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I recently saw the use case to embed a Loop component in a Word Document - what's the purpose? Also Word / Word Online provides Co-Authoring where everyone sees changed almost directly. Why using a Loop component inside Word?
- Thanks Stefan/all. Agree that there are important difference between coauthoring apps like Word and communications apps like Teams and Outlook. Beyond coauthoring, one other important capability for Loop components in Word is that the component can simultaneously exist in other places like Loop app, Teams, and Outlook. So people can contribute to the component from wherever is most convenient or visible, while still keeping the latest up-to-date in Word. For example you might track status in a Loop component in Teams during a standup meeting, and the latest would appear in your Word doc.
Jon Kaufthal, a follow-up question along these lines. Given the benefit of being able to embed it in multiple places, is there going to be an easier way coming to be able to do that...for instance, insert a Loop component and search for your existing components, or recommend components from the space vs. having to go find the file in OneDrive, get the link, and just copy/paste into the other places you want it.
- I would like to see it working the same as ContentIQ. Type an @, see a list of recent Loops suggested, or keep typing to narrow the list down. Effectively @mentioning a document, but also supporting Loop files.
- Great question Stefan. Loop components provide a place in a Word doc to coordinate the creation of the document. You could add a task list to get team members contributions, list research links and more. We could do that without Loop components. Create a page at the beginning of the doc. Use a table for tasks. List research links etc. But a component let’s us share these things independent of the document. We could request contributions to a paragraph by sharing just a paragraph inside a component. It’s hard to describe in text. But once the feature is available in preview, I plan to share examples how our team will use it in creating deliverables for a ACM campaign.
- We discussed this on our podcast a couple of weeks back as well. Really curious to hear use cases for this one. Outlook and Teams I can understand a little easier...this one confused me a bit.
