{"id":225205,"date":"2016-10-27T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/?p=225205"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:16:45","slug":"office-for-mac-adds-touch-bar-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2016\/10\/27\/office-for-mac-adds-touch-bar-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Office for Mac adds Touch Bar support"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor\u2019s note 3\/6\/2017:<\/b>
\nThis post has been updated to reflect current Touch Bar for Outlook functionality.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s note 2\/14\/2017<\/strong>: Today\u2019s post was written by Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for the Office team.<\/em><\/p>\n At the Apple event earlier today, we announced that Office for Mac is adding Touch Bar support. We have a long history of working with Apple to support new form factors and devices, and\u2014as you can see from the news this week\u2014we\u2019re continually evolving Office to take advantage of the latest and greatest hardware innovations across the industry. Through the Touch Bar, Office intelligently puts the most common commands at your fingertips\u2014all based on what you\u2019re doing in the document. Here\u2019s a quick summary of what we announced in Cupertino this morning.<\/p>\n Now from the Touch Bar you can enter Word Focus Mode, a brand-new experience that hides all of the on-screen ribbons and commands so you can simply focus on your work. The Touch Bar is perfect for this moment, putting the most relevant Word features at your fingertips. One tap and you can quickly apply a new style to a heading or paragraph. You can also now insert comments, photos or hyperlinks directly from Touch Bar.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Touch Bar commands in PowerPoint allow you to easily manipulate graphic elements. The Reorder Objects button produces a graphical map of all the layers on a slide, making it easy to find the right object and move it where you want it. And by sliding your finger across the Touch Bar you can easily rotate an object to get just the right angle. Controls are now available on the Touch Bar when your presentation is available in Slideshow<\/a> View, including slide thumbnails and a timer to help you keep track of time as you present.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Typing an equals sign into a cell in Excel immediately pulls up the most recently used functions in the Touch Bar. For example, with a tap (for the formula) and another tap (for a named range) in the Touch Bar, you can quickly sum a range in your spreadsheet. The Touch Bar also provides quick access to borders, cell colors and recommended charts\u2014making it easier than ever to organize and visualize your data.<\/p>\n
\nThis post has been updated to reflect additional Touch Bar functionality for Word and PowerPoint for Mac. Also, February updates to Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Mac include a new object rotation slider on the Touch Bar, which provides a more intuitive and precise rotation experience.<\/p>\nWord<\/h3>\n
PowerPoint<\/h3>\n
Excel<\/h3>\n