{"id":78253,"date":"2015-01-06T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T20:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=78253"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:18:43","slug":"download-a-preview-of-office-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/download-a-preview-of-office-for-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Download a preview of Office for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is bringing a preview of its Office productivity suite to Android tablets today. <a title=\"Office for iPad announced\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/office-for-ipad-announced-thats-free-to-view-pay-to-use\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPad users<\/a> have had the office suite for a while now, but Microsoft is committed\u00a0to bringing <a title=\"Office Mobile goes free for everyone\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-office-mobile-is-now-free-for-everyone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office for free<\/a> to as many platforms as possible. The software isn\u2019t done yet, so expect some bugs, but any Android tablet user running <strong>KitKat or <a title=\"How to use Lollipop\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/how-to-use-android-5-0-lollipop-1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lollipop<\/a><\/strong> can download and try the office suite before its official release later this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78258\" title=\"Word for Android tablets\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Word-for-Android-tablets-568x355.png\" alt=\"Word for Android tablets\" width=\"568\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Word-for-Android-tablets-568x355.png 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Word-for-Android-tablets-256x160.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Word-for-Android-tablets.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Downloading the Office for Android preview also requires your tablet to have an <strong>ARM-based processor<\/strong>, which won\u2019t be a problem for most users. Intel-based processors for phones and tablets are still rare. Phablets, like Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Note 4, aren\u2019t supported at this time since you\u2019ll need a tablet with a <strong>7\u201d to 10.1\u201d screen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the Office for Android preview directly from the Google Play Store without requesting an invite. If you have a compatible tablet, you can download <strong>Word<\/strong>, <strong>PowerPoint<\/strong>, and <strong>Excel<\/strong> from the links below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Word for Android tablets preview\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.office.word\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Word preview for Android tablets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PowerPoint for Android tablets preview\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.office.powerpoint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download PowerPoint preview for Android tablets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Excel for Android tablets preview\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.microsoft.office.excel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Excel preview for Android tablets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Office Blogs\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.office.com\/2015\/01\/06\/office-android-tablet-preview-expands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office Blogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Best free office suite\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/best-free-office-suite\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best free office suite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"This is what WhatsApp's call feature will probably look like\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/whatsapp-call-feature-screenshots\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This is what WhatsApp\u2019s call feature will probably look like<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Best Android Wear smartwatch apps\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/best-android-wear-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Android Wear smartwatch apps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook thinks putting stickers on your photos will get you to use Messenger\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/facebook-stickered-for-messenger-app\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook thinks putting stickers on your photos will get you to use Messenger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is bringing a preview of its Office productivity suite to Android tablets today. iPad users have had the office suite for a while now, but Microsoft is committed\u00a0to bringing Office for free to as many platforms as possible. The software isn\u2019t done yet, so expect some bugs, but any Android tablet user running KitKat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/download-a-preview-of-office-for-android\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Download a preview of Office for Android&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":78258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-78253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329727,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78253\/revisions\/329727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78253"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=78253"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=78253"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=78253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}