Microsoft Job Listing Hints At Outlook And Powerpoint For Ios Perhaps Other Office Apps

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We had a few hints in the past about Microsoft possibly preparing an iOS version of its Microsoft Office suite of apps. In May, The Daily posted an image of a supposed early build of the software—demoed by a Microsoft employee—rumored to launch in November.

Another hint that Microsoft could have iOS apps in the works comes from a set of job listings posted earlier this month. It looked for a software engineer on the Outlook Test team to work on “Microsoft’s next move on the Mac and on iOS.” Another was on the Powerpoint Test team.

This is not solid proof that Office is coming soon, since Microsoft does have several other iOS apps, such as SkyDrive, OneNote, etc. that could benefit from office integration, but the job listing specifically looks for someone to test Outlook/Powepoint on Mac and iOS.

• Microsoft Office for iOS allegedly launching in November (9to5mac.com)
• Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.2.3 update fixes vulnerability and stomps a few bugs (9to5mac.com)