Microsoft Office announces native support and design changes for Arm64 version of Windows



In Windows 11 , Microsoft recently announced that Office will support the Arm64 platform.

64-Bit Office for Windows on ARM
https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/64-bit-office-for-windows-on-arm



Microsoft Office is getting a new design and a native 64-bit Arm version for Windows 11 --The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/28/22554676/microsoft-office-64-bit-arm-windows-11-beta-insider-redesign

According to Mike Smith, engineering manager for the Office team, the new Office is specifically designed for Arm versions of Windows. Recompiled for Arm architecture, faster and more memory available for better support for large documents. It is also compatible with existing 64-bit add-ins by using the new x64 emulation feature.

To use it, you need to meet the following requirements.

-You are using a Windows device with an Arm processor.
· Running a Windows 11 Insider Preview build
-If the 32-bit version of Office is installed, uninstall it.

As the architecture part is 'ARM 64 (x64 compatible)' in the screenshot released by Microsoft, the 64-bit version of Arm-compatible Office is built as an 'ARM64EC (Emulation Compatible)' application. And that.



'ARM64EC' is an application binary interface (ABI) for Windows 11 for the Arm architecture. There is a separate 'ARM64 ABI', but 'ARM64EC ABI' is slightly different in that it is binary compatible with x64 code.

Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM --Windows Developer Blog
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2021/06/28/announcing-arm64ec-building-native-and-interoperable-apps-for-windows-11-on-arm/

In addition, Kori Loomis of the Office Experience Team has announced a redesign of Office.

Visual refresh of Office apps for Windows
https://insider.office.com/en-us/blog/visual-refresh-of-office-apps-for-windows



The new look looks like this. It is designed for the UI renewal of Windows 11, but it is also available for Windows 10.



in Software, Posted by logc_nt