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Microsoft Releases Office Mobile For Iphone

Office365_iPhoneMicrosoft has released Office Mobile for iPhone. If you are a iPad user, and want to use Office Mobile, search for the app in the app store from the iPad, select iPhone apps, and download Office Mobile.

The app is free for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. If you do not have a Office 365 subscription, Office Mobile for iPhone needs a $99.99/year Office 365 Home Premium activation. You can also sign up for a free 1-month trial.

Office Mobile has been optimized for phone screens, says Microsoft. For example, a Slide Navigator allows you to page through PowerPoint presentations, while Speaker Notes help you practice presentations on the go. When reviewing Word documents on your phone, the Resume Reading feature takes you to the exact point in the document where you left off on your computer.

You can also edits and share your documents fom your phone with Office Mobile. When working with others, you can review comments in Word and Excel documents on your phone and add your own. When you’re done, you can save directly to SkyDrive or SkyDrive Pro or just send as an email attachment.

If you’re already using a Windows Phone you have Office Mobile already installed on your phone.

[Image courtesy: Microsoft]

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