Microsoft Office: First for Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad

Microsoft Office enriches the offer with new tools to annotate documents with iPad and iPad Pro, improves the tools for real-time collaboration, expands distribution Morph and Designer of PowerPoint and extends the Office Insider program Mac users.

Office continues to be one of the flagship software developed in the first person of the Redmond and its multi-platform approach based distribution contributes decisively to the expansion of the base of users who daily use the suite of apps dedicated to personal productivity. Microsoft continues to work for improvement of the Office on Windows, Mac and mobile devices (both those based on Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile, both those using Android and iOS). Periodically, Microsoft provides an update on the latest changes in the offer Office, and this is what happened in the past few days.

The first change concerns the tools for annotation of documents accessible via the Office app for iPad and iPad Pro. The main objective was to make it easier to Inputting notes and notes with Apple and Pencil by touch. To achieve the goal, the top toolbar has been introduced the new ” Draw ” tab that contains the drawing tools. The app also allows you to start writing and drawing on the document, without selecting specific options, when it detects the presence of an active stylus.

The third new feature is the ability to quickly convert forms drawn freehand into geometric shapes by more precise contours. To take advantage of the functions described above, you can simply update the app Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote available for iPad and iPad Pro. iPhone users, iPad and iPad Pro, ultimately, they can benefit from the new tools Morph and Designer of PowerPoint, rendered available for the first time in November last year for Windows desktop and mobile and useful to create even more appealing presentation.

Another thing for Mac users can finally have access to the Office Insider program through which the home Remond allows subscribers to Office 365 users to use to preview the new features integrated in the app Office.

With a few steps using the Mac Microsoft Auto Update tool (MAU) to elect to receive new builds Insider. All details can be found by logging on to the following address. Please note, for completeness, that the Office Insider program may also accede to user’s Windows, Windows 10 Mobile and Android.

Changing platform and shifting the focus on the new dedicated Windows users, it is noted the announcement of the extension of the instrument of co-authoring documents in real time. This function, which allows you to view what they are writing on the shared document other users who can access it, was introduced in Word 2016 on Windows desktop in autumn last year and can now also be used with PowerPoint 2016 on Windows tablet.

Microsoft later confirmed that he had taken important steps to integrate into PowerPoint 2016 for Windows desktop the detection system of real-time presence, by which you can identify what those who work on the same document and in which the same area. Windows users who have chosen to participate in the Office Insider program, finally, they can download the new build 16.0.6366.2062, mainly focused on the introduction of periodic bugfixes.

To correct information, it should be noted that the features announced by Microsoft are not all immediately available. Part of it is already included in the new release of Office apps for iPad and iPad Pro, part will be distributed in the coming weeks to the participating users to Office Insider and integrated program in Office 2016 for Windows Desktop, Mobile Office for Windows tablet and Office for Android tablet.