Office 2016 Preview Update

Today Microsoft’s corporate vice president of the Office Client Applications Services Team, Kirk Koenigsbauer, wrote that the company would be adding features regularly for customers to test, and that “About a month ago, we invited anyone to participate in Office 2016 on Windows Preview. We now have over one million customers using the Office Preview across both Windows and Mac platforms.” Here is a look at the highlights Microsoft is touting for this month’s update: Microsoft is rolling out these features over the next couple of days, so if you don’t see them yet, hang tight if you have an Office 365 subscription. Or, you can go to File > Account and check for updates manually. Simplified file sharing—We are simplifying the process of sharing files and making them available to others to review, comment, and edit. Just clicking Share on the Ribbon will save your file to the Cloud and make it available to others in one easy step. Insights for Office (currently in Word and Outlook)—Insights, powered by Bing, brings you contextual information from the web right into your reading experience. Try it by selecting keywords, like people or places, in your content and watch as Insights pulls relevant information into the Task pane to help you learn more. Version History improvements—We made it easier to find different versions of files stored on SharePoint or OneDrive for Business. You can click the History command in the File menu to view or restore any previous version.

Remember, this is still the Preview version of Office 2016, but if you want to download it and start testing it out, read our article: How to Upgrade Office 365 to Office 2016 Preview. Comment Name * Email *

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