Software : Microsoft to preview the mobile version of Office for Windows 10 this month

---

Microsoft to preview the mobile version of Office for Windows 10 this month Posted: If you're a Windows Phone user and you're eager to upgrade to Windows Phone 10 when it launches later this year, you'll enjoy this news. Microsoft will preview the mobile Office Suite for Windows 10 by the end of April. Today's glimpses of the upcoming mobile Office suite reveal a new interface designed for bottom-of-the-screen navigation better suited for thumb clicks and drags. Additionally, a new Reading mode for Word allows you to tap a document in order to have it fit entirely onto your device's screen. This enables you to see an entire document without having to scroll between "pages." Microsoft has also revealed that the Office apps aren't built directly into Windows 10, but will be preinstalled on new Windows phones after the operating system goes live. This will enable Microsoft to update the software without having to completely overhaul the entire Windows 10 system. The background Microsoft previously set a summer launch window for the Windows 10 desktop and mobile operating system (OS). In February, Windows Phone users who'd enrolled in the Windows Insider program were eligible for a technical preview of the mobile build, which Microsoft said would be consistent across smartphones, tablets, PCs, laptops, Internet of Things devices, and on the Xbox. However, Microsoft promised to deliver a touch-focused Office Universal app designed specifically for smartphones and tablets, similar to mobile versions of Office available for Android and iOS devices. Windows Phone 8.1 users are eligible for a free upgrade to the mobile Windows 10 OS once it goes live. However, Microsoft pulled a build of Windows 10 Technical Preview for low-end Lumia 520, 525, and 526 phones after users said their phones stopped working after installation, so stay it's obvious Windows 10 for phones isn't finalized just yet. Read our Windows 10 preview review

Office 365 maximum attachment size gets six-fold increase Posted: Microsoft has delivered an update to Office 365 that lets users send mail attachments that are six times larger than before. Being able to send mail attachments of just 25MB per message is a thing of the past and administrators can now set limits of up to 150MB on attachments for Office 365 users. The default mail attachment will remain at 25MB unless the administrator changes it and Microsoft has made the decision not to alter this due to the fact that many users will still want to keep limits at a low level. "It turns out that some folks want an even smaller setting than 25 MB and many don't want to change the current setting at all. So instead of us foisting a one-size-fits-all setting onto everyone, we're now giving Office 365 customers the freedom to choose the maximum size setting that's right for them," explained Kevin Shaughnessy, Senior Program Manager for the Office 365 team, in a blog post. How to increase it Office 365 gaining this privilege won't change much for users of the Outlook Web App in Office 365 as they can "attach" a document using OneDrive that is much larger and the user at the other end can download it from the cloud. Any administrators looking to increase the size of the maximum attachment can do so using their global administrator privileges in the Exchange Admin Center, navigate to the recipients and click the "…" icon before selecting "Set default message size restrictions." Check it out: Office 365 review

You are subscribed to email updates from TechRadar: All latest Applications news feeds To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States