Michal Marek There is no doubt that Office for iPad is a big win for Apple as a whole. The first of the important positives is the fact that this world's most popular office suite will once again bring the iPad a little closer to the general public. Some skeptics have long resisted buying devices from Apple because of "incompatibility" with classic Office. This problem is gradually disappearing on the Mac and now it has disappeared on the iPad as well. So no one can say anymore that Apple's tablet is just a toy for content consumption, at best for limited creation in "strange formats".
Another positive is the positive media storm that the release of Office for iPad has created. There is a little more talk about the iPad, and it can also be seen that Microsoft and Apple have certainly begun to cooperate to a certain extent, which can only benefit the customer. In Redmond, they discovered that nowadays, when technology companies generate profit mainly on services, it is no longer possible to just dig in your own sand and ignore the world around you. Less tension between Microsoft and Apple is also evidenced by friendly tweets from the executive directors of both companies. Tim Cook commented on the arrival of the Office suite by tweet saying, “Welcome to the iPad and the App Store.” To Nadella he replied: "Thank you Tim Cook, I'm excited to bring the magic of Office to iPad users."
Welcome to the #iPad and @appstore! @satyanadella and Office for iPad
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) March 27, 2014
Thanks @tim_cook, excited to bring the magic of @Office to iPad customers #cloud4mobile
- Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) March 27, 2014
That Word, Excel and PowerPoint are not just "other common applications" in the App Store is also proven by the fact that Apple promotes them on the main page of its store and at the same time issued an official press statement:
We're thrilled that Office is coming to iPad, joining the more than 500 apps designed specifically for iPad. iPad defined a new category of mobile computing and productivity and changed the way the world works. Office for iPad complements a number of amazing productivity apps like iWork, Evernote or Paper by FiftyThree that users have chosen to inspire themselves and create content with our powerful device.
However, Office for iPad does not only extend iPad capabilities and publicity. It will surely bring a lot of money too. Apple takes 30% of every item sold in its stores for itself. However, this tax for Apple does not only apply to apps, but also to purchases within them, including various types of subscriptions. Given the mass of applications in the Office series and the relatively high price of the Office 365 subscription, Apple expects a decent commission.
Magical Office? Very free translation :-)
Maybe it was an ironic translation. :D
99,9 euros for an annual subscription…?
office 365 + 20 GB on OneDrive for CZK 2500 for five devices in the home. In a year, it seems quite enough to me. Give me this for 500 a year for my account so I don't hesitate.
For that money, let them put it where they took it from. If I bought Office for my home ten years ago and it still serves me well, why should I suddenly pay that amount every year? It's an unnecessary luxury for home use, especially when there are already so many free alternatives. I wonder what percentage of ordinary people have switched to this.
As for Apple, I'm a little surprised - I don't think that they would expect who knows what kind of broth from that subscription. Well, every drop is good if it's for nothing, but the person who really needs Office 365 already has a subscription bought elsewhere and won't go to it through the App Store.
I don't know how it is, but if the subscription can really be bought through the application with the necessity of a 30% commission for Apple, then Microsoft has wasted a lot of money.
that's why they made it so expensive :)
I am a long-term satisfied user of all Apple devices, so this package leaves me in peace. I use Pages and Numbers to my complete satisfaction, so Word and Excel are an unknown world to me. But I don't like how some of you blink at MS. Maybe I'm wrong, but those who have already prepaid 365 probably don't pay anything. Or have they already used up the number of their prepaid devices? And that Apple has its usual 30%? Everything anyone does, they do for money. Or do you work for free? Those who will buy 365 only thanks to the iPad will be a minimum, the vast majority of decent users who do not have them stolen in their PCs, have already resolved their subscription long ago. So I have a feeling that those who have MS Office stuck and can't use it on the iPad don't like it the most... You have to wait for the Android version, it will surely be stolen. :-)
I think that right now nobody is blinking at MS and its Office. I think it is a good and useful SW for many years. However, ten years ago I bought it for this price for an unlimited time, whereas now it is only for a year with Office 365. I admit that for multiple devices at once, but this amount seems high for a common person, I don't need it for any business purpose. The 30% - in my opinion, will be the minimum of those who will buy it through Apple.
There is also a version for Android, but unlike the one for iOS, it does not require a paid Office 360 account for editing and creating new documents :-) (for home use). So it's free even without stealing :-)
I decided to try it and then use it without a subscription - what if it is really useful. When I started Word, there was no document there and it couldn't be created either. So I used the Open in... function and opened a document in Word from another application. It looked good, the layout of all the elements on the pages looked correct, so I just wanted to print the document... I couldn't find a print option anywhere. As? Is it there somewhere or does Word not print? That would be a shame. Okay, so I jumped out of the document and ... and I couldn't find it anywhere in Word. Not even in the last ones opened. What's wrong here again? Where did the comrades from Microsoft go wrong? Do they really expect me to pay them such a bundle annually for this?
If everything is different, then explain to me where I am doing wrong. Thanks.
The answer is simple - the free version only allows a nice READ mode. For just over 200 MB of space, it's useless. With a subscription, the given functions should already work.
It's not true, Word on the iPad really can't print. It's embarrassing, but it's true.