AppleInsider Staff
Microsoft's Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, was given a significant update on Thursday, giving users the ability to utilize third-party fonts in Word, and the option to export files as PDFs in all three programs, among other new additions.
Both Word and Excel now have the ability to send their respective file types as PDFs. And Word now offers third-party fonts available from the Fonts menu.
Word 1.1 now also comes with Picture Tools, which let users crop to focus on a specific part of a photo. The feature also has a reset button to undo any changes.
Excel 1.1 adds Flick to Select, allowing users to flick a cell's selection handle in any direction to quickly and easily select all the data in a row or column.
As for PowerPoint 1.1, it gains a new Presenter View, which lets users view and edit speaker notes, see their next slide, or jump to other slides while presenting. A new Play Media function lets users play videos, sound effects and background music while presenting, and Insert Video gives the ability to insert videos from an iPad Camera Roll.
All three updates launched Thursday and are now available on the App Store. The software is free to download and allows users to view files, but any editing requires a subscription to Office 365 Home, which is available as an in-app purchase.
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Well, well... Apple can learn from them.
Saved me $2--Thanks. I was going to buy PDF Converter during today's promotion from Readdle (http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/31/briefly-readdle-slashes-up-to-70-off-ios-app-titles-in-honor-of-7th-birthday). Now I don't need it.
Android has the ability to save pretty much anything as a PDF with Google Print, I'm surprised this isn't built into iOS as an alternative to printing.
[quote name="Relic" url="/t/181650/office-for-ipad-update-adds-support-for-third-party-fonts-ability-to-send-as-pdf#post_2572148"]Android has the ability to save pretty much anything as a PDF with Google Print, I'm surprised this isn't built into iOS as an alternative to printing.[/quote] You don't become one of the most profitable companies on the planet by giving away functionality that can be sold for $2.
[quote name="DroidFTW" url="/t/181650/office-for-ipad-update-adds-support-for-third-party-fonts-ability-to-send-as-pdf#post_2572196"] You don't become one of the most profitable companies on the planet by giving away functionality that can be sold for $2.[/quote] Who said anything about free, they could easily add this feature and merge it into the cost of the device. Apple's margins on most of their iOS devices are over 60 percent, $2 is not going to break the bank.