Office for iPad finally supports your mouse and trackpad

Office for iPad finally supports your mouse and trackpad

Just a few years ago, tablets were primarily used for browsing the web and checking email, but with the release of Apple's iPad Pro and its new iPad Air, these devices are now so much more. similar to laptops in terms of performance and this is especially true when using the company's Magic Keyboard. In an effort to help iPad users be more productive, Microsoft now offers mouse and keyboard support in Office for iPad. The software giant's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps are now receiving updates that will allow them to take full advantage of trackpad support in iPadOS. These new updates will allow iPad users using a mouse or Apple's new Magic Keyboard with easy cursor control, smooth navigation and fine-tuning. In a blog post, Microsoft notes that using a mouse or trackpad with iPad for common tasks like highlighting text in Word, selecting a range of cells in Excel, and moving and resizing charts in PowerPoint is as easy and intuitive as ever. . At the same time, moving a finger on Magic Keyboard's built-in trackpad turns the cursor into the tool you need depending on the content you're pointing at.

Seamless UI updates

Microsoft also announced that it will bring recent design improvements to its Fluent user interface for Office for iPad through new home screens and a new feature menu ribbon. These enhancements are designed to provide a cleaner, more modern user experience for the company's mobile apps for iPadOS, which echoes similar changes to the Microsoft 365 experience. Users have already started receiving the latest Office updates. for iPad from Microsoft through a gradual rollout and these updates should be available to all users within a few weeks. However, Microsoft plans to continue to update the Office experience to take advantage of iPad's unique capabilities, including its large Multi-Touch screen and a wide variety of accessories. The company also plans to add the ability to open multiple documents in Word and PowerPoint, as well as offline file support for cloud files.