I’ve been using Word for iPad almost every day since it was released two weeks ago.  I really like it, and I’ve now used it enough to write a full review.  (I wrote a first look post while I was at ABA TECHSHOW two weeks ago.)  As a litigator who works with Microsoft Word documents throughout the day, it is incredibly useful to have a sophisticated and full-featured version of Word on my iPad.  Word for iPad has easily become one of the most important and useful apps on my iPad, and I suspect that many other attorneys will feel the same way.  The app has some limitations, and a few of them are big and I hope that they are addressed in a future update, but for 1.0 version of an app, Microsoft really did a great job.

And when I say “Microsoft” I’m specifically talking about the Mac folks at Microsoft, a group that for years was called the MacBU (Macintosh Business Unit), and just recently changed its name to Apex (Apple Productivity Experiences) to reflect that they are working on more than just Mac software.  Earlier this week, the Office for iPad team answered questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, and it was revealed that the folks at Microsoft who designed the Office iPad apps are the same folks who create Office apps for Mac.

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