14 DAY TRIAL // Customers using the Cloud flavor of Office will be able to notice improvements in terms of performance and reliability, according to Jenni French, sr product manager, Office Web Apps. In the latest update to Office Web Apps, Microsoft has focused in increasing the speed of the service, but also on improving stability.
In addition to the lot of behind-the-scenes improvements to performance and reliability, a number of new features are now available, as a direct response to customers’ feedback.
Excel users are bound to be happiest, as the most recent Office Web App update caters to a range of their needs.
Following the refresh, the Excel Web App now enables users to leverage merge and autofit cells, to print directly from their browser, and even lets them take advantage of right click menus.
“Many Excel Web App customers have requested enhanced cell formatting in the Excel Web App, including the ability to merge cells, and to automatically fit cell sizes based on the content the cells contain (AutoFit). With today’s update, you can now do both in the Excel Web App,” French said.
“One of our top requests from Excel Web App customers is to print Excel spreadsheets directly from the Excel Web App. We think this enhancement will be a great time-saver when you need to print a spreadsheet by accessing your Excel documents stored on SkyDrive when you’re away from your main PC.
“We have also heard from Excel Web App customers that you’d like to be able to use some of the same right-click short-cuts that are in Excel for the desktop. Now, you can right-click on cells in the Excel Web App to Cut, Copy, Paste, and work with HyperLinks.”
OneNote Web App users, especially those that rely on pen-input on the desktop version of this application, will also be happy to know that the Cloud version now also displays ink, which it didn’t before.
So next time they scribble or draw something in office OneNote, they’ll be able to access the document without problems right in the OneNote Web App.