Office For Android Beta Updated With Support For Saving Files On SD Cards And More

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Published on July 5, 2016

published on July 5, 2016

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Microsoft today announced the beta release of their latest update (16.0.7127.1002) for Word, PowerPoint & Excel apps for Android. This update brings support for saving files to SD cards, tables with touch support in Word, support for opening files with ActiveX controls in Excel and more.

Find the full change log below.

Word

• Tables built for touch: No more cut and paste! Drag tables to move them, and let text wrap around
• Save files on SD cards: With Android 5.0 and newer versions, save files anywhere on an SD card.
• Discover more Office apps: Word now makes it easy for you to discover and quickly install all the Office apps available for your Android phone and tablet.

Excel

• Open more files: Now you can open files that contain ActiveX controls.
• Save files on SD cards: With Android 5.0 and newer versions, save files anywhere on an SD card.
• Discover more Office apps: Excel now makes it easy for you to discover and quickly install all the Office apps available for your Android phone and tablet.

PPT

• Save files on SD cards: With Android 5.0 and newer versions, save files anywhere on an SD card.
• Discover more Office apps: PowerPoint now makes it easy for you to discover and quickly install all the Office apps available for your Android phone and tablet.

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Pradeep Viswav

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Pradeep is a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate. He was also a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently working in a leading IT company.

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