Microsoft For Mac 2016 Review7/2/2021
When you reopen a file youve been working on, Word shows you where you last worked and lets to jump to that place with one click.But how does it stack up against its number one adversary Google Docs.
Microsoft 2016 Review Mac And PCThis new version, called Office 2016 on both Mac and PC, is the first to have collaboration and sharing tools that closely match what Google Docs has had for years. You can finally work with other people on a document, spreadsheet or presentation in real time, seeing what they are editing as they make changes. These welcome additions blend seamlessly into the apps and continue Offices tradition of having special extra features that its competitors dont. For Office, which in recent years has been challenged by cheaper (or free) alternatives, the news is a big deal. It keeps Microsoft ahead of the pack, especially for customers who cant get by with another application. But can the updates do anything to win back folks who switched to the apps that Google and Apple have Theres no definitive answer to that question, because it all comes down to what you need from these kinds of programs. Office and Google Docs, the two apps Ill focus on here, both have pluses and minuses. Ill explore the features in both that make them worth your while so you can ultimately decide which program to pick. Using it, you can right click on a word to run a Bing search and get more information, without leaving Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Search results pop up in window on the right side, next to whatever youre working on, and include results from Wikipedia, Bing images and Web results. The best part of Smart Lookup is that uses the context of the words around the one you selected to get the best search results. For instance, if you run Smart Lookup on the word dating in sentence about carbon dating, Bing will show results for carbon dating, not romance. Google Docs has had a similar research tool for years, but its nowhere near as powerful as a this new Smart Lookup feature or even a regular Google search. Office finds the tools you need Microsoft acknowledges that the Office apps have so many features that it can be hard to remember where to find all of them in their various menus. So Microsofts Office team created a new search tool to help you find them. In the ribbon (main menu bar at the top) for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, click on Tell me what you want to do and start typing the name of a feature you need. The app will find it and display the exact menu you need, without needing to dig around for it. Its a simple addition, but one that would have come in handy for me many years ago writing college papers and constantly forgetting where to find the footnote tool. The new Share menu in each app shows everyone who has access to that file. Hover over a name and youll see a pop-up menu with quick links to send a message or start a voice or video call with Skype, without opening the Skype app on your computer. The only downside to this feature is that it only works if you have the Skype app installed on your machine and use Skype for Business. One little new feature that adds a lot of functionality is the ability to pick up where you left off in a document.
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