Office Web Apps.

С момента выпуска Office Web Apps в июне этого года, одной из наиболее часто запрашиваемых функций являлась возможность вывода на печать документов Word. Онлайновый «вьюер» Word Web App уже поддерживает функцию печати, однако большое количество пользователей хотели бы видеть эту команду и в текстовом редакторе. Недавно указанная опция была добавлена в выпадающее меню «File».

Пользователи Excel Web App получили долгожданную возможность вставки графиков и диаграмм в электронные таблицы из вкладки Insert, а также смогут оценить функцию автоматической подстановки значений в табличные ячейки.

Наконец, обновленная версия PowerPoint Web App предусматривает возможность вставки графических объектов (clipart) в создаваемые презентации. Авторы презентаций смогут использовать более 200 тысяч качественных фотоснимков и иллюстраций, доступных в библиотеке изображений на сайте Office.com. На сайте также можно найти специальные коллекции объектов, подготовленные партнерами iStockPhoto и Fotolia. Добавление выбранного изображения в слайд осуществляется из вкладки Insert.

По материалам официального блога команды разработчиков Office Web Apps.

When we shipped Office Web Apps in June, we set out to make the Office experience more accessible so you could work from anywhere and share with anyone. We love to get input from the people who use Office Web Apps. That feedback helps us decide what features we offer next and when we make those features available. The latest updates to Office Web Apps add some much requested functionality to Word Web App, Excel Web App and PowerPoint Web App.

Here’s what we added…

Word Printing

One of the top requests from customers we saw once Word Web App went live was the ability to print Word documents. Word Web App’s viewer includes the ability to print but what we realized as we looked through all the customer feedback is that you wanted the print command in the Word Web App editor as well. Now, if you drop the File menu when you are editing a Word document you’ll see this:

Not only will this make the print command easier to find but it will also reduce the number of steps required to print a document you are editing.

Excel Charts and the Auto Fill Handle

In Excel Web App there are two updates I want to highlight: inserting charts and the auto fill handle. Now in Excel Web App you can go to the Insert tab and insert charts. You will then be able to manipulate the data and elements of the chart in much the same way you can in Excel 2010. Here is a taste of the new UI for inserting charts:

You can also modify existing charts (or ones you just created!) just by clicking on them:

Here is a chart made in Excel Web App:

Also, you can now use the auto fill handle in Excel Web App. The auto fill handle is a time-saving feature in the Excel desktop client that allows you to use the contents of one cell to fill in adjacent cells. For example, In this worksheet there are two columns of numbers. I am summing the first row of numbers. If I want to sum the remaining numbers in the two columns, I can grab the small black square (the auto fill handle) and drag it down:

Here is the result when I drag the auto fill handle down the column:

PowerPoint Clip Art and More Themes

With the addition of clip art to PowerPoint Web App you can now add high quality photos and illustrations to your presentation from Office.com’s image library. Choose from over 200,000 high-quality, royalty-free images, including selections from partners like iStockPhoto and Fotolia. Use the Insert tab to add clipart to slides with image placeholders:

You can use the Insert Clip Art dialog to search through thousands of images:

We are also happy to report that you can now select more themes when you create a new presentation in PowerPoint Web App. Once you name your presentation this dialog box comes up when the presentation opens:

Thank You!

We really appreciate all your feedback. Keep it coming! You can give us feedback directly from each of the web apps. There is a Give Feedback link in the File menu.

Stay tuned as we have even more to share in a few weeks.

Nick Simons
Program Manager, Office Web Apps