Windows 10: The new Office—October feature update

Brink · Oct 29, 2015

Welcome to our first new Office update post in which we share the features we are delivering to our Office customers across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Office Online. This month we expanded Skype integration in Office Online, introduced an Office Online extension for Chrome and delivered improvements in Office on Android and Office 2016 for Mac.

We have several exciting new updates this month and hope you enjoy them!

Skype voice and video integration with Office Online

Giving customers better ways to work together is core to the new Office. Last month, we delivered Skype in-app integration with Office 2016 on the desktop and we promised that was just a first step. Now we’re taking Skype integration to the next level, first in Office Online and, over time, in the desktop apps, as well. Today we are announcing Skype voice and video integration in Office Online (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Online) and in Outlook.com, so that you can now see and speak to your Skype contacts. The integration creates a natural, collaborative experience in which you can co-author and have a conversation using instant messaging or video calling right from within a document. Best of all, your instant messaging history stays connected to the document, so that the next time you open it, you can pick right up where you left off. Office Online exists to help you collaborate with anyone, anywhere, with just a browser. Now with Skype communication built right in, you can get more done, faster.

Skype integration with Office Online will be available to customers worldwide with a Microsoft account in November.

A quicker way to access and create Office documents on Chrome browser

We want to bring Office to you wherever you are. If you use Chrome, there is a new extension that lets you create and open Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Sway documents using Office Online right from the Chrome browser. You can also use the extension to open and view existing Office documents stored on OneDrive, on OneDrive for Business and on your computer right from Chrome. Click here using the Chrome browser to get the new Office Online extension.

Additional Office Online enhancements

One of the coolest things about being able to update Office regularly is that we can now address customer feedback more rapidly. Based on your suggestions, this month we added an enhanced Navigation pane to help you work with large documents within Word Online. We also added a number of formatting improvements with Excel Online and made performance improvements to PowerPoint Online.

Office on Android

We put our Office on Android apps on a diet! You will see that our latest update reduced the apps footprint by 40 percent, and we’re going to keep working to get them down further. We also improved the sign up/sign in experience, so you can get started more quickly with your Microsoft account or Office 365 school or work account. Additionally, the Office apps are also now enterprise-ready with Android M support for Enterprise and compliant with Android for Work.

If you’re an Office 365 subscriber, you can now use Presenter View in PowerPoint on Android to show and present your slides like a pro. View your presentation with speaker notes on your Android phone or tablet while projecting to a large screen.

Visual Basic Editor features come to Office 2016 for Mac

A lot of developers asked for improvements to the overall Visual Basic Editor (VBE) on Office 2016 for Mac, and we’re pleased to deliver several top customer requests. You now have the ability to Add Modules from within the Project Viewer, Add Library References using a Dialog and use shortcut keys for debugging. We also recently added two new commands to the Visual Basic object model for Mac: GrantAccessToMultipleFiles and AppleScriptTask and a new conditional, MAC_OFFICE_VERSION. For more information, see the VBE improvements section of the VBA improvements in Office 2016 blog post.
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hTconeM9user · Oct 30, 2015

Office is good now
Thanks for posting it is going to get even better
Looking forward to year 2016

:)

phydeau(2) · Oct 30, 2015

Problem with featured story in msn news app

This is not new. I already dealt with this in the past. I noted that the featured story in msn app won't update, although the other items are new. It is now October 20 and the featured story is from October 2. In the past, I uninstalled and reinstalled
the app and got it to update that way. HOWEVER, I don't want to have to uninstall/reinstall every time, now, just to get the featured story to update. WHY DOESN'T IT UPDATE ITSELF???? Why doesn't it update when I refresh the page? The tile seems to have
updates, but when I open the app, the featured story is stuck back in the past!!!

Andre Da Costa · Oct 30, 2015

Windows update 10

You can block the Feature Update if you don't want to install it: How to Block a Windows 10 Feature Update and Why You Might Need To Please note, Microsoft will stop issuing updates for Windows 10 1511, which is what you have installed will stop receiving
updates October 17, 2017: Users Still Running Windows 10 Version 1511 Have Until October 2017 to Upgrade

bobjoe · Oct 30, 2015

Interesting... Microsoft used Windows 8 on their screenshot. Is this a sign??? *Tongue

Cornishman · Oct 30, 2015

Is "Word online" free to use?

hTconeM9user · Apr 4, 2018

Is "Word online" free to use?
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Hi follow this link

Microsoft Office Online - Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the web

There is a free trial
I pay for mine and get Office 2016 as well

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