Microsoft Word has received a transformation, with an emphasis on simplicity.
The overhauled Word discards a majority of the icons located in the banner at the head of the Office application, decreasing the three rows of shortcuts down to just one row of the most regularly utilized features.
Microsoft has refurbished all the other icons with a unique sharper, high-contrast fashion which the company states will increase visibility for the users.
The abridged look is now available to Microsoft Office 365 subscribers across the world.
Microsoft has also uncovered a comparable update for Microsoft Outlook featuring an Artificial Intelligence search tool.
However, Microsoft states that it will refrain from renovating the rest of applications in the Microsoft Office productivity suite, which include Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel until it hears back from users on the updated look.
The revamp happens as Google redesigned its email client, Gmail, at the beginning of the present year to compete better with Microsoft Office 365.
The company has begun to roll-out a new look to its Outlook and Word applications.
It includes a simplified user interface, and overhauled icons.
New Changes in Microsoft Office:-
New Toolbar: The Company has decreased the three rows of shortcut icons which were earlier displayed in the toolbar at the head of Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word applications down to just one row.
Updated Icons: The other icons have been revamped from the very beginning in order to scale in a better way to different display dimensions. In addition to this, the company has also extended the contrast to make the icons appear more apparent to users who have low vision.
AI Search: Beginning with Outlook, the company will add a search bar powered by Artificial Intelligence to the Microsoft Office 365 productivity applications. This AI search function will try to forecast customer’s inquiry no longer than they hover the cursor over the bar.
Reversible: All the user interface modifications which are slated to launch can be reversed. The company has assured consumers the choice to return to the earlier look with a click.
Recent changes made to Outlook:-
The recent rollouts to Outlook come barely weeks after Microsoft rolled out an array of new features to its email client, in order to compete better with rivals such as Gmail.
Bill Reminders: Outlook automatically searches the user’s emails and attaches any scheduled dates for bill payments mentioned in the emails to the calendar.
Better Location Support: The modernized application uses the search engine Bing in order to populate the user’s appointments with added details regarding the venue.
Syncing: Microsoft Outlook for iOS will be able to synchronize any incomplete draft mails between the iPhone, Android phone or tablet, and desktop computer and laptop devices.
RSVP: Outlook now presents customers the entire record of responses from individuals who have RSVP’d to an event, not just their own.
Better Time Zone Management: Microsoft states it has updated time zone support. Therefore now the users can attach calendar notes which begin in one time zone, but stops in a different one.
Outlook added a new bill reminders function which examines emails for bills and adds due dates automatically to person’s calendar.
It will then notify the user by sending an email reminder two days before the due date of the payment.
This function already works a similar service for travel reservations as well as package deliveries, as does its opposing Gmail.
Outlook also gives recommendations for meeting venues in calendar entries and uses the search engine, Bing, to populate data related to the site automatically.
This tool is also accessible in the Outlook app on iOS, along with the choice to book a meeting venue via a mobile phone device.
Microsoft is also upgrading the RSVP system built into Outlook, with users now able to see the responses listed by everyone invited to the meeting.
