Those who worked on this project assured consumers that there is no comparable interface on MacOS for Office 365 apps. According to the company, during testing they continued to communicate constantly with their target demographic in order to optimize the quality of the My Workspace experience. Many responded that they'd like an at-a-glance view of their day as well as easy access to their shared files, so the team began developing My Workspace around those ideas.
They began by asking Mac users what they needed to stay organized during a busy day working with Office 365.
The project began as a challenge: Microsoft asked its Vancouver interns to come up with a way to "add value to a person's day" by having them use the Office 365 suite. Now you can go buck-wild on some spreadsheets whenever the mood strikes you, no matter where you are. Regardless, this is a major overall improvement for Office apps, and makes it much easier for those who use them to access and make changes to their documents quickly. Those Word-associated documents open directly in the Word app with just a single tap from the Files interface – no need to open the share sheet first. docx files than with other types of files:Īfter seeing Teddy's tweet, I did a little playing around in the Files app and discovered that, while Excel and PowerPoint documents accessed in Files will load Quick Look previews and require tapping 'Open in' from the share sheet, the experience is even better with. Now, iOS users can go straight to the Files app, locate the appropriate document, and open it directly with only a tap or two.Ĭhristoffel also went on to do some experimenting of his own, and determined that the "Open in" experience works a bit better for. Previously any documents stored in Files would need to be accessed by going to either Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, tapping the 'More' button in the 'Open' menu, then locating the file from there. FiCQjxdqIE- Teddy Svoronos April 9, 2018Īccording to Christoffel, this feature replaces the previous "Copy to" feature, streamlining the process of opening a document in any of Microsoft's Office apps.
Also big huge great wonderful Office update today.