One of the most annoying things about Office for IPad is the inability to open or edit a plain text file. Really? We are talking plain text with zero formatting. As an IT person, I often use notepad on my desktop since it saves your text without formatting. I use it for scripting and sometimes just saving rough notes. The problem is, there is no way to edit such a file on your iPad. If I’m away from my computer and need to share some script I wrote or some documentation I wrote, I can’t edit it and remove my rough notes. Even copying and pasting is difficult in OneDrive since it seems to open as some sort of table. Plus you can’t change the file extension from .txt to .docx on onedrive to allow Word to even see a text file. The only way to see it exist is when you attach it in word or share from onedrive. I’m so frustrated with this but I’m stuck since my company uses Microsoft and not Google.

I started Mid way through March of 2025, the people I was dealing with could not solve the problems because they could not speak English. I explained the issue in detail and why I thought the problem was occurring and was jerked around until now Tuesday June 10th 2025. I even hired a Microsoft Consultant so I could go about my business and have the consultant complete setup with Microsoft. BUT they said that since I was the one assigned , I could not change and had to stay working on the project and answer the phone and talk to them. Today I am in France trying to use 365 on June 10th and I am still being directed to a company I left in April, everyone knows I left but Microsoft cannot disconnect me and get my system to work for me AND WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO DELI-GATE THE PROBLEM TO MY TRAINED MICROSOFT TECHNICIAN for some archaic reason that makes NO logical sense unless the Microdoft agent who is paid to service me in English will get in trouble if he hans it off to someone who actually speaks English. They will not admit they are over their head and will not allow my computer technician to work with someone who can solve problem. Believe it or not, I do not have 3 months of unlimited time to get a computer program working in lieu of running my consulting business, I know I can hire people better qualified to work with Microsoft AND I DID! BUT, they will not let him do his job.

I have used Microsoft products since their inception, having been a secretary or administrative assistant for the first 19 years of my working life. And I taught these products throughout the years. On the PC they are the best. But, they are large all-inclusive products. If you only do word processing, you get more program than you will every need. If you only use Excel, you still have to buy the full package. Their best product for the average user was MSWorks, but they abandoned that product, which was priced lower than the Office platform. MSWorks came installed on most computers by default. Most of the people I know wish MS Works was available to use. The Office products are too bulky for what the home user needs. So why force a large portion of users to buy a package that requires $99/year subscriptions. Over a 10-year period people are paying nearly $1000 for using these packages. It is a crime! Simplify things for the end user because many people are turning away from Microsoft because they just can’t afford it. The senior citizens using computers today, many who have never touched a computer, don’t need the big and bulky Office products. Please, Microsoft, bring back MSWorks!