Microsoft’s Office For iPad Reaches 12M Downloads

Microsoft Office for iPad was launched last week and since launching the app has been downloaded more than 12 million times as per a tweet of Microsoft. Revenue generated by Microsoft has not been revealed yet. Microsoft's Office for iPad apps are free, so the only way the company would have generated revenue is if the new Office users opt for in-app subscription purchases. Satya Nadella speeded up the long-anticipated app and ignored Microsoft’s previous strategy of linking the app with Windows only.

Microsoft's Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote together received more than 12 million users and this is not including the new user database. So it can be assumed that it might have acquired some millions in a day.

Microsoft released the iPad app last week, and they said that the app/software had been “reimagined, while retaining what people love about Office.”

As per Microsoft, Word, Excel and Powerpoint “have the robust capabilities and familiar look and feel that is unmistakably Office, while offering a fantastic touch experience built from the ground up for iPad."

Microsoft Launches Office For iPad

Much awaited "Office for iPad" has arrived now. Microsoft has finally launched it on iOS platform. CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella has encouraged the effort to be neutralized, which made MS office files run on iPads.

Microsoft has “reimagined” Office for iPad, “while retaining what people love about Office. We hope you’ll be as pleased with the results as we are,” as stated in a blog post.

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Company also added that Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint “have the robust capabilities and familiar look and feel that is unmistakably Office, while offering a fantastic touch experience built from the ground up for iPad."

The free apps offer users the documents they want. Microsoft has also committed to provide  the look just as good on iPad as they do on PC.

Microsoft is also bringing Office apps to the Windows Store and other popular platforms and has made Office Mobile for iPhone and Android phones available for free.

If you are an iPad user, you can download Word, Excel and PowerPoint from the App Store.