microsoft office for ipad Pro 9.7

[henryyy]

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i'm really considering into buying an ipad pro 9.7, but one thing keep stuck in my consideration.. do we need to get 365 subscription to use basic stuff microsoft office (like create & edit document) in ipad pro 9.7?

because official microsoft website & app store both said that: microsoft office is free to use for basic task (create&edit docs) in ipad, but for ipad Pro you need get 365 subscription for even basic task like create & edit doc, otherwise you just can view the docs..

here what microsoft website said:
"A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to use premium features on the iPad®. A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to create and edit documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the iPad Pro®."
and here what app store said:
"Read Word documents on iPad Pro for free. To create and edit docs, you need a qualifying Office 365 subscription."

I'd really appreciate for the feedback.. thankyou..

 

[sracer]

#23
i'm really considering into buying an ipad pro 9.7, but one thing keep stuck in my consideration.. do we need to get 365 subscription to use basic stuff microsoft office (like create & edit document) in ipad pro 9.7?

because official microsoft website & app store both said that: microsoft office is free to use for basic task (create&edit docs) in ipad, but for ipad Pro you need get 365 subscription for even basic task like create & edit doc, otherwise you just can view the docs..

here what microsoft website said:
"A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to use premium features on the iPad®. A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to create and edit documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the iPad Pro®."
and here what app store said:
"Read Word documents on iPad Pro for free. To create and edit docs, you need a qualifying Office 365 subscription."

I'd really appreciate for the feedback.. thankyou..

Microsoft has not been as clear as they could be on which iPads qualify for the free full version of Office for iPad.

Their position has been any tablet under 10" can access Office for iPad for free. That was reinforced when Apple released the 12.9 Pro. When the 10.5 Pro was initially released, 10.5 owners had free access to the full version of Office for iPad for a few weeks. At the time I speculated that MS had code that simply looked for the 12.9 Pro to prevent full access to that model. Sure enough, shortly after, the 10.5 Pro was prevented from having free access to the full version.

The 9.7 iPad Pro should still have free access to the full version of Office for iPad. I haven't seen any 9.7 Pro owners report back on this forum that their full access to Office has stopped.

As for why Microsoft's documentation makes a blanket reference to the iPad Pro, this is probably because Apple has discontinued the iPad Pro 9.7 and only actively sells the 10.5 and 12.9 Pros... both of which require a 365 subscription.

Hope this helps.

 

[henryyy]

Microsoft has not been as clear as they could be on which iPads qualify for the free full version of Office for iPad.

Their position has been any tablet under 10" can access Office for iPad for free. That was reinforced when Apple released the 12.9 Pro. When the 10.5 Pro was initially released, 10.5 owners had free access to the full version of Office for iPad for a few weeks. At the time I speculated that MS had code that simply looked for the 12.9 Pro to prevent full access to that model. Sure enough, shortly after, the 10.5 Pro was prevented from having free access to the full version.

The 9.7 iPad Pro should still have free access to the full version of Office for iPad. I haven't seen any 9.7 Pro owners report back on this forum that their full access to Office has stopped.

As for why Microsoft's documentation makes a blanket reference to the iPad Pro, this is probably because Apple has discontinued the iPad Pro 9.7 and only actively sells the 10.5 and 12.9 Pros... both of which require a 365 subscription.

Hope this helps.

Thank you very much for your reply.. It was really helpful.. I was very confused about it & always delaying my purchase.. Hope microsoft will never restrict free access to Office on iPad pro 9.7.. Thank you..