Microsoft releases updated Office web apps for all SkyDrive users

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Oh, we certainly do love it, Microsoft.

Microsoft has announced today on its SkyDrive blog that the Office Web Apps Preview is finished, and the company has rolled out the latest updates across all SkyDrive and Outlook.com users. The preview programme, which saw more 750,000 participants, has been running since July this year.

The updates that accept been practical to the spider web apps include improvements that bring richer editing / format capabilities, co-authoring functionality for PowerPoint, and better back up for impact-based devices - hello tablets / smartphones. And so what do each of the improvements implemented mean for the consumer?

A huge advance in functionality and user feel in SkyDrive is certificate co-authoring. The web service already offers a simplified sharing and collaborative platform for colleagues and students to work together on projects in Word, Excel and OneNote Web Apps, just now Microsoft has expanded the functionality to cover PowerPoint as well.

Operation improvements volition see a 30% increase in certificate rendering, according to Microsoft's blog postal service. The aim is to accept users spend more time getting stuck in with work instead of waiting for programs to load up. But the big comeback that will cater for many mobile users is increased support for touch-based devices, as mentioned above.

The Office Web Apps are now easier to interact with while using a smaller, touch sensitive screen (besides as a large tablet display). The apps also support touch gestures, such equally swiping, holding, and dragging. Selecting text is easy and performing common tasks is cipher short of a breeze.

With the launch of Outlook.com, Office 365 and the Office Web Apps, Microsoft is offering a new suite of tools for users to make use of. Not simply on a workstation or laptop, simply smartphones and tablets too. Of course, should yous want a truthful experience, y'all'll need a Windows Phone and Windows 8 hardware. But with the devices that take been unveiled thus far, tapping into the Microsoft ecosystem (if not done so already) isn't a bad idea, right?

Source: SkyDrive Weblog