Microsoft Lumia 950 XL: what's new in Office Mobile

In Microsoft Office Mobile already has about a dozen applications: Now he is treated "Mail" and "Calendar" for Windows Mobile 10, cloudy client OneDrive and even Skype. However, the list of programs to work with documents on mobile devices remains unchanged for more than a year - Word, Excel, Power Point and editor notes OneNote. Today we'll show you what useful opportunities have emerged in the Microsoft office in Windows 10 for mobile devices, and how well it copes with documents with complex formatting.
The first thing that should be noted when meeting with the new Office - a free download from the Windows Store for all devices with a screen of 10.1 inches or less. These devices include all mobile smartphones OC Windows 10 and most tablets and transformers on the "desktop» Windows 10. For devices with larger screens 10.1 inches Mobil Office e available only view documents, and for editing and creating the necessary subscription Office 365. It is necessary for the use and application of advanced features on your phone, such as special inserts in Word and Excel. For OneNote subscription is not required - the app is absolutely free and has full functionality for all users and device types.
In smartphones running Windows 10 is no longer a special hub Office, and all the application components of the new office can be installed on the smartphone from the store independently.

Another major innovation of Office Mobile - Supports Continuum, allowing to display the "full" application office suite when you connect your smartphone via a special docking station to an external monitor. Viewing documents using Continuum will be free, and to create and edit files after the trial period will have to activate your subscription to Office 365.


"Mobile" version of Office when viewing has excellent compatibility with all the documents, "desktop" version. Office Mobile recognizes the right fonts, advanced formatting, inserted images and other elements. Blocks with different formatting are shown in their place and do not "move out" that often happens in third-party apps viewer. The new Office Mobile also supports viewing files in the old format (Office 2003 or earlier) and for editing files can be immediately converted to the new format.


The functionality of Office Mobile is wide enough to work with most of the documents, spreadsheets and presentations, but there are at this application and its limitations. For example, some specific functions like insert equations in Word are not supported and require the "desktop" versions, though edit existing equations can be inserted. On the other hand, you are unlikely to be created on a smartphone or a small tablet sophisticated documents, spreadsheets and presentations, and if you want to do it on a computer or mobile device with a large screen, it is, in any case, you will have to purchase a subscription to Office 365, which also gives access to the applications and "desktop" office.

Directly with their tasks copes Office Mobile "excellent" and, in addition, he received a number of functions, which are mobile users previously could only dream of. General functional innovations Office Mobile began the following capabilities: document creation is not "from scratch", and using a variety of free templates; insert notes into documents for file sharing, as well as various objects - tables, figures, shapes and SmartArt.

However, each application has all the necessary functions, depending on their destination. For example, Word had the opportunity to fine-tune the settings page, and working with headers and footers, as well as spell checking and comfortable reading mode, Excel - full support for formulas with built-in database, and Power Point - animated transitions between slides, connecting to a wireless monitor and feature slideshow on an external monitor while showing only Rapporteur notes on the smartphone.

As for OneNote, this is the app for smartphones can boast broad functionality, but well performing its main task - keeping notes, synchronized in the cloud. Editing features are limited to simple text formatting, bulleted lists, and insert images.

A new set of Microsoft software provides users Lumia 950 XL is quite a lot of functionality when working with documents and presentations, including the ability to make anywhere even complex edits. How it makes life easier, we talk more in the full review Microsoft Lumia 950 XL.
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