Report: Microsoft Office for iPad May Debut This Month

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Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel may finally be coming to the iPad.

Recently inaugurated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may unveil an iPad version of the company’s Office software suite on March 27, a source told Reuters, potentially using his first major press outing to launch the company’s most profitable product for Apple Inc’s popular tablet.

Nadella, who replaced longtime CEO Steve Ballmer earlier this year, will address the media and industry executives in San Francisco on March 27.

Technology site The Verge and also heard that Microsoft would debut a version of Office for iPad on March 27th.

Investors for years have urged Microsoft to adapt Office for mobile devices from Apple and Google Inc, rather than shackling it to Windows as PC sales decline. But the Redmond software giant has been reluctant to undermine its other lucrative franchise, its PC operating software.

Tech blog Re/code first reported news of Nadella’s event. Microsoft declined to comment on the specifics of the CEO’s appearance.

(Reporting by Bill Rigby and Yahoo Tech; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)