Microsoft launches new Office application to easily manage applications and documents
Microsoft is currently rolling out a new Office application for Windows 10 that replaces the pre-installed “My Office” app. This app supports Office 2016, Office 2019, Office 365 subscriptions, and Office Online online versions.
The app itself can be easily understood as a web page shortcut. After clicking, you can jump to the web version of Office to process various documents online.
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Microsoft’s development of this new application is mainly to help users to achieve a variety of office software jumps, in essence, more inclined to enterprise-level users. It’s just that the name of this app is called Office, which is somewhat inconvenient. It may cause some misunderstandings with other UWP versions of Office applications.
A few key reasons to use the app include:
- Quickly switch between apps. See all your Office apps in one place and switch between them with a single click.
- Get back into your work. Jump to your most recently used documents, pinned documents, and documents shared with you—whether they’re on your local machine or stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.
- Find what you need. With Microsoft Search integrated prominently, you can quickly find the apps, documents, people, and sites you need to get your work done.
- Tailor it to your organization. Organizations can apply company branding and integrate other line of business applications through single sign-on to customize the experience for their users.
Currently, the app is only available to Windows 10 Insider Preview users, and Microsoft said it will be pushed to users and replace my Office app after testing.
The app will also be pre-installed in the Windows 10 Version 1903 release released next spring, and users will not need to manually download and install it.