One application that does get some attention is Outlook. Outlook users can have attachments quickly uploaded to the cloud for easier sharing. Microsoft has responded to user requests for improved usability by making the Browse button more visible in Save As and in Open, and rearranging the order of storage locations to be more intuitive. Users can also do real time collaborative editing in Word on their documents stored on OneDrive for Business or Office 365 SharePoint sites. If you don’t follow Office development closely, you might not even know that Backstage is the name Microsoft has given the File handling and Options functions in Office.
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It’s great that they’ve made the application cross-platform, but a shame that it has come at the expense of improvements in the full-featured desktop version.īackstage upgrade and tighter OneDrive integration
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Presumably part of the reason for this is the effort the OneNote team has put into OneNote for Android, iOS, and Windows 10. Send to OneNote also appears to be missing, which would be fine if Office included a version of Microsoft’s excellent new Snip tool that integrated with OneNote - but it doesn’t.
Even some of the most annoying glitches - like sub-sections expanding whenever you add a page to them - are preserved instead of being addressed. There don’t appear to be any new features in OneNote 2016 at all, which is a real shame. Unfortunately for OneNote users, you’ll notice that the toolbar for the 2016 version is identical to the 2013 version other than color. The new version of the suite also adds support for 250% and 300% zoom settings for high-PPI screens. The default theme is now Colorful, but can easily be switched back, of course. Microsoft Office 2016 doesn’t bring back a 3D look, but it does use a little more color-coding to make the ribbon easier on the eye and a little more user-friendly. Like many others, I found it harder to find items on the ribbon than with its earlier, more-textured interface. With Office 2016, Microsoft has backed off a bit from the ultra-flat design of Office 2013. However it is a solid upgrade for those with an Office 365 subscription, and may be worth paying for if you need one of its smattering of new features. While there are some nice interface updates and a few new features, most users won’t notice much of a difference from Office 2013 for Windows. After using the Preview version, what strikes me most is that Microsoft has clearly moved its focus and energy away from the desktop to its cloud strategy.
Microsoft is scheduled to launch Office 2016 for Windows desktop in just a few weeks - the first new desktop version since the launch of Office 2013 two and a half years ago.
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