Fast Company on Office 15...

Fast Company: What The New Microsoft Office Gets Wrong http://goo.gl/mag/5n7kA

The big question us if tablets should ever be understood as a production medias.
Pro applications are getting more complex...
It is easier working with a mouse than a trackpad...

Zoom function in new PowerPoint Office 13

A new allows you zoom in to an area in presentation view. This will help the presenter focus details in charts, tables etc.. Or when having problems with small text sizes.

PowerPoint2013 - Office 15 goes 16:9 format in new trial

The new user interface has the format 16:9 as the primary setting. You can still work with 4:3... see below screendump from the interface.

Jan Schultink on what to look for when googling for free McKinsey PowerPoint templates

Presentation design blog Idea Transplant: Googling for free McKinsey PowerPoint templates: Doing a Google search for "McKinsey PowerPoint templates" highlights many entries that are almost all a violation of copy right. Moreoever, ...

PowerPoint becomes 16:9 standard format

According to The Verge Microsoft is currently testing a technical preview of Office 15, the next-generation office suite is planning to do screen format of PowerPoint presentations16:9 by default. The change is part of an effort to ensure PowerPoint 15 designs and presentations with a cinematic appeal, and supplements most monitors and projectors are widescreen today.

The Verge article

Office 15 beta summer 2012

According to Wired we may see a beta version this summer and a release in 2013
http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/04/microsoft-office-15/

Sliides blog on presentation design

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