Then in November, Microsoft surprised everyone once again by releasing an update that made editing documents part of the free set of features. To edit existing documents or create new ones, you needed to shell out for an Office 365 account. There was a glaring issue with it, however, in the fact you could only view documents for free. Then the team in Redmond rocked the iOS world by releasing its Office suite for the iPad.
Not too long ago using Microsoft’s Office apps on any iOS device was nothing more than a far-fetched dream.