Reading a Word document on Android devices can be somewhat heavy. Although we can install the official Word application on our mobile phones, in order to access a document they share, to see its content, it is necessary to connect with a Microsoft account, if we have it.
Fortunately, this is no longer necessary, which simplifies the use of applications and makes us Open and read our documents much faster. Microsoft has just activated the “anonymous mode” by sharing desktop files on Android, a modality available for months.
Office now has an “anonymous mode” to share files on Android
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The company announced in an official declaration that It is no longer necessary to connect with a Microsoft account In office applications to see the content of the documents that share us. This means that if someone sends you in a shared link of a word, excel or powerpoint document, you can read its content without connecting with your Outlook account in the corresponding application.
When opening a document in anonymous mode, the screen will show us a message at the top that invites us to connect, if we want. We can do it or simply reject the message.
Anonymous mode when sharing office documents allows you to read the documents, but if we want to modify them or comment, we will have to connect you.
Of course, the declaration indicates that we can “read the content of the document” without connecting you, and precisely this is the only thing we can do. Anonymous mode when sharing files allows us to read the document, but We will not be able to modify it or take notes or comments. If we want to do it, we will have to connect with a Microsoft account.
This novelty also solves another of the problems of certain users when you use Word, Excel or PowerPoint on Android: if you spend a lot of time without using one of these applications, The session can be closed automaticallySo even if you have connected in the past, you should probably do it again by receiving a shared document. Personally, it happened to me at more than one opportunity, because day by day, I use the continuation of Google applications, not that of Microsoft.
Interestingly, anonymous mode when sharing files arrived at the start of the year with Apple iOS devices, but not Android. This has just changed, the novelty is now available for all users of Android devices.
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