San
Francisco (USA), July 16 (EFE). - The computer company Microsoft
unveiled today in San Francisco (USA) a new version of its office
software suite designed for Office next operating system Windows 8
tablets and compatible personal computers.
The company CEO Steve Ballmer said that it is the "most ambitious
release of Microsoft Office" of history, at a ceremony held in the
auditorium City View shopping center in that city The Metreon
California.
Microsoft focused its demonstration model Office for tablets in which
their traditional Word or PowerPoint are handled with the fingertips or
with a digital pen and because of its integration with the Internet, the
documents are stored by default in the cloud.
The new Office, which is not revealed his name and date of release,
will require a user account to make use of the benefits of the cloud so
that you can access the working documents from any device Windows 8,
either mobile phone or tablet PC.
Programs Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and PowerPoint become a Windows
application environment, with a simpler design in which the icons are
minimized and are activated with the fingertip.
In Word, for example, debuted a reading system that adapts the
documents to the device type and becomes an intuitive task insert
images, adjusting the size and location.
Skype and the agenda are accessible directly from applications so that,
for example, Excel can auto columns of information with contact data.
The trial version of "Modern Office" as Ballmer called it, is available
today for customers through the website office.com / preview.
The company also showed a 80-inch touch screen designed for
demonstrations, business meetings and videoconferences in which the
Office can make presentations and modify them on the fly and works with
Windows 8.
Ballmer emphasized the potential of that screen but still have
acknowledged that "working to lower your price" and make it attractive
for consumption.
The CEO stressed that Microsoft is in a time of renewal as the one
experienced in 1995 with the version "vibrant and exciting" Windows and
Office in years.
Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 in October, the month for which
is expected to unveil all the details of its new line of products
adapted to the new operating system.
