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Microsoft demos touch-focused Office apps at Build |
April 02, 2014
Less than a week after introducing Office for iPad, Microsoft showed off the progress of touch-friendly Metro Office apps at its Build conference keynote on Wednesday. While the company didn't even hint at a release date or show off the full range of Office apps, Microsoft Office CVP Kirk Koenigsbauer took the stage to guide users through an early build of the modern PowerPoint app.Surprise! It looked an awful lot like the Office desktop programs, though Microsoft stressed the interface was a preliminary version.With the Metro apps, Koenigsbauer said, Microsoft wanted to create "an unmistakably Office experience, and a key part of that is the ribbon." There should be no learning curve moving from the traditional desktop to these modern-style apps, Koenigsbauer said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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