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6/1/2010

Ribbon Hero Update: Now Works with OneNote!
Ribbon Hero is a *gasp* game for Office 2007 and Office 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and now OneNote!) designed to help you boost your Office skills and knowledge. If you feel Office can do a lot more than you have time to figure out, then Ribbon Hero is for you. Play games (aka "challenges"), score points, and compete with your friends while improving your productivity with Office.  As... (read more)
Posted at 12:40 PM by Jen (Office Labs) | Category: Ribbon Hero | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (20)

5/30/2010

Forgotten Attachment Detector now supports Arabic, German and Japanese
It’s been quite a while since we released the Forgotten Attachment Detector (FAD) outlook add-in. We have been closely listening to your feedback and suggestions and have managed to gather significant data as a result. Thank you all for your valuable input!
One of the most requested features for FAD was to support languages other than English. In fact, our data indicated that users already figured... (read more)
Posted at 11:29 PM by Bhavesh | Category: Forgotten Attachment Detector; Grassroots | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (3)

4/27/2010

pptPlex now supports PowerPoint 2010!
Today we posted an update to pptPlex that has two changes:  it now works with PowerPoint 2010 and supports multi-touch in Windows 7!
 
Even though we officially stopped working on pptPlex quite a while ago, you've probably noticed that we still play with it in our free time (for example, controlling presentations with a Wii controller and a 3D camera).  We noticed that pptPlex wasn't working with PowerPoint... (read more)
Posted at 4:51 PM by JJ (Office Labs) | Category: pptPlex | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (10)

3/24/2010

Canvas for OneNote now supports OneNote 2010 and Windows XP
Today we posted a version of Canvas for OneNote with two changes:   The ability to support OneNote 2010 and allow installs on Windows XP.
 
Are we listening to you?  
Ok… so you won’t notice any new features or behavior in this update, but we are listening and really appreciate the comments and feedback we’ve received for Canvas for OneNote. 

• Over 70% of people we surveyed said they preferred the canvas... (read more)
Posted at 2:45 PM by Nathan F (Office Labs) | Category: Canvas for OneNote | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (15)

3/18/2010

Ribbon Hero Update!
There’s a new update of Ribbon Hero! If you’re already using Ribbon Hero, you will soon see an Auto Update message prompting you to get an update to the new build. If you aren’t already using Ribbon Hero, now is a great time to get started!  Install it!
What’s new in this update? 

More Quick Points. Now you can get a higher score by using more features in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Better hints. We... (read more)
Posted at 11:09 AM by Jen (Office Labs) | Category: Ribbon Hero | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (15)

3/17/2010

Exploring the Impact of Social Networking in the Enterprise
No one can deny the growth of social networking in our society.  The social media bug has bitten almost everyone and, to match this demand, Microsoft has been offering our customers technologies to harness the power of social networking.  Bringing the power of social media right to the workplace is the goal of new experiences such as the Outlook Social Connector, the enhanced blog, wiki, profile, and... (read more)
Posted at 11:54 AM by Ashok (Office Labs) | Category: Office Labs; OfficeTalk | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (8)

2/19/2010

Getting ‘hands-on’ with Microsoft’s vision
Today the countdown begins… 
Alright, that sounds a bit dramatic but nonetheless I am excited.  We’ve been working towards some really cool stuff here in Office Labs and today was the first time we showed a glimpse of some of those efforts to an external audience.
About a year ago we released a video dubbed ‘Microsoft 2019’ by the blogosphere.   The release of this video represented a start to a conversation…... (read more)
Posted at 8:16 AM by Ian Sands (MS) | Category: Envisioning; Office Labs; Productivity Future Vision | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (3)

2/15/2010

Ribbon Hero update!
Ribbon Hero has been available for a few weeks, and in that time we’ve seen over 32,000 downloads, 25,000 challenges played, over 650 Facebook fans, and lots of general excitement about using games to motivate learning.
 
We’ve had a few customers with early access to the Office 2010 RC build ask us to release a version of Ribbon Hero that works with Office RC, so we’ve released a new build of Ribbon... (read more)
Posted at 9:14 AM by Jen (Office Labs) | Category: Ribbon Hero | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (6)

1/29/2010

Community Clips has Ended!
Community Clips was a concept test – or experiment – to explore whether it was possible to create a community around how-to videos about Office. When we started this project, we knew that videos could be a great instructional tool, and we believed that Microsoft customers would prefer watching videos to reading help articles. We had a feeling that letting other Office users create the videos themselves... (read more)
Posted at 1:37 PM by Jen (Office Labs) | Category: Community Clips | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (6)

1/19/2010

Play Ribbon Hero and hone your Microsoft Office skills
Hi! I’m Jennifer Michelstein, a Program Manager and casual games enthusiast in Office Labs. My current project is Ribbon Hero, which works on Vista and Windows 7, and in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 2007 and 2010.
I think that Office has a lot of powerful features that can save users a lot of time and help them do some really cool things. When I meet Office users, I often hear them say things like, “I... (read more)
Posted at 9:54 AM by Jen (Office Labs) | Category: Office Labs; Ribbon Hero | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (51)
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