Microsoft at long last released Office for the iPad in March , in keeping with CEO Satya Nadella's "cloud first, mobile first" approach to competitors' platforms. OneNote had already been available for some time, but it was the first time Word, Excel, or PowerPoint had been available as native iPad apps. Today Microsoft updated all four applications, following the hasty addition of printer support about a month after the initial release.

All four apps can now export files as PDFs, crop pictures inline, and reset changes made to pictures. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can also use third-party fonts, presumably in addition to the Microsoft- and Apple-supplied fonts that come with iOS and the Office apps themselves. Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote pick up more features that will be appreciated by heavier users of the desktop Office apps. From the release notes:

Excel

Flick to select: flick a cell’s selection handle in any direction to quickly and easily select all the data in a row or column.

External keyboard support: using an external keyboard is even easier. Use the same keys to input data and move around a worksheet as you would on your PC or Mac.

PivotTables: interact with PivotTables that have source data in the same workbook.

Print options: more paper sizes and scaling options give you more control over the layout when printing your workbooks.

PowerPoint

Presenter view: view and edit speaker notes, see your next slide, or jump to other slides while presenting.

Play media: play videos, sound effects, and background music while presenting.

Insert video: insert videos from your Camera Roll.

Presenter tools: now you can erase highlights and drawings on your presentation.

Hyperlinks: add links to your presentation or edit existing ones.

OneNote

Protected sections: now you can lock or unlock password-protected sections created in OneNote for Windows.

Organize notebooks: now you can move and reorder pages and sections and manage subpages.

Formatted text: copy and paste formatted text between applications—whether it's an article from Safari or a document in Word, any content you paste into OneNote will look great!

Creating notebooks: now you can create notebooks and save them to OneDrive for business. Have multiple accounts? No problem! It's easy to select exactly where you want to store your new notebook.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are all available in the App Store for any iPad running iOS 7. A Microsoft account is required to view files in all of the applications. A current Office365 subscription is required to edit files in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.