The beta test of Microsoft’s newish Web-publishing app, Sway, is no longer by invitation-only: the company said today it’s open to all.

Since Sway’s October debut, more than 175,000 people have requested an invitation to the trial preview, with thousands more submitting requests daily, Microsoft said in a Monday blog post. This response contributed to the decision to expand the test program. Microsoft hopes an even larger base of users will provide it with more ideas for how to improve the application.

Unlike the traditional productivity tools in Microsoft office, Sway was designed for use on mobile devices and in Web browsers to publish web-based content. Its interface emphasizes dragging and dropping images and text into pre-formatted layouts. The application allows people to access content from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, among other popular cloud-based services, as well as from their mobile devices, and add it to their projects. The software handles formatting aspects like pixel heights and adapting projects to display correctly on mobile devices and desktops.

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