Microsoft Word, Excel updated to give PC-like functionality on iPad
Microsoft Word, Excel updated to give PC-like functionality on iPad
Microsoft has quietly updated the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for the iPad.
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Excel also supports the multi-window mode on the iPad now.
Your iPad needs to run iPadOS 13 or later to get these features.
Apple has always wanted its iPad to turn into a full-fledged laptop and Microsoft is helping it achieve that. It has quietly updated Word and Excel for iPad to support mouse and trackpad, bringing Apple’s tablet closer to becoming a MacBook. This means that you can now scroll and hover around using the trackpad and the mouse connected to your iPad, unlike previously when you had to manually navigate in the app. And while both Word and Excel are getting this feature, the latter also now supports multi-window mode.