Note that when Microsoft demonstrated Office on the iPad Pro during Apple's keynote introducing the new tablet, it showed the Apple Pencil being used to mark up documents-but that feature still hasn't been released, although it may arrive early this year. I found the experience better than anything I've tried on a tablet running Android, iOS, or Windows. Microsoft recently optimized its Office apps for the new iPad Pro ( at Amazon) (Opens in a new window), and I wrote most of this review using Word on that high-powered tablet, typing the text on Apple's Smart Keyboard, and sometimes using the Apple Pencil ($94.99 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) to move the cursor and select text. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. But for tablet users it's by far the best word processing iPad app there is, and, the more I use it, the more I'm convinced that it's a worthwhile and mature piece of software that deserves a home on the iPad of anyone who writes.
The app, which also runs on the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, is still missing some features that power users of desktop word processing apps (like me) consider essential. Microsoft keeps improving all of its mobile Office apps unobtrusively, adding features that have long been in the Windows and OS X versions, such as the ability to open files in the OpenDocument format used by the open-source office suites LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Tablets are still far from the ideal platform for word processing from start to finish, but if you have an iPad and you need to edit your documents, Microsoft Word for iOS ($0.00 at ) (Opens in a new window) is your best choice, by far. Keyboard shortcuts are inconsistent with those of OS X.Even on an iPad Pro, you can't edit two documents at once.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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