Office Sway

Office Sway
Type of site
 Presentation program
Available in 39 languages
Owner Microsoft
Slogan(s) Reimagine the way your ideas come to life
Website sway.com
Alexa rank 13,186 (October 2016)
Commercial No
Registration Required
Current status Released
Sway for Windows 10
Initial release 5 August 2015 (2015-08-05)
Development status Active
Operating system Windows 10
Size ~63.3 MB
Website www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/sway/9wzdncrd2g0j
Sway for iOS
Initial release 8 January 2015 (2015-01-08)
Stable release
1.12.1 / 4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
Operating system iOS
Size 141 MB
Website itunes.apple.com/app/office-sway/id929856545

Office Sway is a presentation program and is part of the Microsoft Office family of products.[1] Generally released by Microsoft in August 2015, Sway allows users who have a Microsoft account to combine text and media to create a presentable website. Users can pull content locally from the device in use, or from internet sources such as Bing, Facebook, OneDrive, and YouTube.[2]

Sways are stored on Microsoft's servers and are tied to the user's Microsoft account. They can be viewed and edited from any web browser with a web app available in Office Online. They can also be accessed using apps for Windows 10 and iOS. Additional apps are currently in development for Android and Windows 10 Mobile.[3][4]

History

Sway was developed internally by Microsoft. In late 2014, the company announced a preview version of Sway as an invitation-only preview and announced that Sway would not require an Office 365 subscription.[5] On 31 October 2014, the iOS app was released as a preview;[6] It is, as of 2015, available worldwide.

Features

Users are able to add content from various sources into their Sway presentations. Some of the integrated services are owned by Microsoft, including OneNote, Bing, and other Sways. The program also provides native integration with other services, including YouTube, Facebook, Mixcloud, and Infogr.am.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Announcing Office Sway: reimagine how your ideas come to life". Office Blogs. Microsoft. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Finga, John (1 October 2014). "Microsoft's Sway lets you share ideas on the web without any design skills". Engadget. AOL. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Brengel, Kellogg (25 June 2015). "Sway coming to Windows 10, now on iPad, available in more countries, such as pluto and venus, on iPhone". WinBeta.
  4. ↑ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (1 October 2014). "Microsoft Sway Aims to Automate Beautiful, Responsive Web Design". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. ↑ O'Toole, James (1 October 2014). "Meet Sway, Microsoft's first new Office app in a decade". CNN Money. Time Warner. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Touching base on Sway Preview". Office Blogs. Microsoft. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Lopez, Napier (3 March 2015). "Microsoft's Sway Gets Better OneNote Integration and More". The Next Web. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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