{"id":283,"date":"2018-01-30T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/2018\/01\/30\/new-in-january-enriching-teamwork-across-devices\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:43:31","slug":"new-in-january-enriching-teamwork-across-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2018\/01\/30\/new-in-january-enriching-teamwork-across-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"New in January\u2014enriching teamwork across devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re launching into 2018 by bringing great new value to Office 365<\/a> subscribers, with updates that enhance how teams work together and unlock new ways to create and manage content across devices. Read on for details.<\/p>\n

Get more done in Microsoft Teams<\/h3>\n

New features<\/a> for Microsoft Teams<\/a> enable you to interact with apps in new ways, customize your personal workspace, and take quick actions.<\/p>\n

Find and use apps in new ways<\/strong>\u2014Now you can include interactive cards from apps in conversations the same way you would add an emoji or GIF. With one click, you can bring important information, like a task from Trello, into a channel conversation or chat. Finding new apps and services in Teams is now easier with the new Store, where you can search for apps by name or category, such as “Project management” or “Analytics & BI.”<\/p>\n

Command apps and take quick actions across Teams<\/strong>\u2014We also introduced<\/a> the new command box in Microsoft Teams, a single point of entry that integrates your search and command experiences. Now you can quickly interact with apps, perform tasks, and navigate throughout Teams directly from the command box, in addition to searching across people, messages, files, and apps.<\/p>\n

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Work together more effectively with updates to iOS and Mac<\/a><\/h3>\n

New Office 365 capabilities for iOS and Mac<\/a> enhance how teams create content together, make it easier to produce advanced documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from anywhere, and introduce new ways to search, preview, and interact with files.<\/p>\n

Co-authoring for iOS <\/strong>and Mac<\/strong>\u2014We made it easier for individuals to work together across devices with the general availability of co-authoring in Word<\/a>, PowerPoint<\/a>, and Excel<\/a> for iOS and Mac. Now, whether you work on a Mac, PC, or mobile device, you\u2019ll know who else is working with you in a document, see where they\u2019re working, and view changes. Co-authoring is already available on the Office desktop applications for Windows, Office for Android, and Office Online. Learn more at the Microsoft Tech Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Automatically save your work on Mac<\/strong>\u2014Today also marks the general availability of AutoSave in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Mac for Office 365 subscribers who store their documents in OneDrive<\/a> and SharePoint<\/a>. Whether you\u2019re working alone or with others, your latest changes are now automatically stored in the cloud, so you never need to worry about hitting the Save button again. You can also view and restore content from earlier versions of the document at any time with support for version history.<\/p>\n

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Drag and drop content and files on iOS<\/strong>\u2014The Office and OneDrive iOS apps now support drag and drop for content and files. One of the most common and powerful tasks when creating content is integrating photos, graphs, and other objects from a variety of sources. Now Office 365 subscribers on iPad and iPhone can easily drag and drop content into documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from other Office apps or OneDrive. Support for drag and drop for iOS also enables you to move files to and from OneDrive and other sources\u2014such as SharePoint or iMessage\u2014making it easier to organize content scattered across different apps and services.<\/p>\n

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Access OneDrive files from more iOS apps<\/strong>\u2014OneDrive for iOS now natively supports the new iOS 11 Files app. This means iPhone and iPad users can upload, access, edit, and save content to OneDrive or SharePoint from any iOS app that supports File app integration\u2014a top requested feature. Users can also tag their favorite OneDrive and SharePoint files from within the Files app, making it easier to find and use the content that matters to you.<\/p>\n

Preview more file types with OneDrive for iOS<\/strong>\u2014We redesigned the OneDrive for iOS app with a more detailed list view, making it easier to scan file names, see relevant information, and sort files by specific attributes. The updated OneDrive for iOS app also creates crisp thumbnails and supports previews for over 130 file types, including Adobe Photoshop and 3D objects, so you can open, view, and share the right content without leaving the app.<\/p>\n

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Search across your organization with Outlook for iOS<\/strong>\u2014The new search experience in Outlook for iOS leverages the Microsoft Graph to surface results from your top contacts, upcoming travel itineraries, package deliveries, recent attachments, and more. Together with proactive search suggestions and a unified design, it now provides consistent, personalized results that enable you to discover information from across your organization faster.<\/p>\n

Improve reading skills with Learning Tools for Mac<\/strong>\u2014Word for Mac now supports Immersive Reader<\/a> and Read Aloud<\/a>, tools previously available in Word for Windows and mobile apps. These tools enable content to be viewed in ways that are optimized for learning differences and allow documents to be read back with simultaneous highlighting. These features make it easier to recognize and correct errors as you write, improving reading and editing accuracy for everyone\u2014especially users with learning disabilities such as dyslexia.<\/p>\n

Additional updates<\/h3>\n