Microsoft signs deals to add Office to Android tablets

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MICROSOFT is serious about making its most lucrative business, Office, relevant for mobile users. What is less clear is how much money it will be able to make from them.

On Monday, the company announced partnerships with nearly a dozen makers of tablets based on Android, Google's mobile operating system. The most prominent of those deals is with Samsung, the largest maker of Android devices, which plans to ship Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, on some of its tablets during the first ha…