Who's using the Microsoft Dial with their SP4?

[Jesse Segovia]

I'm interested in getting the Dial. The main applications I use with my Surface are Office 365 and the Adobe Creative Suite. Can anyone tell me how well the Dial works with these apps on the SP4, as well as other apps most people use?

Thanks!

Jesse

 

[jnjroach]

I use the Dial in Office - mainly for scrolling and replay. Here is the list of Apps that work with the Dial:

Which apps work with Surface Dial?

More about O365 and the Dial -

https://blogs.office.com/2016/10/26/office-365-october-news-exciting-new-value-coming-to-windows-10/

 

[Jesse Segovia]

Thanks very much for the reply. I notice the list of apps with extra features for the Dial includes Office Win32 version apps - does this mean my 64 bit versions will not have these extra features?

And did you have to get any extra Windows version or patch to use the Dial or does it work with the latest Win10 version you'd get from auto-upgrade?

 

[jnjroach]

Thanks very much for the reply. I notice the list of apps with extra features for the Dial includes Office Win32 version apps - does this mean my 64 bit versions will not have these extra features?

And did you have to get any extra Windows version or patch to use the Dial or does it work with the latest Win10 version you'd get from auto-upgrade?

X64 versions work fine...you need to be on the Spring Creator's Update and the Spring update of the Office 365 Client...

 

[sharpuser]

Check out some Dial experience here: Surface Dial

 

[Jesse Segovia]

X64 versions work fine...you need to be on the Spring Creator's Update and the Spring update of the Office 365 Client...

Thanks again! I have Windows auto-update enabled on the Surface and I just force updated my Office365 apps. Is there a way to specifically check if I have these updates or should I just get the Dial and try it out?

 

[Jesse Segovia]

Check out some Dial experience here: Surface Dial

Great, thanks for the link!

 

[jnjroach]

Thanks again! I have Windows auto-update enabled on the Surface and I just force updated my Office365 apps. Is there a way to specifically check if I have these updates or should I just get the Dial and try it out?

You should be good to go...