As the second Ignite conference in 2021 kicked off on Tuesday, Microsoft also took the opportunity to announce the latest changes to the Office productivity suite.In order to adapt to the transition to the hybrid office era, the software giant first introduced a new application called Loop, which is known to be dedicated to providing teams with new solutions for real-time collaboration, and then there is a cloud for Microsoft Teams and other Office applications. Experience improvement.
Data map (from:OfficeOfficial website)
Context IQ brings prediction assistants to Microsoft Editor:
As a new application of Microsoft AI technology, the first Microsoft Editor editor, Context IQ can also benefit all Microsoft 365 applications.
Although it was originally just a replacement for the popular Grammarly browser extension, it has now gained more powerful predictive assistance capabilities.
With the blessing of Context IQ, when you need to share documents with colleagues, Microsoft Editor will be able to suggest related files.
Or when you try to schedule a meeting in your Outlook email, suggest an available time period when everyone is free.
The Microsoft Editor will provide the information users need in various Microsoft 365 applications (including Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams), and these new context-based recommendations will push the capabilities of AI assistants to a new level.
Video editing application Clipchamp joins the Office family:
Microsoft’s acquisition of Clipchamp, a web-based video editing platform in September, will fill an important gap in the company’s productivity ecosystem.
Although currentlyWindowsThe 10/11 operating system already provides native applications such as “photos”, but their video editing functions are quite limited.
Wangui McKelvey, general manager of Microsoft 365 explained:
With the addition of Clipchamp, creators of all levels can quickly master the skills of creating, editing, and sharing, and then easily share with others.
Whether it’s advertising, virtual history courses, or family video memoirs, Clipchamp can help you produce beautiful and professional content.
PowerPoint is ushering in a new recording function:
Next year, PowerPoint users will be able to use the new “recording studio” to further enhance the appeal of their presentations.
This feature will allow users to customize their background, annotate slides, and choose different views during recording.
According to the plan, the “Recording Studio” in PowerPoint will be generally available in early 2022.
Excel adds support for custom data types:
For a long time, Microsoft Excel only supported two data types: ‘text’ and ‘number’.
However, after the previous introduction of stock, geography, Power BI and Power Query Data types, the software giant now allows developers to use the newly introduced JavaScript API to create custom data types.
According to the plan, the API will be previewed later this month.
Microsoft is transforming Office.com and Office applications for Windows:
As shown in the figure above, users can find a new ‘My Content’ page in the left pane of Office.com.
Here, users can easily retrieve their related resources across Microsoft Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
Finally, with the help of dozens of tools across Microsoft 365, the new version of the creation page will become easier to use.