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Microsoft revamps Office, touch screens in mind
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 12:22 PM by Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft is unveiling a new version of its widely used suite of word processing, spreadsheet and email programs.
A preview version of the new Office suite is being made available online at http://office.com/preview . CEO Steve Ballmer is introducing it at an event in San Francisco. He calls it, "the most ambitious release of Office that we have ever done."
Like an upcoming redesign of Microsoft's Windows operating system, the new Office will respond to touch as well as commands delivered on a computer keyboard or mouse. The addition of touch-based controls will enable Office to extend its franchise into the rapidly growing tablet computer market.
Microsoft Corp. isn't saying when it will go on sale or what the price will be. Those details will come in the fall.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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