<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Mix	I-Operating_System
(	O
or	O
simply	O
"	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
service	O
offered	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Office	B-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
Mix	O
was	O
offered	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
subscription	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
retired	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
website	O
remains	O
active	O
,	O
however	O
upon	O
visiting	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
it	O
presents	O
a	O
message	O
that	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
is	O
now	O
unavailable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
was	O
an	O
Office	B-Application
add-in	O
that	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
program	O
that	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
an	O
educational	O
service	O
to	O
assist	O
teachers	O
with	O
creating	O
interactive	O
class	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
perform	O
various	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
inserting	O
ink	O
,	O
narrations	O
,	O
polls	O
,	O
and	O
screen	O
captures	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
presentation	O
,	O
share	O
their	O
creation	O
(	O
otherwise	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
(	O
singular	O
)	O
"	O
mix	O
"	O
or	O
(	O
plural	O
)	O
"	O
mixes	O
"	O
)	O
by	O
exporting	O
the	O
mix	O
into	O
a	O
computer	O
video	O
format	O
or	O
publishing	O
it	O
to	O
online	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
Video	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
view	O
statistical	O
data	O
on	O
users	O
viewing	O
their	O
creations	O
through	O
analytics	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2013	I-Operating_System
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2016	I-Operating_System
and	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
did	O
not	O
come	O
embedded	O
into	O
the	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
had	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
add-in	O
installer	O
through	O
the	O
mix.office.com	O
website	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
add-in	O
to	O
the	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
program	O
and	O
a	O
global	O
tab	O
named	O
"	O
Mix	O
"	O
would	O
appear	O
across	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
interface	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
access	O
various	O
options	O
related	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
The	O
user	O
would	O
be	O
required	O
to	O
attest	O
their	O
ownership	O
of	O
an	O
active	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
subscription	O
through	O
their	O
personal	O
Microsoft	O
account	O
or	O
one	O
that	O
is	O
managed	O
by	O
their	O
organization	O
or	O
institution	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
compatible	O
external	O
SSO	O
service	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
account	I-Application
or	O
Facebook	B-Application
account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
service	O
allowed	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
ink	O
and	O
annotating	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
presentations	O
,	O
and	O
inserting	O
narrations	O
,	O
polls	O
,	O
and	O
screen	O
captures	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Share	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
creations	O
on	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
(	O
otherwise	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
(	O
singular	O
)	O
"	O
mix	O
"	O
or	O
(	O
plural	O
)	O
"	O
mixes	O
"	O
)	O
by	O
exporting	O
the	O
mix	O
into	O
a	O
computer	O
video	O
format	O
or	O
publishing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
online	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
Video	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
service	O
was	O
officially	O
retired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
became	O
inaccessible	O
to	O
all	O
customers	O
after	O
users	O
were	O
sent	O
an	O
e-mail	O
notification	O
issuing	O
them	O
several	O
months	O
to	O
retrieve	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
content	O
and	O
mixes	O
off	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
prior	O
to	O
shutdown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
,	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Office	B-Application
Mix	O
were	O
instead	O
embedded	O
into	O
the	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
program	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
obtained	O
Office	B-Application
via	O
an	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
subscription	O
which	O
remain	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
