Recent grads, teachers and everyone else can get variations of Microsoft 365 for free, which includes access to Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and Excel.

Google Docs and Google's Cloud Connect toolbar for Microsoft Office combine to let you do simple editing of Word and Excel files on an iPad without having to pay for a separate app.

Microsoft's newest feature for Excel, "Insert Data from Picture" has begun rolling out to users. The feature, first announced at the Ignite conference last September , lets you take a photo in the ...