In past releases, we introduced Compatibility Mode to help ensure layout fidelity between versions. Unfortunately, this has constrained our ability to both tweak layout in complex cases and to offer new, more sophisticated document layout features – two things that folks regularly request. With this in mind, we have always been incredibly focused on trying to maintain compatibility between versions of Word. So critical, in fact, that the tiniest change to the layout of a document between versions can be a big issue. We know from talking to you that layout is absolutely critical. This technology really forms the core of our product. The position of everything from a single character of text to a complex table is calculated during layout and then the results are displayed on the screen. When I say “layout” I’m referring to the way that Word places everything onto the page. One area that we invested heavily in this release, but has remained under the radar, is our work on the layout engine that Word uses. Since the Office Customer Preview was announced a few weeks ago, we’ve talked quite bit about the vision for the product and the new features that you’ll be able to take advantage of when you try it out. “This week’s post comes from Theresa Estrada, the program manager responsible for layout in Word. Here is a post from the official Word Blog over at Microsoft on Updating layout in the new Word while maintaining compatibility in the new version of Microsoft Word 2013:
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