I'm excited to announce we are opening the Tech Preview program for Esri Maps for Office 3.0! To check it out, sign up on our beta community here: http://bit.ly/EsriMapsForOffice3
There are many updates to Esri Maps for Office in this release. Some of the notable changes are:
- It's easier to work with your maps. We've added the ability to add multiple maps, to pop-out maps into floating windows, to minimize maps, to collapse maps, to tile maps, and to 'go to' maps that you can't find - all in an effort to make working with maps a much better experience.
- It's easier to add data. We've re-worked the add data workflow to make it quicker and easier to get your spreadsheet data on the map. The add data workflow begins as soon as you add a map to your spreadsheet. You are presented with map styling options so you can preview what your map will look like before you make it, and adding the map is as simple as clicking the thumbnail you want.
- Support for more coordinate systems. When you are adding data to a map using coordinates, you have many more options to specify which coordinate system your data are in. Being stuck with WGS84 and Web Mercator is a thing of the past!
We look forward to hearing what you think about the new version. This is an early look at software that is in development, but we think there is a lot to be excited about. Let us know what you think!
Scott
