While until a few years ago it seemed very uncomfortable and unproductive, today, on modern smartphones and tablets equipped with large screens and the ability to easily connect an external keyboard, an application such as Microsoft Office becomes really efficient and valuable for working on the move. The official Office applications, in fact, have been optimized to work on mobile devices with important improvements compared to the past, making it possible not only to make changes to existing documents, but also to create new ones from scratch. In addition, the new Office app released in 2020 integrates some features that allow, for example, to scan a table with the camera of the phone to be able to then edit it on Excel or to create Powerpoint presentations using photos taken with a mobile phone.
Office Mobile for iPhone and Android phones and tablets can therefore be downloaded and installed for free and is practically identical to the version for Windows 10, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, in Italian and also integration with Onedrive.
The app brings together Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Sticky Notes, it doesn't have the most advanced features of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but it works well for basic tasks. Since all services are located within a single app, it is easier to switch between documents. The new Office app released in 2020 also uses several features that allow you to transform the contents of your phone into Office documents, for example by taking a photo of a document or a blackboard to create an editable Word file or scan a table to create a spreadsheet in Excel and create a PowerPoint presentation using photos on the phone. The app also works well with touchscreen controls, you can edit existing Word, Excel and Powerpoint files or create new documents from scratch and also allows you to sign a document with your finger . The app is free even if there are extra features if you have an Office 365 subscription.
At the first access you will be asked if you want to connect an Onedrive cloud space. Among the other functions available in the Actions menu, it is possible to transfer files from mobile phone to computer, share files with other nearby devices, digitize a photo in PDF, create image PDFs, convert a document to PDF and analyze QR codes.
- Word, free for iPhone and Android, allows you to create and edit DOCX files. The formatting options allow you to change the color and size of the selected text and to make bold, italic, underlined, highlighted and strikethrough. Files can be saved to OneDrive or shared via email.
- Excel, free for iPhone and Android, allows you to open XLSX files and take advantage of even more complete options than Word. You can select a number of columns and rows using dragging and then perform various operations: sum, count, sorting, calculation of percentages, averages and others. Office Mobile is capable of creating graphs of the selected data.
- Powerpoint, free for iPhone and Android, create PowerPoint files from scratch and edit existing ones saved in Onedrive. The presentations can be seen in full screen, complete with animations.
Different and optimized for the big screen are the Word Excel and Powerpoint applications for iPad, complete and optimized for work.
Microsoft also provides Office Web Apps, online versions of Office programs.
READ ALSO: Best Office App for Android .
Office Mobile for iPhone and Android phones and tablets can therefore be downloaded and installed for free and is practically identical to the version for Windows 10, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, in Italian and also integration with Onedrive.
Microsoft Office app
Since 2020, the unique and complete application of Microsoft Office has been available for both Android smartphones and tablets, and for iPhone and iPad, always free, which you can use to open, create, edit and save documents and allows you to work on all formats Office files, even PDFs and even offline, without internet connection.The app brings together Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Sticky Notes, it doesn't have the most advanced features of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but it works well for basic tasks. Since all services are located within a single app, it is easier to switch between documents. The new Office app released in 2020 also uses several features that allow you to transform the contents of your phone into Office documents, for example by taking a photo of a document or a blackboard to create an editable Word file or scan a table to create a spreadsheet in Excel and create a PowerPoint presentation using photos on the phone. The app also works well with touchscreen controls, you can edit existing Word, Excel and Powerpoint files or create new documents from scratch and also allows you to sign a document with your finger . The app is free even if there are extra features if you have an Office 365 subscription.
At the first access you will be asked if you want to connect an Onedrive cloud space. Among the other functions available in the Actions menu, it is possible to transfer files from mobile phone to computer, share files with other nearby devices, digitize a photo in PDF, create image PDFs, convert a document to PDF and analyze QR codes.
Word, Excel and Powerpoint apps
For Android tablets and smartphones, single and free applications are available for each Office program for iPhone and iPad :- Word, free for iPhone and Android, allows you to create and edit DOCX files. The formatting options allow you to change the color and size of the selected text and to make bold, italic, underlined, highlighted and strikethrough. Files can be saved to OneDrive or shared via email.
- Excel, free for iPhone and Android, allows you to open XLSX files and take advantage of even more complete options than Word. You can select a number of columns and rows using dragging and then perform various operations: sum, count, sorting, calculation of percentages, averages and others. Office Mobile is capable of creating graphs of the selected data.
- Powerpoint, free for iPhone and Android, create PowerPoint files from scratch and edit existing ones saved in Onedrive. The presentations can be seen in full screen, complete with animations.
Different and optimized for the big screen are the Word Excel and Powerpoint applications for iPad, complete and optimized for work.
Microsoft also provides Office Web Apps, online versions of Office programs.
READ ALSO: Best Office App for Android .
