Microsoft's new mobile app puts Office in your pocket
We write about Microsoft Office quite a bit here at Komando.com For example, tap here to learn how to get MS Office free. We write about it because it’s almost universal software is so important to students, employees and business owners — and it’s about to level-up its mobile app version.
That’s right, the mobile app of a major software brand is an improvement on the original product. That isn’t especially true with programs like Photoshop, so Microsoft really raised the bar on major software brands here.
How did Microsoft improve on an already impressive software package? They kept some key features the same, and added some new ones to bring it to a whole new level.
Same great software…
The Office mobile app gives you access to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all in one place. You can open, create and edit files for each of these programs in one Office app.
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Note: Currently, Office mobile’s preview trials are only available on smartphones, though a tablet version may be in development.
Office mobile lets you easily share and store documents on Microsoft’s cloud service, OneDrive, so like Office Online, you can access documents on the go without using valuable memory space on your phone. Working in Office mobile files is the same as in the regular Microsoft Office Suite, just type with your phone’s keyboard instead.
Getting the most popular Office applications mobile, without a tablet, is already a huge win — particularly for those of us who work on the go. But the new features offered on Office mobile really take this app above and beyond.
…with great new features
We already mentioned that the Office mobile app puts the Office Suite in one convenient spot where you can access all of your Microsoft documents. That’s one great new feature, but there are many more.
Like the Sticky Notes application on your Windows desktop as a digital Post-It? Sticky Notes comes on the Office mobile app, so jotting down ideas is easier than ever.
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