Android
phone owners can now use an updated version of Microsoft's Office tools for
writing, spreadsheets and slideshows.
The new
Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps are designed to provide more functions on small
touchscreens. Microsoft released them for Android phones this week in another
move to make some of its most popular software tools available to people who
don't use Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The company
had released redesigned versions for Android tablets in January and for iPhones
and iPads last year. But Android phone users had only a bare-bones version,
except through a limited "preview" of the expanded offering. (Of
course, Android device owners have also been able to use competing tools from
Google and other app-makers.)
There are
still no comparable apps for phones and tablets running Microsoft's own Windows
system, though that will change once Windows 10 gets released next month. As
Android phones have had until now, Windows phones get only the bare-bones
Office. Windows tablet owners have to use a version more suited for laptops and
desktops with real keyboards.
The mobile
apps are free, although Microsoft is offering more features to users with an
Office 365 subscription, which starts at $70 a year.
Microsoft
says some phone makers including Samsung, Sony and LG will ship Android phones
with Office already installed. The new apps will work on older phones running
the KitKat version of Android from 2013 and Lollipop from last year, but
nothing older than that.
Source | http://www.ibnlive.com/
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