Microsoft has announced its Office applications will be able to use add-ins which\u00a0run across multiple platforms and extend the features of software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.<\/p>\n
Speaking at Build 2015, Rob Lefferts, general manager of Office Extensibility at Microsoft, demonstrated a number of these add-ins.<\/p>\n
Among them was a DocuSign plugin for the new desktop version of Word, which lets you digitally apply signatures to documents.<\/p>\n
Lefferts also showed how an add-on for SAP would look the same on Excel for Windows desktop, Excel online, and Excel for iPad.<\/p>\n
An\u00a0add-in for Uber on Microsof\u2019s e-mail and information manager software Outlook was also demonstrated.<\/p>\n
The Uber add-in can\u00a0be used to set ride reminders for meetings, which will trigger notifications on non-Microsoft platforms such as iPhone.<\/p>\n
Outlook will then automatically populate the Uber request with the destination set in the calendar entry.<\/p>\n
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella said these add-ins for Office 365 will have their access restricted with permissions set using policies and access control lists in Active Directory.<\/p>\n
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