Windows 10: Microsoft is working on a huge Office apps update for Windows 10

Similar to the Windows Insider program, Microsoft also allows users to become an “Office Insider”. By joining the Office Insider program, you can check out upcoming versions of Office apps for Windows 10, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Microsoft is testing several new features for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. In the latest preview update for Insiders, Microsoft has introduced a new theme setting for Office apps that will allow Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc to match Windows 10’s system settings.

For example, Word will automatically switch to its native dark mode if you use Windows 10’s built-in dark theme settings.



The update is also introducing support for a new feature that will allow you to save shapes as images, so you can easily copy and paste the converted images across your documents or presentations.

This means you can now use the “Save as Picture” option to save your charts, shapes, diagrams, and even text boxes. You can also copy the converted images to the clipboard and paste them in PowerPoint presentation. This feature is now available in Outlook, Word, and Excel.

In addition, Microsoft adding support for the new Editor pane in Microsoft Word that will give you greater control over spellcheck and grammar suggestions.



For PowerPoint, Microsoft is working on a new feature that will allow you to make the background transparent when you create a GIF within the presentation.

You can access the option from the Export panel where you need to select the new “Make Background Transparent” option.

Excel is receiving a new Data Visualizer add-in that will allow you to easily create flowcharts, org charts, etc using the Excel data. They can be viewed in Visio and you can use richer editing capabilities as well.



Outlook desktop is also getting a huge update with the following new features:

• Built-in translator support.
• Improved grammar and style suggestions.
• Settings and Signatures in the cloud.
• The online archive search feature is now expanding.
• New profile card.

It’s worth noting that Microsoft is also considering a major architecture upgrade for Outlook desktop app that will focus on web technologies.

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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.

 

Microsoft Confirms Windows, Office 6-Month Update Cycle

Microsoft has been steadily increasing stability, features and, the company hopes, attractiveness of its latest Windows 10 operating system. Recently, its Creator's Update has brought, among other features, a performance-boosting Game Mode, a 3D version of the popular and (respectably ancient) Paint app, as well as increased privacy control, something users clamored for. Now, the Redmond company has confirmed that it's looking towards a six month update cycle for Windows 10 (thus aligning it with Office 365 ProPlus), looking to streamline and increase predictability of its support.

Microsoft released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, and the Creators Update made its public debut on April 11 2017, which is already close to the six-month update cycle the company is now confirming (seven months, in this case.) Now the company has confirmed that it plans to release its next step on the Windows 10 operating system on September 2017. From then on, updates should arrive in a steady cadence, on every subsequent March and September. Each Windows 10 feature release will be serviced and supported for 18 months, as is currently the case, and the company has also added that its System Center Configuration Manager will support this new aligned update model for Office 365 ProPlus and Windows 10, "making both easier to deploy and keep up to date."







Source: Blogs.Windows.com, Tom's Hardware

 

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