Microsoft updates Office for iOS apps to support iPad multitasking

Apple is planning to release iOS 9 to the masses today, opening the door to a key new iPad feature: multitasking. While Apple is restricting iOS 9's key multitasking feature to just the iPad Air 2 and new iPad Pro, Microsoft is ready to support it with all of the company's Office apps for iOS 9. Microsoft promised support on stage at Apple's event last week, and now the software giant is rolling out updates to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and even Outlook today.

If you update to iOS 9 on an iPad Air 2 then you'll be able to run apps like Word and Excel side-by-side. Of course, if you're used to Windows then you've been able to do that for years in various guises, with iOS 9's multitasking looking rather similar to Windows 8's....

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