Microsoft's unified Office app is now optimized for the iPad

Microsoft recently updated its Office app to fully support Apple's iPads. The Part app was already available for iPads but opened in windowed manner. Now, it'southward a fully optimized iPad app that brings together Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The unified Office app initially rolled out to iOS and Android in 2022. Microsoft nevertheless has standalone apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, just the Office app brings everything together.

Here's the description of what's new from the Office App Store listing:

Part is now available on iPad: We're combining the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps y'all know into a single, iPadOS-optimized app. Plus, you'll meet additional tools to go on you more productive than ever. For example, you'll be able to quickly create and sign PDFs, and transform pictures into documents.

Get to Image-based Workflows Readily: Tap 'Share' in the telephone gallery outside the Office app, to go to several actions similar Create PPT, Create PDF and more. In addition, if there are whatever contempo screenshots when you open the Office app, these are surfaced as a suggestion to covert to PDF or PPT.

Insert appointment, shape, image and notes in PDF: Now you lot can easily insert date, shape, image and notes in PDFs using new capabilities.

In improver to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, the app too has some handy features like turning pictures into documents and the ability to sign PDFs.

Microsoft may have taken some fourth dimension to optimize the Office app for iPadOS, but the company is by and large very supportive of Apple'south hardware. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint gained full trackpad support on iPads terminal October.

Microsoft Office

The unified Office app brings together Discussion, PowerPoint, and Excel. It'southward at present fully optimized for iPadOS. The Office app itself is free, merely you need a Microsoft 365 subscription to use it on nearly iPad devices.

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