office 365-paying audience is downloading the apps, though Word for iPad has already cracked Apple’s “Top Grossing” chart. Office for iPad also likely holds great appeal for businesses that are more inclined to sign Office 365 licensing agreements directly with Microsoft, which would be hidden from the App Store; the Office 365 Home subscription found in-app is for personal use only.

To learn more about Office 365 for your iPad/Android or Office 365 for your home or business, Give us a call at 732.462.1051 or visit us on the web at http://www.thinkingtoolsllc.com

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