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Microsoft announces new Office app for collaborative work “Microsoft Loop” –Engadget Japanese version

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On November 2nd (local time), Microsoft announced a new Office app, Office Loop. It’s a convenient tool for syncing and collaborating with multiple Office apps, such as Teams, Outlook, and OneNote, and consists of three components: Loop components, Loop pages, and Loop workspaces. ..

Loop components are what Microsoft calls the smallest unit of productivity and are used in chats, emails, meetings, documents, and more. Add various features such as lists, tables, notes, and tasks to enable collaboration.

Microsoft Loop

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In 2019, Microsoft announced the Fluid Framework, which simplifies collaboration by making a part of a document into a component and inserting it into another document, etc., but the evolution is Loop components.

Loop pages are a new type of document that allows you to organize your components and bring in files, links, and more.

Microsoft Loop

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The final Loop workspaces are shared workspaces where you can integrate components and pages to view and group everything. Microsoft describes workspaces as “easy to keep track of what everyone is working on, react to other people’s ideas, and see progress towards shared goals.” increase.

Loop components are used by inserting them into multiple apps, but it seems that the content edited by such another app is also reflected in real time on Loop workspaces.

Microsoft Loop components that can be used with Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams, Outlook, and OneNote will start rolling out in November. The Microsoft Loop app itself will be detailed in the coming months.

Source: Microsoft

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