Microsoft has released their new version of Office — Office 2016. It has been three years since Microsoft has released its last major version of its productivity apps and since 1.2 billion people around the world use Office, chances are you will be wondering what’s new with this latest version.

Office 2016 is primarily focussed on connecting itself, and all devices, with the cloud — as this will let you access and edit documents on the go and on all devices.

A key new feature, which also uses the cloud, is the “real-time co-authoring tool”.  This tool allows multiple people to work on the same document from different devices and work spaces — whilst keeping a history of changes made and by whom.

There are also a few new features in Word that are said to be helpful without being flashy. The new “Tell Me” tool acts like Clippy but without interrupting when not needed. You can easily ask it a question, “how to insert a chart” or any other question you may have — and then you get a quick and simple response.

The most interesting addition to Office 2016 is said to be “Sway”. This is a free web based platform that lets you easily build an attractive and eye catching website from your images and text.

Most of the new features and changes are minor but helpful. With Office 2016, Microsoft is mainly setting itself up for the future by fully integrating with the cloud by ensuring it works well everywhere at all times and on every device.

For home and business, Office 2016 is a useful upgrade that will ease sharing between devices and contacts.

Please contact us if you are interested in making this upgrade.