The Microsoft Office download is large and can be initiated only over Wi-Fi. Due to the same reason, I suggest you download only the module that you will use. I downloaded MS Word, and kept the other options in the cloud for now. The app is free, but the options are limited if you don’t have an Office 365 account. The interface of Word is not similar to the desktop, but it is still a familiar setting.
The big disadvantage of the app is that the iPad, one of the last bastions of private computing, has now become more productive than ever before. You work has come big time into the tablet and you cannot shirk work saying you don’t have a laptop at hand. Our lives will never be the same again.
Sarcasm aside, this is among the best things to have happened on the iPad for sometime. Just look at the convenience of being able to work on the same file from a desktop as well as your phone and tablet. Yes, this is a great app. Great enough to make people consider the iPad as a serious work device.
