Microsoft Sway 
is a presentation program and part of the Microsoft Office family of products.[2] Sway was offered for general release by Microsoft in August 2015. It allows users who have a Microsoft Account to create presentable websites by combining text and media. Users can pull content locally from the device in use, or from online sources such as Bing, OneDrive, Facebook, and YouTube.[3] Sway is distinguished from Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Expression Web - two web design programs previously developed by Microsoft - in that Sway includes a method for hosting sites.
Sway sites 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. There is no offline editing or viewing function. They can also be accessed using apps for Windows 10 and iOS.[4][5]
History[]
Sway was developed internally by Microsoft. On October 1, 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.[6] An iOS app was released as a preview on October 31, 2014,[7] but was discontinued on December 17, 2018 due to low usage.[8][9]
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 Sway sites. The program also provides native integration with other services, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Mixcloud, and Infogram.[10]
References[]
- ↑ O'Toole, James (October 1, 2014). "Meet Sway, Microsoft's first new Office app in a decade". CNN Money.
- ↑ "Announcing Office Sway: reimagine how your ideas come to life". Office Blogs. Microsoft. October 1, 2014.
- ↑ Finga, John (October 1, 2014). "Microsoft's Sway lets you share ideas on the web without any design skills". Engadget.
- ↑ Brengel, Kellogg (June 25, 2015). "Sway coming to Windows 10, now on iPad, available in more countries on iPhone". WinBeta.
- ↑ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (October 1, 2014). "Microsoft Sway Aims to Automate Beautiful, Responsive Web Design". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company.
- ↑ O'Toole, James (October 1, 2014). "Meet Sway, Microsoft's first new Office app in a decade". CNN Money. Time Warner.
- ↑ "Touching base on Sway Preview". Microsoft. November 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018.
- ↑ Bell, Killian (August 22, 2018). "Microsoft confirms plan to kill Office Sway app for iOS". Cult of Mac.
- ↑ Mohamed, Sabrina (August 21, 2018). "Sway for iOS is retiring" (in en). Microsoft Tech Community. Microsoft. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018.
- ↑ Lopez, Napier (March 3, 2015). "Microsoft's Sway Gets Better OneNote Integration and More" (in en-US). The Next Web. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
External links[]
- Microsoft Sway official website
- Microsoft Sway for iOS (archived 2017-04-08)
- Microsoft Sway at Wikipedia
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