It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try WPS Office or Collabora Office. The best iPad alternative is Microsoft 365 (Office). Update: One of the developers working on Office has confirmed my suspicions: the reason Word files open for me with a single tap while Excel and PowerPoint files do not is that I haven’t opened those files enough for iOS to know that I would prefer to bypass the share sheet.LibreOffice Alternatives for iPad: Top 10 Office Suites and Spreadsheet Apps | AlternativeTo (function()() Skip to main contentSkip to site searchPlatformsCategoriesOnlineWindowsAndroidMaciPhoneLinuxiPadAndroid TabletProductivitySocialDevelopmentBackupRemote Work & StudyLoginSign up HomeOffice & ProductivityLibreOfficeAlternativesLibreOffice Alternatives for iPadLibreOffice is not available for iPad but there are plenty of alternatives with similar functionality.

Now, iOS users can go straight to the Files app, locate the appropriate document, and open it directly with only a tap or two. Previously any documents stored in Files would need to be accessed by going to either Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, tapping the ‘More’ button in the ‘Open’ menu, then locating the file from there. In any case though, whether a Files document opens in its correct app with a single tap, or you use the share sheet and ‘Open in’ first, this is still a huge improvement for Office users. It’s also possible, though, that the behavior I’ve seen is true for everyone, and Microsoft simply made a somewhat perplexing design decision. Perhaps heavy Excel or PowerPoint users will see a different behavior because the Files app has enough data to know which app you want to open certain file types in. It’s possible this disparity in behaviors between file types only exists because I view Word documents far more regularly than Excel or PowerPoint files.

Those Word-associated documents open directly in the Word app with just a single tap from the Files interface – no need to open the share sheet first. FiCQjxdqIEĪfter seeing Teddy’s tweet, I did a little playing around in the Files app and discovered that, while Excel and PowerPoint documents accessed in Files will load Quick Look previews and require tapping ‘Open in’ from the share sheet, the experience is even better with. Also big huge great wonderful Office update today.

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