Customers get their say after pushing printing to the No. 1 feature request slot Microsoft today shipped the first update for Office for iPad since its debut five weeks ago, adding printing to the three apps.Microsoft said printing had been the No. 1 feature request from customers.Users can print documents from Word for iPad, whole or partial spreadsheets from Excel, and presentations or individual slides from PowerPoint. The apps use Apple’s AirPrint technology to print via a Wi-Fi network. A complete list of AirPrint printers can be found on Apple’s website, and include devices from manufacturers like Brother, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh and Samsung. Apple launched AirPrint in the fall of 2010 with iOS 4.2, and added it OS X in mid-2011 when it shipped Lion, or OS X 10.7. The updates are available free of charge from the App Store; all users will be able to print documents, spreadsheets and presentations from their iPads.Subscribers to Office 365 can create, edit and now print documents, but non-subscribers may only view and print. The least-expensive plan, Office 365 Personal, costs $70 each year. Pricier plans, including ones for consumers, small businesses and enterprises, run from $100 to $264 annually. Microsoft also called out two minor additions to Office for iPad in a Tuesday blog: SmartGuides, an object alignment tool in PowerPoint, and AutoFit, which adjusts the height and width of multiple rows and columns simultaneously, in Excel.Office for iPad came roaring out the gate when it hit the App Store, almost immediately grabbing the top spots in Apple’s download chart. As of Tuesday, Word, Excel and PowerPoint were still camped out near where they started, holding No. 2, No. 7, and No. 8, respectively, on the U.S. App Store’s free apps list.Microsoft has said that more than 12 million copies of the Office apps have been downloaded, but the company has not revealed how many new subscribers it attributed to Office for iPad, whether they signed up from within an app, or subscribed to Office 365 at Microsoft’s website or using a sold-at-retail product key card. And only Apple and Microsoft know how much Office 365 revenue has been generated via in-app purchases. Office for iPad can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store. The apps require iOS 7 or later.Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg’s RSS feed . His email address is gkeizer@computerworld.com.See more by Gregg Keizer on Computerworld.com. Related content news analysis Apple earnings: About that iPhone 'slump' in China Based on information from Thursday's earnings report, it seems that data pointing to an iPhone slump in China were over-baked. By Jonny Evans May 03, 2024 9 mins iMac iPhone Apple news Microsoft begins to phase out ‘classic’ Teams Microsoft is encouraging Teams customers to move to the new, faster version of the collaboration app; the older version will be switched off next year. By Matthew Finnegan May 03, 2024 3 mins Microsoft Teams Collaboration Software Productivity Software news analysis Apple confirms it will open up the iPad in Europe this fall The latest efforts to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act mean developers can offer to side load apps to both iPhones and iPads in the EU. Apple has also taken steps to improve what it offers to smaller and non-commercial developers in the By Jonny Evans May 02, 2024 6 mins iPad Apple Mobile Apps news Udacity offers laid-off US workers free access to its courses for 30 days Sign-ups will be available over the next 30 days By Lucas Mearian May 02, 2024 4 mins Technology Industry IT Jobs IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe