Microsoft has made several improvements to the web versions of its Office applications. Thus, it is possible to at the same time to documents to work and there is built-in support for devices with a touch-sensitive screen.
According to Microsoft, the announced improvements are immediately available for users. The so-called co-authoring functionality to ensure that users at the same time in the same document may work, without that there are different versions of arise. This feature is available for the web versions of Word, Excel, and OneNote.
In addition, claims that the company from Redmond that are web apps now are more suitable for operation on devices that have a touchscreen. There are many gestures built-in, including how to make swipe – and sleepbewegingen, but also pinch-to-zoom. Finally, Microsoft has the performance of the web-based version of Office improved. Thus, the rendering of documents is now 30 percent faster, and the interface could rapper feel.
The web version of Office has integration with Microsoft’s cloudopslagdienst SkyDrive. Previously, the software was, however, the beta label is still not available for everyone, but with the announced update is now the case.