Office Preview apps for Windows 10 updated

All of the current Office Preview apps for Windows 10 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote have been updated.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 26, 2015

2 Min Read
Office Preview apps for Windows 10 updated

Back in February of this year Microsoft made preview versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote available for anyone running the Windows 10 Technical Preview. These apps were the long awaited touch enabled/enhanced versions of the popular Office software programs and intended to be part of Microsoft's collection of universal apps for Windows 10 devices.

Then about two weeks ago, when build 10051 was made available for Windows Phone, it was missing the Office Hub which meant no editing or working with Office documents on Windows 10 Mobile.  That announcement promised this issue would be remedied over the coming weeks with preview versions of the universal Office apps being released for Windows 10 Mobile.

A week later the Office team took to their official blog and shared updated news that the Windows 10 Mobile versions of the Office Preview apps would be released by the end of April.  Of course, that timing coincides with this weeks BUILD 2015 developer conference which begins on Wednesday, 29 April.

So, in what appears to be preparation for the release of the universal Office preview apps for Windows 10 Mobile this week, the Windows 10 desktop versions of those apps received an update over the weekend.

Unfortunately, there is no change log of any sort available nor an official announcement about the updates but I have verified the change in build numbers for each preview app.

  • Word Preview updated to 17.3930.10071.0 from 17.3930.10061.0

  • PowerPoint Preview updated to 17.3930.10071.0 from 17.3823.10121.0

  • Excel Preview updated to 17.3930.10071.0 from 17.3823.10121.0

  • OneNote Preview updated to 17.3930,10071.0 from 17.3823.30111.0

These updated preview apps must be accessed using the Windows Store (Beta) on Windows 10 which now has a blue tile instead of gray after it was updated in build 10061 of Windows 10.

If any details of the updates are made available we will update this story for you.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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