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Microsoft Office iOS apps add Outlook integration, improved sharing, protected documents, & more

Microsoft is rolling out an update to some its Office iOS apps today that includes a handful of new features for the Word, PowerPoint, and Excel iPhone and iPad apps.

Among the new features, all three apps get support for viewing protected documents and Outlook integration. For Outlook, users now have the ability to “send a document as an attachment in Outlook. Or directly edit a document attached to or linked from an Outlook email message.”

In addition, all three apps get support for bi-directional and script languages, including Thai, Hebrew, and Arabic.

The updated apps will also now let users invite others to edit a document and configure permissions for those collaborators.

The updated Microsoft Office apps (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) are available on the App Store now.

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  1. Jed Obray - 9 years ago

    I downloaded all of these today, including the new Outlook app. They’re all tied to my Office 365 account. So far, I love them. The only beef I have, and maybe I’m doing something wrong, is that when I’m viewing/editing a document or spreadsheet, and choose to email it as an attachment, it opens up the native iOS Mail app. I was expecting it to launch the Outlook app. Is this by design, am I missing a setting somewhere, or am I just a moron? I’d really like to keep my Office 365 account (personal business) separate from my 9-5 accounts in my native iOS Mail.

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