![]() ![]() Long-time Office users, for many of whom the software had become almost second nature, no longer knew how to use their word processing and spreadsheet programs. ![]() Microsoft knows that while users demand faster, more capable software, they want it without being inconvenienced. In the 2003 upgrade of Office, Microsoft replaced those menus with the ribbon bars you’re familiar with today. ![]() Prior to the icon-laden Ribbon Bar, all of Offices commands were accessed through a series of menus (with names like, File, Edit, View, and several others), that spanned the top of the application window. Microsoft knows that while users demand faster, more capable software, they want it without being inconvenienced-which the company learned the hard way with its Office 2003 upgrade, where Microsoft introduced the once-reviled-but-now-reveled Ribbon Bar. It has been around for over 30 years, and behind the ribbon interface you’ll find commands for nearly every conceivable scenario. The truth is, though, that Office doesn’t need a bunch of new word processing features. Even so, the new features list is a bit sparse for a full-version upgrade. System admins will find many security and admin updates, and users should enjoy several new cloud and real-time collaboration features, as well as expanded touch. In terms of new features, this “upgrade” doesn’t have many, though what is new looks useful. At one time a full-version upgrade from, say, version 2 to version 3 was (especially for Microsoft) huge, with massive feature and performance boosts. The fact this happens to be the 16 th full upgrade is coincidental. In other words, if all goes as Redmond expects, Office 2016 will be important not as stand-alone software, but as part of the Office 365 subscription service. Microsoft itself has recently said that the new Office experience will be in recognition of this new mobile and cloud-first world (which was supposed to be the focus all along, we thought). ![]() Matt Smith/Digital TrendsBeneath the hype leading up to the imminent release of Windows 10, other teams at Microsoft are busy readying the 16 th full-version upgrade of the company’s highly successful office productivity software, Microsoft Office, officially dubbed “Office 2016.” The number of Office users has, when including the current 9.2 million Office 365 Personal and Home users and more than 50 million Office Online users, surged recently to an estimated total of 1.2 billion users overall.ĭespite its enormous popularity, office productivity software is changing-rapidly and drastically, moving online and to the cloud. ![]()
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