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Microsoft is teasing a significant new update for the Office apps on Mac. The company informed users about the major new update on Friday. According to Microsoft engineer Derek Snook, the new Office for Mac update will come with some major architectural changes which will enable faster feature releases.The improved underlying structure of Office for Mac will allow Microsoft engineers to add new fe...

Microsoft has released a new Office Insider build for Apple iOS and Mac Insiders, bringing along a number of new improvements and features. The release is a preview of the August update and takes the preview apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for iPad and iPhone on iOS to versionVersion...

Microsoft today aounced that they are bringing back full Visual Basic development editor to Office for Mac. A limited Visual Basic development environment already shipped with the Office 2016 for Mac. Based on the feedback from customers, Microsoft is now going to include full environment on the...

Today, Microsoft released a new update for Office on the Mac to Office Insiders in the Slow Ring. The latest update for Office on Mac introduces some new backgrounds for the Focus Mode, includingOak, Mahogany, Graphite, Black Oak, and more. These are backgrounds which you will basically see when you are in the Focus Mode on any of the Office apps, including Word, and the other apps. In Word 2016 for Mac, we’ve added more backgrounds for focus mode, including Oak, Mahogany, Graphite, and more. To get started, switch to focus mode and move your pointer to the top of the screen to make the ribbon appear. On the View tab, click Background to see the new background choices. (If you can’t click th...

Last month, we reported thatSalesforce has raisedits conceson Microsoft’s proposed LinkedIn acquisition.Salesforce chief legal officer Burke Nortonsaid thatMicrosoft’s proposed acquisition of LinkedIn threatens the future of iovation and competition. Microsoft’s chief legal officer Brad Smith responded with the following statement the same day. Salesforce may not be aware, but the deal has already been cleared to close in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. We’re committed to continuing to work to bring price competition to a CRM market in which Salesforce is the dominant participant charging customers higher prices today. Microsoft today aounced that they have sought approval from EU for...

Microsoft yesterday released the October feature update for Office 2016 for Mac to Office Insider Slow ring users. The v15.27 (161003) update includes more functions in Excel, the ability to trip audio and video files in PowerPoint and more. Find the full change log below. New features: More functions: In Excel, use CONCAT or TEXTJOIN to shorten your text formulas, or try the forecasting functions to help you see the future. (Feature requires an Office 365 subscription.) Trim audio and video files: In PowerPoint, trim unwanted content from the begiing or the end of your audio or video files. You can also trigger an animation by using a bookmark in your media file. (Feature requires an Office...

[embedded content]Microsoft is releasing a new Xbox One build 1610 to its preview users today. Unlike the recent preview builds in the past, this build includes new features. This preview build includes Clubs & Looking for Group (LFG) features which were aounced at E3 few months back. Apart from these two features, they have made improvements to Gamerscore Leaderboard. The Gamerscore Leaderboard on Xbox One and the Xbox app on Windows 10 devices is faster and more reliable. The Leaderboard also now resets at the begiing of each month instead of displaying results for a 30-day rolling period, meaning you and your friends will have a clean slate to compete against one another at the start of e...

Recently, Microsoft started testing 64-bit support for Office apps on macOS with Office Insiders. Today, the company has rolled out support for 64-bit to all Office apps on the Mac. This means, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote now support 64-bit on the Mac. According to Microsoft, this will introduce better performance across all Office apps, and allow the company to introduce new “iovative features.” It is worth noting that users will have to update their add-ons to 64-bit versions on the Office apps. If you use an add-in, there should be a new update available for it already which supports Office’s 64-bit version — but if it isn’t, you’ll have to wait for the developer to add s...

Envelop, a virtual reality desktop environment is now available for download as a public beta. For those lucky few users who own either an HTC Vive or an Oculus Rift, you can now download the public beta and start exploring your desktop in an immersive 360 view. Envelop can run any number of existing Windows applications in a virtual environment, allowing you to control both the window size and location in 3D space. “Envelop for Windows is our first idea of what immersive computing might look like,” says Bob Berry, CEO and cofounder of Envelop. “We have a vision of where it’s going, but we need to get there incrementally. We can’t just go off and build cyberspace or build the metaverse from ...

Microsoft today aounced the release of August feature update preview to Insider Slow participants. The version number is 15.25 (160806). This v15.25 update includes several new features like simplified summary cards in your travel confirmation and package delivery emails, and in your calendar...

Microsoft has released a new update for Office on the Mac to Insiders. If you are an Office Insider using a Mac, you can get the update right now. With the latest update, the company is adding the ability to find shared files within Office, meaning that you no longer to open OneDrive or Office Online to view the shared files. In addition to this, the update also introduces Ink Aotations for OneNote in the new Draw tab, and more control over objects in Word. Here is the full changelog: Find shared files: In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, click File > Shared to see documents, workbooks, and presentations that others have recently shared with you. (This feature requires an Office 365 subscription...

Microsoft has added a new ring to their Office Insider Program. Besides the earlier Slow ring which offered stable and reliable new builds, the Fast ring is now available for devil may care peoplewho like living on the edge. Microsoftdescibethe experiences on the Insider Slow and Insider Fast assuch: Office Insider Slow: This is the option that we offered originally to Mac users. It’s ideal for those who want early access to fully supported Office 2016 for Mac builds, with minimal risk. Every month, we typically release one, sometimes two, Insider Slow updates. Office Insider Fast: This is a new option is for those who want to use the earliest builds possible to improve quality and influence...

With Office Add-ins, developers can make their solution a native part of any platform that Office supports. Using the power of the web and standard web technologies like HTML5, XML, CSS3, JavaScript, and REST APIs, they can create add-ins that interact with data in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, and Access Web Apps for SharePoint. Microsoft today aounced at Build 2016 that they are adding support for Office Add-in on Office 2016 for Mac. Find the table below for more details. Get all the updates from Build 2016 here! Let's block ads! بخوانید...