Microsoft Office could soon be a new iPad app - Guest Post by Molly Mitchell, EconomicsDegree.net

According to an article posted today on The Daily.com, a Microsoft Office application for the iPad has been completed and will soon be submitted to Apple for approval.

The site that files for Word, Excel and PowerPoint can be created and edited locally or online with the new app.

The prototype of the software is said to have a similar interface as the current OneNote app, but it also has a design that is reminiscent of the new Windows Phone and as-yet-released Windows 8 desktop operating system.

Although the exact release date is not yet known, the site says that the project has been completed and that the app is expected to be submitted for approval very soon. This makes editors at TheDaily.com believe a release date could be as soon as a few weeks.

Sources for TheDaily.com article also say that an Android version of the Microsoft Office application is not in the current plans. They also say that an updated OneNote iOS app will be released that reflects the Metro design language used in the new Windows Phone and the forthcoming Windows 8 system.

Although TheDaily.com has been reporting for quite a while that Microsoft has been working on an Office app for iPad, ZDNet.com says that these claims have yet to be confirmed. ZDNet.com says that if there is a Microsoft Office app, it won’t be made available for download until sometime after the late 2012 release of Office 15 for Windows on ARM.

ZDNet.com does say, however, that Microsoft CFO Peter Klein was quoted last week saying that, “Microsoft believes it has a great tablet experience with Office.” Klein did not specifically mention which tablet product the company believed it had a great Office tablet experience with, though.

Even if an Office app has been created and submitted to Apple, Microsoft has yet to confirm this story.

Look to the coming weeks for the truth.

Article written by Molly Mitchell, owner of EconomicsDegree.net.

Sources:

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/02/21/022112-tech-apps-office/

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-office-for-ipad-separating-fact-from-fiction/11952