<p>First, a disclaimer: You can't rush your way through reviewing an office suite. Exploring a new word processor, spreadsheet or presentation app is plenty of work on its own; judging all three is something you can't do in a few hours.</p><p>With that out of the way, I'm here to talk about Office for the iPad, which Microsoft unveiled on Thursday after what may have been the longest period of anticipation in iPad-app history. I've spent the last couple of days with the new versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and it's mostly been a good experience, with some quirks.</p><p>The biggest problem I've had with Office on the iPad so far came before I actually did anything with the apps. After I'd downloaded them and fired up Word for the first time, I got an explanation that in order to do anything beyond viewing documents, I'd need to buy a year's Office 365 subscription for $100. (I had a subscription, which had lapsed.) I paid up though iTunes on the tablet, and found that I still couldn't sign in. I tried again, and iTunes told me I'd subscribed a second time, for an additional $100.</p><p>Eventually, I got in by subscribing yet again, this time in a browser on the iPad. Whether the glitch is Microsoft's fault or Apple's, I'm not sure, and I hope it's not too hard getting $200 in charges on my Amex card reversed. (I haven't seen any reports of anybody else running into the same problem.)</p><p><a href="http://time.com/42648/microsoft-office-ipad/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://recode.net/2014/03/29/microsofts-office-apps-for-ipad-off-to-a-good-start/">Microsoft&#039;s Office Apps for iPad Off to a Good Start</a> (Re/code)</p><p><a href="http://readwrite.com/2014/03/29/get-started-microsoft-office-on-ipad-word-excel-powerpoint">How to Get Started with Microsoft Office on iPad</a> (ReadWrite)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/office-for-ipad-one-of-microsofts-finest-moments-7000027848/">Office for iPad: One of Microsoft&#039;s finest moments</a> (ZDNet)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d5QYxNuGo0AjlEM128PtOjSD5M_GM&authuser=0&ned=us">1,436 additional articles.</a></p>