Microsoft Office for Android phones gets a new look and features

Microsoft is bringing a new look and features to its Office mobile apps for Android phones today. After launching an Android tablet version in January, the new Office apps for Android phones look very similar. They’re also nearly identical to the iOS version available on the iPhone, and designed with the same features in mind.

While the tablet versions allow you to get a fair amount of editing done without a keyboard and mouse, the phone editions are really for basic and quick edits. Microsoft is using the same editing interface at the bottom of the display, with options to easily change fonts and styling in Word. For Excel those options are designed for quick cell changes, and PowerPoint is largely optimized for simple changes to slide...

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