Without an Office 365 subscription in place on the iPad 10.2, you will still have access to all the Office apps, but they’ll run in read-only mode. This is the translated statement by the spokesperson: “ It continues to be correct that for private use, Office Mobile Apps are free up to 10.1 inch.” Microsoft considers any tablet with a display larger than 10.1 inches to be intended for professional use.Ī Microsoft spokesperson in Germany confirmed this piece of information to a local website. The 2019 iPad with its 10.2-inch display misses the threshold by a mere 0.1 inch. Microsoft has maintained its display size criterion to allow free access to its Office apps only on devices with a 10.1-inch or smaller screen.Īny tablet, no matter the preinstalled operating system, with a larger display must have an active subscription to fully utilize these apps.

Getting straight to the point, yes, you will need an Office 365 subscription to run Microsoft apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the all-new iPad 2019. iPad Air 2019 Do you need an Office 365 subscription for the iPad 10.2? In this piece, we’ll find out if these norms cover the iPad 7 and whether this 329-dollar machine will have free access to the Microsoft Office suite of apps. This raise in display dimensions will have some implications on the software the new iPad can run.Īpparently, Microsoft has some norms in place concerning a tablet’s display size that may restrict free access to its Office apps.

With this change and the inclusion of the Smart Connector, the 7th-gen iPad became compatible with Apple’s Smart Keyboard that brings typing functionality to the tablet without the added task of charging and pairing the keyboard accessory.

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