The main way to use Microsoft Office on iPads are the Office Mobile Apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.Įach of the apps has a good set of features but not as complete as the Windows or See Six simple steps for saving on renewals or first purchase of Microsoft 365 Office mobile apps Reminder: regular Office Watch readers know our refrain about Microsoft 365ĭon’t buy Microsoft 365 Family, Personal etc from Microsoft or Apple … you’ll pay full price for new or renewal.

The other Office options we’ll explain like the web apps and remote control work for everyone – with or without a Microsoft 365 plan. To use the Office Mobile apps at all needs a Microsoft 365 plan. IPads OVER 10.1” are considered ‘computers’ by Microsoft. There are extra features for people with a Microsoft 365 plan. If your iPad is under 10.1” screen (diagonal) then all the Microsoft Office options are free, including the mobile apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the ‘all in one’ app. You might need to open a document in the web page option or mobile app to get the latest features. Open one in the Word Mobile app, the other in the Office ‘all in one’ app.Įach of the options we’ll explain have slightly different features. Opening two Word documents at once is possible. The workaround is to use different Office options. That means you can’t open two or more Word docs or Excel workbooks at once. Three of the choices can only open one document at a time.

Sadly no, and there are advantages to having more than one app or option available. Why bother? Surely you just install the Office mobile apps and that’s it? There are four different options, some free and others you have to pay for. You have an Apple iPad but do you know all the different ways that Microsoft Office can run on an iPad.

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