Microsoft announced Thursday it was making its Office software suite available for free to users of rival mobile operating systems from Apple and Google. Users of Apple iPads and other devices and those with Android tablets will be able to use the apps to store documents without a subscription, Microsoft said. Microsoft earlier this year released the Office app for iPad, but users needed to pay an annual license fee for cloud-based Office 365. "Today, we're taking the next major step to bring Office to everyone, on every device," Microsoft vice president John Case said in a statement.



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