Microsoft Office for Android: how suite of Word, Excel ... works - The Free Android

One of the news last week was related to the office suite Microsoft Office , which was already available for Android for some time. Specifically, Office takes on Google Play July 2013 , however, though it was free download, could only use those also they had a subscription to Office 365, which costs 99 € a year.

This was a big drawback for those who do not want to spend so much just open and edit a few documents throughout the month, in addition, there are many alternatives available for free, as OfficeSuite or Quickoffice. But Microsoft has decided to pull its brand and a few days ago, anyone who downloads Office on your Android can use it without paying anything, totally free .

So in this post will make a r epaso for what Office offers Android , which has functions, editing tools, synchronization with cloud (OneDrive the old SkyDrive) and generally if it is a real alternative to productivity applications today or what needs to improve.

Office for Android Free

One of the first applications that every new user searches for when you get your first device Android is Office or at least a similar app that allows you to follow open your Word documents, Excel and Powerpoint without problems and from anywhere. That is why Microsoft wants to use these searches of millions of users and now turns to offer their implementing free for all.

First I must say that Microsoft Office Mobile only supports smartphones , the tablet version, adapted to interface with larger screens, will arrive in the coming months. A negative point for them because other Apps are adapted itself.

Design and functions of Office for Android

The interface on phones is very simple and clear. Basically Office Mobile is divided into three tabs to enter the application and navigated by the lateral and vertical scroll. In the first one we Recent Documents which obviously shows the last open files of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

tab center is Open where we find different sources files in the cloud Microsoft . There where we can add it to edit and hosted services will sync documents. These services are OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive), Office 36 5 to the address of a SharePoint document library .

Finally, the third section is the Office create new Word documents or Excel . You can not create PowerPoint presentations from Mobile, although it is possible to open and edit text. As a bonus, some come predefined templates to create agendas, outlines, reports, budgets, and other simply and directly. In the settings there’s nothing remarkable, there is only one field to enter our name to be assigned to documents created comments and annotate them.

Editing Documents in Office

Office for Android is very easy to use , so easy even lacks Doing more options. Viewing documents in both Word, Excel and PowerPoint format works smoothly, and retain the format files we created in the PC (if contain tables, graphs or other elements ).

When

edit, options are scarce . For Word can add comments to any piece of text by selecting it, and the same way you access the editing tools . These consist to apply bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, increase or decrease the text size or apply a color to the font and mark it.

Nothing else, not change fonts or aligned, or schemes or lists, we say that can stay too short to those seeking a complete office suite. For Excel to the above options cell type (numbers, dates, percentages or money) and support all formulas to apply to spreadsheets and accessible from the top fx icon.

This is Microsoft Office Mobile for Android , a, perfect for those who just want to open or retouch any detail of fair application documents, sync with OneDrive and good overall performance and fluidity.

For all other users who need more intensive and use Office for Android is limited. No open documents in PDF or TXT format, no integration with other cloud services like Dropbox or Box and editing tools list falls short. If you are in the first group, you can download Office Mobile on Google Play Free , and hopefully in the coming months will improve and also publish the tablet version.

Requires Android 4.0 and higher

Version: 15.0.2720.2000

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