What's New in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android Phones and Android Tablets
Want to get a quick overview of the features that are available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android Phones and Android Tablets? Take a look at the tables below. Also, check out the Featured updates section to find out which capabilities have been added most recently.
January 2017 featured updates *
Take a look at the table below to find out about some of the features that are being added this month. For more information about how to get the newest features, including the ones mentioned below, check this page.
* Only available to Insiders
| Capture Whiteboards Word and PowerPoint Use the functionality of Office Lens to capture, clean up, and crop pictures of a whiteboard, and add them to your documents and presentations. | Make Your Pictures Pop Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Add Shadow and Reflection effects to enhance pictures in your documents, workbooks, and presentations. |
| Share One Slide PowerPoint Don't send a whole presentation when all you want to share is one thing. PowerPoint lets you share a single slide with others. | Open More Files Excel You asked for it! You can now open files that contain form controls. |
Featured updates
Below are a few of the great features and capabilities that are now available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Android. Also check out the links to additional content to help you take advantage of these improvements and additions. Note that some of the features listed below require an Office 365 subscription while others are only available either on tablets or on phones.
| Chart Elements ^ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Add or remove chart elements such as titles, data labels, or legends. Learn more about adding chart elements. ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription | Shape Recognition PowerPoint Automatically transform your drawings into shapes. Learn more about drawing and annotating with ink. | Smart Lookup In Word and Excel Fact-check or explore terms in your documents with Bing-powered Smart Lookup. Simply highlight terms in your document and double-tap to bring in search results from the web right into your reading or authoring environment. Learn more about getting insights into what you're working on. |
| Save files automatically In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Once you create a new Word document, Excel workbook, or PowerPoint presentation, it is automatically saved to the cloud location of your choice. Learn more about saving Office files automatically. | Funnel Charts In Excel Funnel charts can be used to help you display values as progressively decreasing proportions and help you show values across multiple stages of a process. Learn more about creating a funnel chart. | Insert Picture from Camera In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Open your camera directly from Word, Excel or PowerPoint and take a picture. Voila! The picture is on your document, worksheet or presentation. Learn more about inserting a picture from the camera. |
| Version History In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint You can now look back and compare different versions of a document, workbook, or presentation as well as restore a previous version of the file. Learn more about comparing the version history of a file. | Designer ^# In PowerPoint Deliver customized and high-quality presentations and maximize the visual impact of its most important content. As you use it, Designer learns about your preferences and adapts its recommendations to be tailored to you. Learn more about the PowerPoint Designer. ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription # Only available on tablets | Morph Transition ^ In PowerPoint Create seamless transitions between slides and bring motion to your presentations to more effectively convey concepts and information. Learn more about using the Morph transition. ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription |
| Contextual Commands ## In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ever struggle to locate and access the commands you need? Now you have quick access to commands that relate to what you're working on. ## Only available on phones | New Functions In Excel Avoid nested IF functions with the new IFS, MAXIFS, MINIFS, and SWITCH functions, and speed up formula entry with the CONCAT and TEXTJOIN functions. | Insert and Edit SmartArt ^# In Excel, and PowerPoint SmartArt graphics enable you to visual represent information. You can now choose, insert, and customize SmartArt graphics to enhance your content and more effectively communicate your ideas. ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription # Only available on tablets |
| Working with Tables In Word Take advantage of your devices's touch capabilities to insert and resize rows and columns in tables with ease. | Easy Column Formatting In PowerPoint As you work on your slides, you may decide that information would be best presented in a column format. Now you can quickly split a block of text into easy-to-read columns. | Fresh New Look PowerPoint Enjoy a better experience when reading presentations on your phone. Also drag and drop to reorder slides and double-tap to edit. |
| Tell Me In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Simply type what you want to do in the app using your own words, and then Tell Me will guide through the process as well as offer additional resources. Learn more about doing things quickly with Tell Me. | Send files as attachments in Outlook * In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Done editing a file and ready to send it with Outlook? Just use the "Send with Outlook" option to easily share Word, Excel, or PowerPoint shared files as attachments to the email conversation. * Only available to Insiders | Export to ODF Support Word, Excel, and PowerPoint You can now export documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods), OpenDocument Text (.odt), and OpenDocument Presentations (.odp) formats. Learn more about supported file formats. |
| Insert SVG Images Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Insert and edit scalable vector graphic (SVG) images in your document, workbook, and presentation to create sharp, well-designed content. No expert software required. Learn more about inserting SVG images. | Ink Annotations Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Use your finger or pen to write and draw, and use the tools on the new Draw tab to highlight content of particular interest. Learn more about drawing and annotating with ink. | IRM-Protected File Support ^ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint You can now read documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that are protected with information rights management (IRM). ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription |
| Quick Access to Files Word, Excel, and PowerPoint You can now add your favorite files to the home screen to keep them handy. Learn more about pinning frequently used files. | Format Background PowerPoint Add some visual interest to your slides by adding a background color of your choice. Learn more about formatting the background of your slides. | Tables Built for Touch Word No more cut and paste! Drag tables to move them, and let text wrap around. |
| Open More Files Excel You asked for it! You can now open files that contain Excel 4 macro sheets, custom properties, custom toolbars, and shared workbooks to name a few. | Discover More Office Apps Word, Excel, and PowerPoint You can now discover and quickly install Office apps for your device. Learn more about discovering more Office apps for Android. | Collaboration: Front and Center Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Quickly share your document, spreadsheet, or presentation, and see who's working on it. Learn more about sharing and collaborating on files. |
| Shared With Me Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Find and open files others have recently shared with you. Learn more about seeing files others have shared with you. | Sharing Notifications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint No need to keep checking your shared documents, workbooks, and presentations. We'll send you a notification when there's activity. Learn more about document collaboration and co-authoring. | Box, Egnyte, and 腾讯微云 work with Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Enjoy even more flexibility for storing and accessing your Office files with Box, Egnyte, and 腾讯微云. Learn more about 3rd party cloud storage services supported by Office apps. |
| Turn Data Into Maps ^ Excel Use the new Maps chart type to transform geographic data into professional visualizations with just a few steps, and identify insights, trends, and opportunities. Learn more about creating a Map Chart. ^ Requires an Office 365 subscription | Accessibility Built Right In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Improved support for using TalkBack, your keyboard, and other assistive technology to read and edit documents, presentations, and workbooks. | Land on the Page You Want Word Looking for a specific page in a document? You can now see thumbnail previews while you scroll and quickly pick the right page. |
NOTE: These capabilities are also reflected in the tables below.
