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PDFs in the Word Web App 

We’ve just added a new capability to Office Web Apps. On SkyDrive, Outlook.com, and Office 365 you can view PDF files using the Word Web App. PDFs attached to mail or stored in SkyDrive are quickly viewable in the browser regardless of device or whether you have PDF viewing software installed.
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Creating contextual dashboards in Visio 

A dashboard is an important business tool that provides real-time graphical representation of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for a business process. It conveys current status in a graphical manner, which helps surface problems and aid quick decision-making. Learn how to use Visio to create dashboards that make sense and immediately deliver value.
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Meet a OneNote intern: William Devereux 

<p>OneNote has several interns joining us this summer and we love having them. They work hard, make great contributions, bring a fresh perspective, and add an element of fun to work. William Devereux joins us from California State University, Sacramento, where he is a senior in the computer science program, graduating in December 2013. To welcome William as an intern Program Manager on the OneNote team, we asked him for one answer to each of our questions about his Microsoft experience. Here's what William had to say. </p>
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Adding rich data labels to charts in Excel 2013 

<p>Storytelling is a powerful communication tool, and data is essential for many decision-making tasks. Together, they can be data visualization at its best: the science and art of transforming your data so that the most important points shine through. Sometimes a basic chart will do the trick. But to make your visual message really pop, it's often handy to add data and text to your chart. The rich data label capabilities in Excel 2013 give you tools to create visuals that tell the story behind the data with maximum impact. </p>
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An update to linked accounts 

Linked accounts were introduced in 2006 as a way to quickly switch between different accounts each with their own email address. Over the next couple months, we will stop supporting linked accounts and instead help people move to a more robust and secure way of managing multiple email addresses: aliases.
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Office Mobile for iPhone 

Office Mobile for iPhone available at no extra charge from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Similar to our free Office Mobile for Windows Phone, the iPhone app enables Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file viewing and on-the-go content editing capabilities. Read on to learn more.
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Opening workbooks by running separate instances of Excel 

<p>In Excel 2013, each of your workbooks opens in its own window, similar to Word and PowerPoint. This means that each workbook has its own ribbon and top-level window frame that you can move and resize independent from your other open workbooks. This functionality can improve multitasking, visibility, and analysis across workbooks. In this post, we'll discuss some of the more advanced aspects of these changes, in particular how to have workbooks running in different instances (or processes) of Excel. </p>