Computerworld posted a story that Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows Modern user interface, and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year.

The company later confirmed that the new Office apps will not appear until 2014, but declined to provide any additional information, whether a narrower release window or pricing clues.

The brief glimpse of PowerPoint, one of the core applications in Office 2013, was offered by Julie Larson-Green, the head of Windows development, during her time on stage today at BUILD, Microsoft's developers conference. She dubbed it "a preview of an alpha," hinting that its status was extremely preliminary.

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