<p>In the first of a series of posts that examine some Microsoft revelations from this week's Financial Analysts Meeting, here's a look at what the firm's executives said about Microsoft Office coming to iPad and Android tablets, and how this meshes with what we already knew.</p><p>Perhaps not surprisingly, this is a hot-button topic for Microsoft these days and for obvious reasons: With the market for personal computing expanding beyond traditional PCs to include smart phones and tablets, Microsoft no longer owns a stranglehold on what it calls "the end points" for individuals' computing experience. Thus, it should expand the reach of Officewhich, by the way is its biggest business by farto include the other platforms that are popular as, if not more popular than, Windows. After all, Microsoft makes Office for the Mac, and that system is the smallest of all the major OS platforms by far.</p><p>To frame this discussion, it is very important to understand that there will soon be four "types" of Office, and that three of those are available today. These are:</p><p>Full Office. This is the traditional version of Office that is offered on full-featured PCs with keyboard and mouse accessories, or Office for Windows and the Mac. This will always be the most full-featured version of the product, and while it's moving from a traditional software delivery form to one that is delivered online as part of a subscription, the mission is unchanged. Furthermore, the "full" Office will always include more applicationsand thus more diverse functionalitythan you will see in the other versions (Publisher, Visio, and so on).</p><p><a href="http://winsupersite.com/office/microsoft-strategy-update-office-ipad-and-android-tablets">Keep reading...</a></p>