Microsoft Office 2016 (image: Ewan Spence) Mobility is a key part of the value of Office, and the clients for your mobile devices, be it smartphone, phablet, tablet, or ultraportable - all help that mission goal. They are great for quick edits and just getting ideas down without all of the power and complexity the larger apps offer. Yes, it's possible to download the mobile versions of the Office apps to a Windows 10 desktop or laptop, and I would advise you to do so. A quick look in smartphone stores across the world will find the mobile versions of Microsoft Office for Android and iOS. This is where the 'mobile' versions of the core apps come in. it's a simple matter to have all your documents saving to the cloud and therefore accessible from any installation of Office or associated tools. While the previous version of Office did dabble with this, Office 2016 is tightly integrated with the cloud. The reason for this is to get Office into the cloud.

Next: Moving into the cloud, and staying mobile. There are multiple options for business users to get an Office 365 subscription, but individual users can pick up Office 365 Personal for £6 a month which is suitable for a single user and installation of Office 2016, or Office 365 Home for £8 a month which will accommodate up to five different users and application installs. One-off pricing is also available, starting at £120 in the UK, but Microsoft's goal is to use Office 2016 as another reason to get you into Office 365. If you have a subscription to Office 365, then you'll be able to download the Office 2016 apps to multiple computers. And the next.Īll of this is tied up in Office 365, Microsoft's key subscription service that is vital to its long-term health. Subscribe to Office now, and you'll get the next small update. Going forwards, Office 2016 will be updated as required, no tent pole release dates, just a program that evolves and stays relevant to you for the rest of your working life. Heralded as 'the last version of Windows you will need', Windows 10 takes you down the path of constant updates, small changes as required, rolling bug fixes and new features, in essence a living breathing operating system.

That doesn't mean Microsoft has skimped on the work - far from it - but this is a refining product, not a revolutionary product.Īnd that's the point where Office 2016 feels like an alchemical mirror to the Windows operating system. In that sense the new release is playing to a captive and raptured audience. Much like the first mission of the Surface hardware is to stem the tide of people switching to alternative platforms, Office 2016 feels like an application for the faithful.

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