Microsoft Office 365

[Tre4ISU]

I'm hoping some people more tech savvy than me jump in here. I am thinking of getting Office 365 mainly for the iPad functionality as I'm not a huge fan of numbers and from what I can see without paying, Excel looks much better in that setup. I deal with a lot of rapidly changing spreadsheets and don't want be constantly emailing or dropboxing these things and would love to keep everything in one format. I do a little on word and a little on powerpoint so at first glance, $100 a year doesn't seem like a bad deal to me especially considering that my laptop at home for my own business is no longer reliable and I am looking at just having my iPad for everything. I have been really slow to adapt my iPad and will often choose the laptop or desktop if I have to do much but I would like start moving toward using my iPad more. Does anyone have an opinion on how well the Suite works and how the syncing works?

 

[bos]

I just switched our company over to it today. It works great so far. OneDrive could be better but itll get there as a dropbox alternative. Your best bet would be to call rep and really discuss your needs and wants and they will help align you with the right version for you.

 

[acoustimac]

I've used Pages, Numbers and Keynote extensively on the iPad. Are there things I wish Pages did that were like Word? Some, but not much. Keynote is much better than PowerPoint. So it all comes down to numbers. I've switched a few of my spreadsheets over to numbers and they seem to work ok. I think it will depend on the complexity of the spreadsheet. If you are dealing with some complex stuff you'll need to really think about that.

For me the deciding factor was the cost of MS 365. To think that I would have to pay for those apps forever at 120 per year was crazy. If you can write it off as a business expense then it may be worth doing just to keep your sanity. Coming from my personal pocket...no way.

The one think I REALLY like about Apple's apps is iCloud. All of my documents sync up between all of my devices instantly. AND I can work on the docs in the cloud if I have to use someone else's machine. That's cool.

 

[Clonehomer]

What's the difference between office 365 and the free version for phones and tablets? I really like the office mobile app for my GS3 and Nexus 7. It syncs up well and is one of the easier ones to use.

 

[ISC]

I highly suggest office 365 (or office online as i think it's being re-branded).. It works great and the one nice thing to know is that you will always get the most current version of office automatically.

And to answer your question -> the MAIN reason to go with office 365 IMHO is that you can download the full version of office and install it on 5 computers (or 1 if you go with the personal version). Heck being able to have this almost pays for itself.

 

[MaccloNe]

What's the difference between office 365 and the free version for phones and tablets? I really like the office mobile app for my GS3 and Nexus 7. It syncs up well and is one of the easier ones to use.

The free versions on the iPad allow you to view only. To activate editing you have to have 365 and pay the monthly fee. And that is forever. They should have just charged 20 bucks an app and let users own rather than lease it.

 

[MaccloNe]

I highly suggest office 365 (or office online as i think it's being re-branded).. It works great and the one nice thing to know is that you will always get the most current version of office automatically.

And to answer your question -> the MAIN reason to go with office 365 IMHO is that you can download the full version of office and install it on 5 computers (or 1 if you go with the personal version). Heck being able to have this almost pays for itself.

And if you run into an issue because of the auto upgrade, well, at least you got the latest version and you must pay continually, which sucks.