Articles about Microsoft Office

LinkedIn CEO change: Daniel Shapero takes the helm as Microsoft broadens leadership team

LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero is the company’s new CEO, reporting to Ryan Roslansky, who oversees LinkedIn and Microsoft Office. Roslansky also named Mohak Shroff as president of platforms and digital work as the company scales its leadership around AI. Read More

Microsoft taps LinkedIn CEO for dual role leading Office in AI strategy shift

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on a second role under a new Microsoft organizational structure, overseeing Office apps in… Read More

Microsoft will unbundle Teams in Europe in response to antitrust probe

Microsoft will no longer include Microsoft Teams in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 for its primary business customers in the… Read More

Microsoft’s real AI battle against Google begins with the promise of new superpowers for work

Microsoft was encroaching onto Google’s turf when it announced an AI-powered Bing search engine last month. This morning, Microsoft started… Read More

Microsoft Word gets ChatGPT integration with new ‘Ghostwriter’ third-party add-in

Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into… Read More

Writing is on the wall for Calibri: Microsoft to replace its default font and offers up 5 new choices

It’s the letter no font wants to receive. After 14 years, Microsoft is ready for a change and it has… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and more

— Not many people can say they’ve traveled to space. Not many can say they were also the original developer… Read More

Microsoft launches Office mobile app and promises new features to simplify smartphone tasks

Microsoft is launching an Office mobile app today for Android and iOS designed to make some of its signature software… Read More

Microsoft unveils new Office mobile app that brings together Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Microsoft is bringing some of its most popular tools under one umbrella with a new Office mobile app. Microsoft is… Read More

Clippy is back — for Mac! Microsoft’s infamous Office assistant gets a new virtual life

Hey, Clippy, take note. No one actually misses you. The infamous, virtual, and often annoying animated paperclip assistant, released by… Read More

How Dropbox’s partnerships with Microsoft, and now Google, have shaped its SaaS approach

Dropbox’s decision to partner with Microsoft five years ago has paid off handsomely for the company. Tuesday it plans to… Read More

Signature Microsoft Office apps get new-look logos

Microsoft has updated the logos of its signature Office programs, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to fit with the… Read More

Dark mode for Microsoft’s Outlook.com is on the way

Many Microsoft products have long supported a “dark mode” to make late night work easier on the eyes, though that… Read More

Secrets of a PowerPoint champ: What it takes to win a national title in a Microsoft Office program

Used by many, banned by some and parodied by others, Microsoft PowerPoint is a staple of modern corporate life. But who… Read More

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Microsoft is redesigning Office, making a series of small changes that the company says add up to a simpler and… Read More

Google picks up another win for G Suite as Airbus grounds Microsoft Office

With over 130,000 employees, Airbus uses a lot of office productivity software. It recently decided to make a big bet… Read More

New Microsoft tool aims to make teams more efficient by learning how they spend their days

Microsoft today released a new tool that lets company leaders track how teams spend their time. The new program, Microsoft Workplace… Read More

Life and death for Windows: Vista support ends as Creators Update starts to roll out

April 11 will be a life and death experience for users of Microsoft Windows and Office. It is the day… Read More

Microsoft Ventures joins $4.6M funding round for Swedish image service startup Pickit

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated that Microsoft Ventures led the investing round. It was a participant… Read More

Study: Microsoft Office skills dominate job listings, but top-paying software gigs are all about AWS

The top three software skills featured in job listings across the United States are all still part of Microsoft Office, but… Read More

Yammer on? Microsoft says new ‘Teams’ tool doesn’t supplant its past $1.2B acquisition

It was only four years ago that Microsoft dropped a cool $1.2 billion on Yammer, which bills itself as a social network… Read More

Will Microsoft challenge Slack? What to expect from the company’s Office event this week

Coming off a series of splashy announcements focused on creativity last week, Microsoft is holding another big event Wednesday, where the company… Read More

PowerPoint “Morph” brings animation to Microsoft’s widely used presentation software

Over the years, various tools have debuted in an attempt to usurp PowerPoint’s role as the de facto presentation software for… Read More

Microsoft Office 2016 comes to the general public on Sept. 22 with collaborative editing for the desktop

Microsoft’s Office 2016 is almost here. According to a post on the Office 365 blog, the productivity suite will be “broadly… Read More

How Microsoft is updating Office for the iPad Pro and Apple Watch

Microsoft was the first guest Apple brought on stage to demo features for its new iPad Pro today. Microsoft Office executive Kirk… Read More

Microsoft updates Outlook for iOS with improved attachment editing

Outlook for iOS just keeps getting better. An update Microsoft posted today now lets you open Word, PowerPoint and Excel files directly in… Read More

Microsoft signs General Electric to big Office 365 deal, covering 300k employees

U.S. corporate titan General Electric has signed an agreement to roll out Microsoft Office 365 to its more than 300,000 employees in 170… Read More

Microsoft Outlook.com upgrade adds ‘Clutter’ inbox management feature

As part of its migration to Office 365, Microsoft is previewing an updated Outlook.com starting today. New features include improved search,… Read More

Microsoft announces public preview of new Office Suite Android Apps

Microsoft is updating the Office experience for Android phone users today, starting with a public preview of three new apps… Read More

Microsoft Office 2016 hits public beta, bringing real-time collaboration to the desktop

Office users who want a glimpse of the future will be able to see it starting today, thanks to a new… Read More