Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

An anonymous reader writes "At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple's App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST). Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad feature a ribbon interface just like the one featured in Office for Windows and OS X. The trio of apps are much more powerful on the tablet than the smartphone, but naturally aren't comparable to the desktop versions."

Odyssee II

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

I wonder how porty the ports are.

Will I go to shut down my phone and be greeted with a popup that "Cannot quit Excel now"?

Will I thumb-whip an Excel spreadsheet to scroll down, and be greeted with a popup saying, "Insufficient resources to display", accompanied by a screen that no longer redraws?

These are both still features of 2010.

Still holding out for DOS for ipad

[jfdavis668]

I have had enough of this touch stuff on my ipad. I need to install DOS and get some real work done.

Re: Perfect

[TheGrimmReaper]

"airplane mode"? Hey, I want to be able to FIND my phone, not lose it in the ocean :)