Despite many free alternative Office is still the de facto standard. Even offering free software, no one has been able to make any meaningful dent in Microsoft's market share.
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Despite many free alternative Office is still the de facto standard. Even offering free software, no one has been able to make any meaningful dent in Microsoft's market share.
True. And this statement also applies to Windows. Let's face it--the business World runs on MS Windows and MS Office.
Patience....the OSes get more and more unified every version. In another few years I think your 'demand' will be reality.
Still waiting for office for mac 2014. It's baffling how long it's taking Microsoft to release it.
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While I love Windows 8, especially 8.1, it has also convinced me that desktop and mobile OS's should always be separate.
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While I love Windows 8, especially 8.1, it has also convinced me that desktop and mobile OS's should always be separate.
I completely agree. I really like Office for iPad, but geez Microsoft get on with Office for Mac.
It it's shipping this year as has been indicated, at least announce it with a target date.
80% of companies are supposed to be using some version of office.
You don't know many people then it seems
*waiting for the snarky 'O rly?? LINK PLS' reply*
It's great to see that it's getting better and better. Post pc is getting closer by the day!
I do wish they'd sort out the licensing though. I use Excel a lot at work, on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I work for a FTSE 100 company, which has an enterprise agreement with more than 100,000 Office licences, which also allows me to download Office for Mac or Windows for £8.99 for personal use. We use Sharepoint, but OneDrive is blocked. On my home computers, I can access my work email, but nothing else, because Sharepoint locks me out. I would have to pay for an Office 365 subscription to use the iPad apps, but the only way to get any files there is by emailing them to myself, making no use whatsoever of Microsoft's servers.
I get that my work is worried about security, but there's nothing to stop me using email to get my documents onto any other computer, so why should they be worried about OneDrive when they use Sharepoint? They even let me access most of the intranet from any random computer (or even a phone) so why not let me access my own files? Why can I get a £500 piece of software for £8.99, but not a £9 per month piece of software for 20p?
I do wish they'd sort out the licensing though. I use Excel a lot at work, on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I work for a FTSE 100 company, which has an enterprise agreement with more than 100,000 Office licences, which also allows me to download Office for Mac or Windows for £8.99 for personal use. We use Sharepoint, but OneDrive is blocked. On my home computers, I can access my work email, but nothing else, because Sharepoint locks me out. I would have to pay for an Office 365 subscription to use the iPad apps, but the only way to get any files there is by emailing them to myself, making no use whatsoever of Microsoft's servers.
I get that my work is worried about security, but there's nothing to stop me using email to get my documents onto any other computer, so why should they be worried about OneDrive when they use Sharepoint? They even let me access most of the intranet from any random computer (or even a phone) so why not let me access my own files? Why can I get a £500 piece of software for £8.99, but not a £9 per month piece of software for 20p?
I may consider purchasing Office for iPad for a reasonable price, but not on a subscription basis. iWork suits my needs and syncs between my devices.
I love these updates. Office for iPad has really become a wonderful piece of software. Minimal, fast, and compatible. It has replaced iWork and most simple text editors for me.
I hope these improvements foreshadow a soon to be released Office for Mac.
I hope these improvements foreshadow a soon to be released Office for Mac.
I hope you are kidding. Excel is the backbone of most businesses and will continue to be well into the foreseeable future.
In my experience limiting the size of spreadsheets would be good because it would force people to use databases and normalised data. Huge excel spreadsheets might be the backbone of businesses but I'd suggest in many cases they are also the bane...
Those spreadsheets are the backbone of many organizations. Theyve got multiple herniated discs, of course, and they should by all rights be replaced, but whatever.
We're making good use of the Office365 subscription (5 PCs/Macs + 5 tablets) in our home, but Office:Mac is a sore spot. It's a bit slow and clunky. We have another 8-9 months before I need to renew my subscription, but if there isn't an update to the Mac version by then, I will seriously need to reconsider.
Another irritant (although not technically part of Office) is the lack of inking in the OSX and iOS versions of OneNote.
iWork applications are unnecessarily underpowered and not compatibility friendly with the rest of the world. No thanks. Give me the software that offers everything I'll ever need, even if I never use everything they offer.
I was just having this conversation with a co-worker. For work I cannot give up Excel. But Keynote is way better than PowerPoint. And Word vs Pages is a bit of a toss up for me. When you look at the price, however, Apple wins in my book. At home especially, it is all Apple. I do miss my pivot tables but I hope Apple will add those soon (and if I need that one feature at home i go Open Office).
Really?
When was the last time you spoke to anyone who works at a fortune 500 company? They predominantly use MS Office. File compatibility is king. Excel is the defacto standard for spreadsheet in hundreds of thousands of companies around the world and MS Word remains entrenched as well. Yes, there are cloud solutions but just open your eyes and you'll see MS Office everywhere.
When was the last time you spoke to anyone who works at a fortune 500 company? They predominantly use MS Office. File compatibility is king. Excel is the defacto standard for spreadsheet in hundreds of thousands of companies around the world and MS Word remains entrenched as well. Yes, there are cloud solutions but just open your eyes and you'll see MS Office everywhere.
Are you out of your mind ? There's nothing else out there that is as powerful, as easy to use and as robust as Microsoft Office.
The iPad version makes no exception, it is a great success. I wish the biggest company on this planet would have done something better, but iWork simply does not compete on either platform.
I was looking for a way to do pivot tables in Numbers, I ran across this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkJzyTdBaHo