Windows 10: Introducing the Office mobile app public preview for Android and iOS Office

Brink · Nov 4, 2019

Today we are excited to share a new vision for how people get work done on a phone – a new app that’s ambitious enough to simply be called Office.

Download for Android (public preview) | Download for iOS (public preview)*

Vision for working on mobile devices

We all rely on mobile devices more than ever for getting work done whether that’s at a job, at home, or at school. There are many great mobile productivity apps available such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to help us do that, however we still believe an opportunity exists to create a more mobile-centric experience for these types of apps.

The new Office mobile app represents our vision for what a productivity solution would look like if first built for mobile devices. In designing this new experience, we first considered how people’s expectations differ when using a phone versus a computer, so we set out to optimize for simplicity, efficiency, and common mobile needs. Next, we explored how to better incorporate the unique ways that people input data and create content on a mobile device – essentially turning the phone form factor from a liability for doing work into an asset. Finally, we needed to ensure that this app met the high expectations people already have for Office solutions. This solution should feel familiar to the people that know and rely on them today and instill a sense of confidence that they can accomplish their work with the high degree of quality and security that they have come to know.

A new mobile productivity experience

We are excited to introduce to our solution to this endeavor. The Office app provides a simple, integrated experience that puts the tools you need for working on a mobile device at the forefront of the experience. We started by combining the existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps into a single app. Doing so brings all of your Office documents together in one place, reduces the need to switch between multiple apps, and significantly reduces the amount of space used on your phone compared to multiple installed apps. We then added new capabilities that harness the strengths of mobile devices, such as the camera, to enable you to create content in uniquely mobile ways. Finally, we added a new Actions Pane that helps you accomplish many of the common mobile tasks you need to do all from one place.

Whether using it for personal or professional reasons, Office is designed to be your go-to app for getting work done on a mobile device. Let’s take a closer look at what makes it different:

Simple, integrated experience

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all in one app with all of the mobile features you already know and use.

Easily get to recent and recommended documents stored in the cloud or on your device, or search for documents across your organization if using a work account.

Easy access to Sticky Notes to jot down quick reminders and ideas.

On the Home screen, view your recent Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files or create a new one.

Create content in uniquely mobile ways

Snap a picture of a document and turn it into an editable Word file with the press of a button.

Transform a picture of a table into an Excel spreadsheet so you can work with the data.

Let PowerPoint help you design a presentation by simply selecting the pictures you want to use from your phone.

Create automatically enhanced digital images of whiteboards and documents with Office Lens features integrated into the app.

Convert a picture of a table into an editable Excel spreadsheet.

A new Actions pane for common tasks you may encounter on a mobile device

Create PDFs with your camera, using photos on your device, or from Office documents.

Sign PDFs by simply using your finger.

Scan QR codes to open files and links.

Easily transfer files between your phone and computer or share instantly with nearby mobile devices.

Use the new integrated Actions pane to take care of several common mobile tasks, like signing a PDF.

Now available in public preview

The Office mobile app is available in public preview starting today for Android and iOS*. It is super easy to get started with the app – anyone can download and use it for free and we don’t require a sign-in to start using it. However, logging in with a work, school, or personal Microsoft Account gives you access to your files stored in the cloud, and you can sign in with more than one account to make it easy to get to all of your documents in one place.

The app is currently available only on phones, although we will bring this experience to tablets as well. Since this is a public preview, we are very interested in hearing from you about what you like, don’t like, or would like to see in the app so we encourage you to provide feedback through the “Help & Feedback” tool under Settings. We continue to work hard on making the app an even more powerful tool for getting work done, so keep an eye out for more to come with Office.

We know many people are probably wondering, what does this mean for the current mobile apps? In short, we will continue to support and invest in the existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps. We are proud that millions of people use and depend on these apps every day and we believe everyone should decide which experience works best for them on their phones. However, we do encourage everyone to give the new Office app a try – we think it will change your expectations for what you think a mobile productivity experience should be.

No other app combines the simplicity, efficiency, and capability for getting work done on a phone quite like Office. Get started now on Android or iOS*!

* Please note: Per the terms of Apple’s TestFlight program, the public preview is capped at 10,000 users.
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...rk/ba-p/977172

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Ahhzz · Nov 4, 2019

Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.

Office 2019 apps will be supported on:

Any supported Windows 10 SAC release

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018

The next LTSC release of Windows Server

The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

Wynona · Nov 4, 2019

Office 2016 Public Preview now available Office

Windows 10 will include Office for Windows apps for free. They're also free for Android and iOS now.
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I know, Simrick. I was on the 'droid preview. I've also tried out Office for Windows 10, but since I have a couple of subscriptions, I haven't downloaded it lately.

Brink · Nov 4, 2019

New sensitivity labeling for Office apps on Mac, iOS and Android Office

At the last Microsoft Ignite conference we announced several capabilities to help you better protect your sensitive information, wherever it lives or travels – across devices, apps, cloud services and on-premises. Our goal is to provide a consistent approach to discovering, classifying, labeling and protecting sensitive data. Today we’re announcing the general availability of sensitivity labeling built natively into Office apps on Mac, iOS and Android.

Apps now supporting end-user driven sensitivity labeling includes:

Office for Mac: Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Outlook

Office mobile apps for iOS: Word, PowerPoint & Excel (Outlook coming soon)

Office mobile apps for Android: Word, PowerPoint & Excel (Outlook coming soon)

With these new capabilities, users can easily apply sensitivity labels to documents and emails – based on the labels defined by your organization. The experience is built directly into Office apps, with no need for any special plugins or add-ons. It looks and feels like the familiar Office experience, which makes it easy for workers to use.

Applying sensitivity labels not only helps you protect company confidential information, but also plays an important role in addressing compliance obligations, such as GDPR. Suppose that someone in the HR department is working on an Excel file that contains personal information, such as employee mailing addresses. Knowing that this information should be protected and kept private, the worker can select a “Confidential-PII” sensitivity label while in Excel, and the label applies the appropriate protection settings as configured by the organization.

Simple and consistent experience for end-users

The screenshots below illustrate the end-user experience in Office apps on Mac. The Sensitivity drop-down menu makes it easy to view the available labels and select the appropriate option. The experience is similar across Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.

Apply sensitivity labels in Office apps on Mac – encryption, rights restrictions and visual markings can be applied, based on your label policy.

For Office mobile apps, the same set of sensitivity labels are available to users. No matter which device or platform they are working on, there is a consistent experience.

Easily apply same sensitivity labels in Office mobile apps on iOS…

…and in Office mobile apps on Android.

Once a sensitivity label is applied to a document or email, the label persists with the file, even if it travels to other locations, such as other devices, apps or cloud services. Your organization has the flexibility to customize its policy to apply different actions based on which label is selected, including encryption, restricting access to the file or applying visual markings to the document (such as headers/footers or a watermark indicating the file is confidential or contains sensitive information).

An email labeled “Highly Confidential” in Outlook for Mac get encrypted, and headers & footers are applied.

Administrators can also require users to provide a justification if they downgrade a previously applied sensitivity label – for example, changing a label from “Confidential” to “General”. This can be useful in keeping users accountable and maintaining an audit trail. You can also specify if a default label should be applied to new documents and emails. For example, you can set a “General Business” label to be applied by default, and then end-users can apply a different label based on the content they are authoring.

End-users can be prompted to provide a justification when downgrading a sensitivity label.

Sensitivity labels in documents and emails can also be understood by other apps and services. For example, if a “Highly Confidential” document resides on a Windows device, Windows Information Protection and Windows Defender ATP can work together to block the copying or sharing of content from that document to other locations on the device, such as personal email accounts or social accounts. Our growing ecosystem of partners using the Microsoft Information Protection SDK can also understand sensitivity labels and extend information protection to their own apps and services.

Getting started and next steps

To use these new labeling experiences, you must first configure your organization’s sensitivity labels in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center. Once configured, the labels become available in supported Office applications. If your organization has sensitivity labels configured in the Azure portal for Azure Information Protection, you will first need to migrate your labels to the Security & Compliance Center, and then the labels can be used by the updated Office apps. You can find more information on migration steps here.

To learn more about sensitivity labels in Office apps, review the documentation, which provides more information on supported apps and version numbers. Office 365 customers have access to the updated apps now, as of the January update.

We’re excited to release these new capabilities to help you better protect your sensitive information. In the coming months we’ll expand sensitivity labels to additional Office apps and platforms, including Outlook for iOS and Android, Outlook on the web, Office apps on Windows and Office Online apps . Please check the Microsoft 365 roadmap for the latest information.

We also look forward to hearing your feedback; you can also engage with us and the community on Yammer or Twitter and provide additional feedback on UserVoice.
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