Sway Suggestion Box
To help us build the best version of Sway, we have partnered with UserVoice, a third-party service, to hear your ideas and suggestions. We will read all the suggestions, and we regularly review the ideas and incorporate them into product planning discussions. Please note that the suggestion box is moderated and is a voluntary participation-based project. Please do not send any novel or patentable ideas, copyrighted materials, samples or demos for which you do not want to grant a license to Microsoft. Your use of the portal and your submission is subject to the UserVoice Terms of Service & Privacy Policy, including the license terms.
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Group of pictures that will cycle endlessly
I had to make a GIF for that.
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Windows Phone Reader view of a Sway (to enlarge text)
Sways currently appear with "squint print" on Windows phones such as my Lumia Icon. A "Reader" view of Sways would help people who have a hard time dealing with tiny fonts.
1 voteThere is now a text level adjuster for the author of the Sway under Design → Customize. In the future, we may also allow viewers to edit the text size of any Sway they’re currently looking at.
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The ability to upload larger images
The first thing I tried was uploading a 5MB image from shutterstock. It failed miserably.
3 votesHmm…that’s interesting. You should have been able to upload a 5MB image, so you may be hitting a different issue. Were you uploading from your hard drive? What message did you get when the image failed to upload?
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ideal sway output
it would be awesome and amazing if sway could enable me to have same effects as this website.
http://www.asus.com/my/NotebooksUltrabooks/ASUSTransformerBookT100TA/overview/thanks
1 voteThat’s a pretty cool website, and we appreciate the suggestion! Interesting use of panorama and vertical structures together. And we’re fans of parallax scrolling over here. :)
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Preview and edit media before insertion
It would be good if you could preview and edit media content instead of just entering it in.
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Support various nokia photo types
I would love to be able to include my photosynths, nokia refocus, nokia panorama, nokia cinemagraphs and blink cliplets to sway
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Add pinterest as resource
Pinterest could be a great resource for images and optionally the content associated with the image.
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Refresh OneDrive Photo Listing
I was uploading new photos from Lightroom to OneDrive, to get them visible in Sway, I had to keep navigating in and out of the OneDrive folder to refresh. A button would be great.
7 votesThat’s annoying. Sorry you had to do that! We’ve taken note of your suggestion.
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Offer additional sway components/apps in the office store
Offer sway apps from the office store or in sway itself that can be plugged into your sway site such as a PayPal or Stripe app for commerce or a Skype app for web based calls like in Outlook.com
3 votesThanks for the suggestion! Can you shed a little more light on what you are making sways for and how you hope to utilize these different apps? Please let us know in the comments!
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Layout photos on various sides of a cube
Switch to different views of the same object (front, rear, from above etc.) to create a tridimensional effect.
1 voteCool concept! Thanks for the suggestion. :)
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Create detailed pop-ups in photo
showing an industrial process to a costumer:
pointing in different part of a tool's photo grant access to different video, graph, quality report, certificates and other details about costs, performance ecc.
example:
in the photo of a drill, pointing on the handle will show safety data, on the tip will show performance ecc.4 votesSounds like a cool interaction for pictures! Thanks for the suggestion.
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Picture zoom
i can´t zoom a picture in a sway. (Tablet)
9 votesThanks for the feedback! Currently, we allow you to click a picture to go into detailed view, but we don’t specifically have zoom.
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Pen or Stylus support
Is pen support added? I am thinking at Surface users like me :-)
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Preview animations while creating or editing Sway
It'd be really nice if there were a way to see what the animations were going to look like without going into the full preview view (which you'd have to leave if you want to change the animations). It'd just be nice for exploring the different layouts quickly.
1 voteNoted. Thanks for the feedback! :)
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Text cards should be displayed separately when viewing/consuming a Sway (in "landscape")
I think that if each "Text" represents an idea, they should to presented one at a time (like an slide in powerpoint...)
1 voteWe appreciate your feedback! We hope that we can help you express your editorial intent in the future when we add new features.
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Record a object transition
And also when inserting an object I want to be able to modify its position using the mouse and a record button which function like a position recorder of an object
2 votesThanks for the suggestion! What are you trying to do with this type of recording? Are you looking to enhance animations or to try and illustrate a point or a concept? If you share your specific scenario with us, it’ll help us better understand your request. Please let us know in the comments!
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Let the input be easier
The idea I made of Sway was an I/O software... And I discovered a wonderful output generator... Please let me include content "à la volée" : Let me write or copy text quickly, add photos or videos for further layouts or adjustings... If possible :) Otherwise I will keep my OneNote nearby ;)
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Sway Team
responded
Hi — we would love to hear your suggestions for making it easier to create. But you may want to post that experience on our support forum, unless you have a specific wish. Reach us at http://answers.microsoft.com
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Accordion Tabs
Accordion 3-tabs that allow you to create content that you can highlight based on selections.
7 votes
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