Excel-only features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Excel |
| Viewing conditional formatting | ● |
| Viewing data validation | ● |
| Viewing PivotTables | ● |
| Refreshing PivotTables | ◌ |
| Sorting and filtering PivotTables | ◌ |
| Filling cells with drag handle | ● |
| Formula Autocomplete for partial search strings | ● |
| Creating and editing funnel charts | ● |
| Converting table to range | ● |
| Grouping and outlining in worksheet | ● |
| New functions: CONCAT, TEXTJOIN, SWITCH, IFS, MINIFS, and MAXIFS | ● |
| Opening CSV files | ● |
| Copying an entire worksheet | ● |
| Inserting and editing hyperlinks | ● |
PowerPoint-only features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | PowerPoint |
| Playing YouTube videos | ◌ |
| Playing other video types | ● |
| Adding video | ◌ |
| Removing video | ● |
| Embedding YouTube videos | ◌ |
| Morph transition * | ● |
| PowerPoint Designer * | ● |
| Playing audio | ● |
| Removing audio | ● |
| Playing audio in slide show | ● |
| Playing audio across slides | ● |
| Playing audio in the background across slides | ● |
| Saving ink annotations on slides * | ● |
| Finding text in presentation | ● |
* Requires an Office 365 subscription
Word-only features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word |
| Viewing footnotes | ● |
| Adding and updating footnotes and endnotes | ◌ |
| Viewing citations | ● |
| Adding and updating citations | ◌ |
| Viewing captions | ● |
| Adding and updating captions | ◌ |
| Opening table of contents | ● |
| Adding and updating table of contents | ◌ |
| Tracking changes | ● |
| Showing word count | ● |
| Opening RTF files and saving them as DOCX files | ● |
| Merging and splitting cells | ● |
| Opening TXT files and saving them as DOCX files | ● |
Authoring features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Adding and editing hyperlinks | ● | ● | ◌ |
| Adding tables | ● | ● | ● |
| Adding shapes | ● | ● | ● |
| Adding SmartArt | ◌ | ● * | ● * |
| Adding charts | ● ** | ● | ●** |
| Adding text boxes | ● | ● | ● |
| Multi Window Support (requires Android 7.0 OS) | ● | ● | ● |
| More colors ^ | ● | ● | ● |
* Tablets and large phones (>5.5") only
** Pasting charts copied from Excel
^ Requires an Office 365 subscription
Bi-directional text feature
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Support for right-to-left (RTL) languages | ● | ● | ● |
Editing features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Displaying comments | ● | ● | ● |
| Adding, removing, and changing comments | ● | ● | ◌ |
| Finding and replacing | ● | ● | ◌ |
| Using Paste Options | ● | ● | ◌ |
| Zooming | ● | ● | ● |
| Applying table styles | ● | ● | ● |
Inking features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Draw or Pens tab | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Ink to Shape | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Instant Ink | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
Opening and saving features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Opening files saved on SharePoint sites * | ● | ● | ● |
| Opening files saved on OneDrive and OneDrive for Business * | ● | ● | ● |
| Saving files to SharePoint sites * | ● | ● | ● |
| Saving files to OneDrive and OneDrive for Business * | ● | ● | ● |
| AutoSave | ● | ● | ● |
| Pin files to Start | ● | ● | ● |
| Saving files to SD cards (requires Android 5.0 or newer | ● | ● | ● |
* Only when files were opened from those locations from the Most Recently Used (MRU) list
Picture features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Finding and adding pictures | ● | ● | ● |
| Displaying background images | ● | ● | ● |
| Inserting pictures from camera | ● | ● | ● |
Print feature
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Printing | ● | ● | ● |
Proofing features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Checking spelling | ● | ◌ | ◌ |
| Checking grammar | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
Sharing and collaborating features
● Feature is supported
◌ Feature is not supported
| Feature action | Word | Excel | PowerPoint |
| Inviting people to view or edit a document | ● | ● | ● |
| Real-time presence | ◌ | ◌ | ● * |
| Real-time typing | ◌ | ◌ | ● * |
| Tracking changes | ● | ◌ | ◌ |
| Sending a document as an attachment | ● | ● | ● |
| Sending a link to a document saved to OneDrive | ● | ● | ● |
| Sharing as a link or email | ● | ● | ● |
* Tablets only
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