Microsoft Office for the iPad receives a major update with PDF exporting and more

Microsoft’s popular Office suite for the iPad – Excel, PowerPoint, and Word – has just received a major update with the move to version 1.1. Here is what is new in all three apps: 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. •Picture Tools: Crop to focus on just the right part of the photo, or reset to undo your changes. •Presenter Tools: Now you can erase highlights and drawings on your presentation. •Send PDFs: Send PowerPoint files as PDFs. •Hyperlinks: Add links to your presentation or edit existing ones. •Fonts: Third-party fonts are now available in the Fonts menu.

Excel:

•Send PDFs: You asked, we listened. Now you can send Excel files as PDFs. •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. •Picture Tools: Crop to focus on just the right part of the photo, or reset to undo your changes. •Fonts: Third-party fonts are now available in the Fonts menu.

Word:

•Send PDFs: You asked, we listened. Now you can send Word files as PDFs. • Picture Tools: Crop to focus on just the right part of a photo, or reset to undo your changes.  • Fonts: Third-party fonts are now available in the Fonts menu.

All three apps in the Office suite are designed for the iPad/iPad mini and can be downloaded now on the App Store for free. A subscription to Office 365 is required to edit or create documents. The suite originally arrived back on the App Store back in March. Before today’s major changes, an update in late April brought the ability to AirPrint and more. For other app news today, see: Wunderlist 3 arrives on the App Store with a new design and much more, Kumobius' Duet Game gets Epilogue update with new levels, new music and more, and Sorcery! studio Inkle invites you to journey around the world in 80 Days.