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Microsoft’s redesigned Office icons showcase the future of the software suite
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Microsoft has unveiled brand new icons for all the apps in its Office productivity suite.
The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant announced the sweeping changes to its Office app icons in a blog post on Thursday. Each of the new Microsoft Office app icons will be rolling out over the next few months.
The design changes to the Office icons mark the first time in 5 years that Microsoft has updated the productivity suite logos. The apps that will be sporting redesigned icons include Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, OneNote, SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, and Skype.
The redesigns implement Microsoft’s Fluent Design language which the company has incorporated into Windows 10 since last year. Read more…
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