Microsoft previews its new touch-focused Office apps for Windows devices

Apr02

by Sindy Cator on April 2, 2014 at 5:15 pm

Microsoft today previewed a “work in progress” version of its new Office apps, designed for touchscreen devices. The presentation centered on a new version of Powerpoint, which Kirk Koenigsbauer, CVP for Microsoft Office, said was “early user experience” code. Taking inspiration from the existing Office apps built on Win32, he showed a preview of the “backstage” area where users can open recent documents, files stored in OneDrive, or create new projects based on a template. While the overall design looked similar to the current Powerpoint app for Windows 8, it’s clearly been tweaked for touch input. Headers and tool icons are…