Microsoft says it has clocked up 12 million downloads of Office for iPad apps. Microsoft announced the figure nine days after launching the much-anticipated suite of apps for the Apple tablet. The 12 million downloads are across Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps. Four days after launching the three new apps for the iPad Microsoft announced they had shot to the top of Apple’s free iPad apps chart, which is where they remain in the US with Word at the top, followed by Excel and PowerPoint.