A closer look at Microsoft's Office Suite for the iPad (pictures)
Microsoft unveiled its popular Office suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for the Apple iPad today in San Francisco.
Apple iPad gets Microsoft Office
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the wraps off the company's Office suite for the iPad today, during a press conference in San Francisco. It includes three separate apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Templates galore
Selecting a new document in Word calls up different templates, such as brochure, business letter, or flyer.
The perfect stock family
A lorem ipsum-filled "Family Update" template is selected.
Selecting from gallery images
Users can insert photos in Word by choosing from those saved in the iPad's gallery and screenshot album.
Lorem ipsum never fails
Another look at the "Family Update" template.
Switching between apps
Launching the multitasking function in the iPad to navigate to Microsoft Powerpoint.
PowerPoint presentation themes
Some of the possible themes in Powerpoint users can select for the presentation.
Origami is a crowd-pleaser
Here, the "Quotable" theme is selected, and we are browsing through the numerous slide transition options.
Real-time annotation
With Powerpoint, users can display real-time annotation using their fingers on the touch screen.
Moving around graphics and charts
The third app included in the Office suite is Microsoft Excel.
More templates to choose from
The many options for a new document in Excel include a finance report, a calendar, and an inventory list.
Illustrating a sales report
A sample graph calculated in Excel for a quarterly sales report.
Adjusting cells in the budget
A channel marketing budget template generated in Excel.
Special numeric keyboard
Here, the custom numeric keyboard for Excel is called up at the bottom of the screen.