Using Microsoft Word with the MacBook Pro Touch Bar is pretty cool

I like the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar, Apple’s baby step toward a touchscreen Mac that may never happen. It can be helpful (scrolling through a filmstrip of photo thumbnails) and fun (playing Pac-Man).

But the thin touch-sensitive screen that sits above the keyboard will remain a curiosity for most until it can partner with our most-used productivity applications, like Microsoft Office. Well, that's happening. Microsoft released a public update to Office that includes Touch Bar support on Thursday.

SEE ALSO: MacBook Pro with Touch Bar banned from bar exam in multiple states

For those of you unfamiliar with Microsoft’s productivity suite on macOS, it’s just as powerful and smooth as it is on Microsoft’s Windows 10. If you’ve ever used Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook on Windows or even on the web via Office 365, the macOS version will be instantly familiar. Read more...

More about Office Suite, Office For Mac, Macos, Mac, and Macbook Pro

http://ift.tt/2kuN8VH from Tech http://ift.tt/2lQpGT3
via IFTTT