Microsoft on Thursday launched the Office for the iPad , which
contains software programs such as Word , Excel and PowerPoint , and can
be used on a tablet computer Apple Inc. . , Its competitors , which is
very popular .The application can be downloaded in the App Store at 11 am Pacific time .
Office for iPad layout fix the problems experienced by users when
accessing their documents saved in Microsoft's cloud storage services ,
OneDrive .
The application features a touch or touch -enabled feature that allows
users to move photos in a Word document and move elements such as pie
charts or pie charts in Excel .
This
application allows users to read and present the documents free of
charge , but must subscribe to Office365 in order to write and edit . Subscription
fee for the five computers and five smartphones are $ 100 per year ,
but the cost of subscription to the personal version and a tablet
computer worth $ 70 per year . The cost of subscription is included for storage capacity of 20 gigabytes in OneDrive .
The software giant based in Redmond , Washington is launching the
application at an event in San Francisco where Satya Nadella spoke to
reporters about the day-to - 52 served as the chairman of Microsoft
Corp. .
" This is a cloud for every person and every mobile device , " Nadella said .
Earlier
he said that Microsoft will develop key software for mobile devices
regardless of whether the software will be used in Apple's operating
system iOS , Google Android or Microsoft Windows . The announcement Thursday following the steps Microsoft launches OneNote recording software for Macs earlier this month .
" There is no reward , " Nadella said . " Our motivation is the reality faced by our customers . "
Daniel Ives , an analyst at FBR Capital Markets , said the move to
develop key software products for the Apple devices is " a good first
step . "
Microsoft
had previously refused to produce Office for the iPad , preferring to
put the product as a value -added sales for Windows 8 tablets and tablet
computer Surface . But tablets are not successful in the market .
" They end up in the mirror and realize that they have to follow the wishes of the people in this regard iPads , " said Ives . " I think it indicates there is a change in Redmond . "