Microsoft could be looking to move ahead with the release of Office for iPad even though it has not released a touch enabled version for Windows 8 yet.



From Fudzilla:

The roll out of Office for iPad could come as soon as later this year. It seems that the iPad version of Office is far ahead of the Windows 8 touch version as far as the actual development goes. So rumors that the iPad version of Office is dead seem to again be unfounded.

  Office for iPad still in the cards