Google buys QuickOffice in an effort to keep up with Microsoft’s move into tablets with Office. Google has announced the purchase of QuickOffice for the traditional amount in these situations ie ‘undisclosed’. To understand why, you need a summary of the three main players. QuickOffice has a set of well regarded apps that let you […]
One Windows 8 product will include Office – but only in part and expect to pay more later. There are four Windows 8 products (actually three since one is the only choice for the upcoming Windows tablets): Windows 8 – the equivalent of the current ‘Home’ editions of Windows 7 Windows 8 Pro – adds […]
Which versions Office can you use with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Nerds and Geeks the world over, including us at Office Watch, will be poring over the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released today. But what about running Microsoft Office – can you use existing versions of Office on the Windows 8 preview? We’ll be trying […]
Paying and saving money for your Office 365 service. When you’re getting near the end of your Office 365 trial and you’ve decided to continue with it, there comes the time to pay for Office 365. As usual with Microsoft, it helps to know some extra things before trying to pay. In addition to a […]
Office for iPad rumors with less than convincing denials from Microsoft. The Daily has images that purport to be for a ‘Microsoft Office for iPad’. The images tell us nothing except that Office for iPad is near with icons for an iPad version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It’s hardly a secret that Microsoft is […]
