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Microsoft Word for iPad

hi all so if started back school and if have word on my iPad Pro for a while now but it doesn't seem to want to work saying I need a subscription but I can use it fine on my iPhone which is an iPhone 11 Pro Max my iPad is the new iPad Pro 4th Gen.I don’t understand why I need to pay for a subscription can someone explain this to me?


iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Jan 12, 2021 8:28 PM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2021 3:30 AM

Ageneral wrote:

hi all so if started back school and if have word on my iPad Pro for a while now but it doesn't seem to want to work saying I need a subscription but I can use it fine on my iPhone which is an iPhone 11 Pro Max my iPad is the new iPad Pro 4th Gen.I don’t understand why I need to pay for a subscription can someone explain this to me?


Most MS Productivity Apps for iPad (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint) offer limited functionality without an Office 365 Subscription - but only for devices with a screen size of 10.1” or less. Devices with larger screens only permit you to view (but not create or edit) an existing document.


Full App functionality requires an active Office 365 Subscription.


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Jan 13, 2021 3:30 AM in response to Ageneral

Ageneral wrote:

hi all so if started back school and if have word on my iPad Pro for a while now but it doesn't seem to want to work saying I need a subscription but I can use it fine on my iPhone which is an iPhone 11 Pro Max my iPad is the new iPad Pro 4th Gen.I don’t understand why I need to pay for a subscription can someone explain this to me?


Most MS Productivity Apps for iPad (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint) offer limited functionality without an Office 365 Subscription - but only for devices with a screen size of 10.1” or less. Devices with larger screens only permit you to view (but not create or edit) an existing document.


Full App functionality requires an active Office 365 Subscription.


Microsoft Word for iPad

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