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Microsoft is shedding the preview tag from its Office for Windows 10 apps. Ahead of an official launch on July 29th, the software maker is delivering final versions to Windows 10 testers today. Not much has changed in the apps over the course of the five-month preview, but they're clearly more refined alongside the Windows 10 operating system they run on. While they will run on desktop PCs, Microsoft has named them mobile apps as they're primarily designed as touch-friendly applications for tablets and phones running Windows 10.
Office for Windows 10 apps are perfect for basic editing
If you only need Office for basic editing and authoring then these are perfect.
They're lightweight, speedy, and very easy to use. Microsoft has
integrated OneDrive deep into the experience, so you can edit documents
from the cloud and pick up where you left off. During my testing of the
preview versions I noticed that the spellcheck option didn't work
correctly in Word Mobile, but that has been rectified for these final
versions alongside other minor changes and bug fixes. Microsoft's Office
for Windows 10 apps include Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint
Mobile, and OneNote
While these latest Office for Windows 10 apps are no longer in preview, they're not really complete and finalized. Microsoft is taking a service approach to Windows 10
which will see regular, perhaps monthly, updates to the operating
system and its associated apps. The Office for Windows 10 apps are part
of a broader Office strategy at Microsoft and will also be regularly
updated.
