Microsoft has released a new update today for Office 2016 for Mac that includes Touch Bar support. These features were originally announced during Apple’s October event last year. We reported last week that members of the Office Insider beta program got a chance to try out the new update first. Now, the update with Touch Bar functionality is available to all users.
After a short beta period all Microsoft Office 2016 users with a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar can now take advantage of the improved functionality in Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Outlook. Per Microsoft’s release notes if you don’t have automatic updates already turned on you can navigate to Help → Check for Updates in the menu bar when in one the Office suite programs.
One of the most interesting features of the new update is ‘Word Focus Mode’ which is only found in Microsoft Word. This feature “hides all of the on-screen ribbons and commands so you can simply focus on your work.” If you haven’t seen already, here is a look at the various Touch Bar features that are coming to the Office programs:
