---
title: Microsoft Office For iPad
date: 2014-03-29 13:22:47
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/03/29/microsoft-office-for-ipad/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Software
tags:
  - iPad
  - Microsoft
  - Microsoft Office
  - Office 365
---

After about 4 years in the making, [Microsoft Office for iPad is finally here](http://blogs.office.com/2014/03/27/announcing-the-office-you-love-now-on-the-ipad/) and it is free!

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="720" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/frpsGFQ4AIY" width="960"></iframe>Free in the sense that you can view Word/Excel/PowerPoint documents, but if you want to edit them, you need to have a [Office 365 subscription](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2013/02/02/microsoft-releases-office-365-office-2013/).

An [Office 365 Home Premium subscription](http://office.microsoft.com/en-sg/buy-microsoft-office-365-home-premium-FX102853961.aspx) (S$138.00/year or S$13.80/month) allows you to use Microsoft Office on 5 PC/Macs and 5 mobile devices (total of 10 devices). Note that Surface devices doesn’t count as part of the 10 devices as they provide a perpetual Office licence per Surface.

[![App Store](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/13460507255_b61aae43a3_c.jpg "App Store")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/13460507255_bed1357d42_o.png "App Store")

You can download Microsoft Office for iPad from the App Store: [itunes.com/apps/microsoftoffice](http://itunes.com/apps/microsoftoffice).

[![Microsoft Word for iPad](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/13460867114_b2fc7d11ec_c.jpg "Microsoft Word for iPad")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/13460867114_18d2bb50d5_o.png "Microsoft Word for iPad")

[![Microsoft Excel for iPad](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/13460502665_342465d69b_c.jpg "Microsoft Excel for iPad")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/13460502665_1648b9ff6a_o.png "Microsoft Excel for iPad")

[![Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/13460867374_a34c0f0bd2_c.jpg "Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad")](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/13460867374_f0e56cec82_o.png "Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad")

[![Microsoft OneNote for iPad](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/13460910343_8811d8849a_c.jpg "Microsoft OneNote for iPad")](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/13460910343_c1d3f6f0b9_o.png "Microsoft OneNote for iPad")

[![Microsoft Office for iPad](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/13460872763_a89398e74c_c.jpg "Microsoft Office for iPad")](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/13460872763_ae12b6f7a7_o.png "Microsoft Office for iPad")