Microsoft Office on Tablets and Smartphones

1. How to Use Microsoft Office on Tablets and Smartphones

2. There are several different versions of Microsoft Office for different versions of Windows, there are Office Mobile, Office 365, and Office Online.

3. Microsoft’s Own Tabletsand Smartphones • Windows 8 and Windows RT • Windows Phone • iPhone and Android • iPad and Android Tablets • Remote Desktop

4. Windows 8 and Windows RT Full version purchase Windows RTz • Office only runs in desktop mode • Pay for different Microsoft Office separately. • Other tablets, like Microsoft’s own Surface Pro, don’t come with office. • Windows RT has limited free version of Office.

5. Windows Phone Windows Phone comes with a free version of Office known as Office Mobile. Office Mobile for Windows Phone is completely free to use and doesn’t require an Office 365 subscription. It’s designed to view Office documents and perform some basic editing, not to function as a productivity solution.

6. iPhone and Android Office 365 is Microsoft’s subscription service for Microsoft Office. It’s available as an app for iPhone and Android. Subscription is not needed to use these app. But they are just simplified smartphone apps, not serious productivity solution.

7. iPad and Android Tablets There’s no way to natively use the full-featured versions of Office on iPads or Android tablets.This Office is free of charge, but it is just a simplified version.The solution would be using an alternative office suite, such as Apple’s iWork for iPad, Google’s QuickOffice, or something else that natively supports tablets.

8. Remote Desktop Solutions • Install Microsoft Office on a Windows PC or Mac and use remote desktop software to access your desktop from a table or smartphone. • A company that wants to provide Office on iPads could consider setting up a remote desktop server workers can connect to. It’s not as good as a solid local office app, but it is a way to get the full version of Microsoft Office on an iPad, Android tablet, or any other device.

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