<div>Android users now have a properly usable version of Microsoft Office available to them for free. That includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint.</div><div> </div><div>There was a preview version earlier but now properly optimised apps are there for the taking.</div><div> </div><div>Users of large phones and tablets should find they can comfortably use Word, Excel and PowerPoint as separate apps, making their devices much more work-friendly than before. They're even available on the Web though the proper desktop software is still a paid package. </div><div>Users must log in With their Microsoft account and connect their favorite cloud service including Dropbox. And they’re ready to go.</div><div> </div><div>You can see straightaway that Microsoft has really worked on ease-of-use and vindictiveness. Once you have logged in to one of the apps, the other two will log you in automatically. The apps themselves also function smoothly with everything being quite evident. Old users of Microsoft Office will see the old familiar basic features and menus. For Word, for example, you have the main menu on the left and top to open a new document, save, print, share etc. On the top you have a button to roll out the formatting menu, Save, share, undo and toggle between text wrap view and non-wrapped view.</div><div> </div><div>The formatting features include text size and style, font, colour, bullets and numbering, bold, italics etc. This features are good enough for basic work.</div><div> </div><div>On opening a new document you also have templates So that you don’t have to start from scratch for a PowerPoint presentation.</div><div> </div><div>At all times though users will see the upgrade button which calls for a subscription to Office 365. If one is working without intensive collaboration and doesn’t require high-end features the basic versions will suffice.</div><div> </div><div>Microsoft Office being available in a usable format on Android and on iOS will strike quite a blow to all of the workaround apps that people have been using as a substitute. Don't be surprised to see office apps preloaded on your next new phone or tablet.</div>
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Mala Bhargava has been writing on technology well before the advent of internet in Indians and before CDs made their way into computers. Mala writes on technology, social media, startups and fitness. A trained psychologist, she claims that her understanding of psychology helps her understand the human side of technology.
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