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In Pictures: Microsoft Office 'lite' for touchscreens

As part of the beta release program for Windows 10, Microsoft has released free touchscreen versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word through the Windows Store.

In Pictures: Microsoft Office 'lite' for touchscreens
In Pictures: 13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013

For some reason, Microsoft has taken to calling the mini-programs that you can install into their Office applications “apps”. Functionally, though, most of these are similar to Web browser add-ons - in the sense that they add to or enhance the feature set of the main program. Here are the most useful ones for the latest versions of Excel and Word.

In Pictures: 13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013

Microsoft launches native integration for Python in Excel

With native Python integration with Excel, users will be able to use the new “PY” function to input Python code directly into Excel cells.
Excel, Python and the future of data science

If the ubiquitous spreadsheet program is the gateway to data science, Python aims to be the next step.
Microsoft’s Power Fx low-code language channels Excel

The no-code, low-code language already leveraged in Power Apps will be extended across the entire Power Platform.
Zapier's automation tools integrate with Excel to make spreadsheets less tedious

Just in time for summer vacation, right?
Microsoft announces new enterprise mobility services

Security products to join Microsoft’s EMS suite
Microsoft partners Dropbox on new integration

Allows edits in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents in Dropbox