MS Office 2016 Review

Microsoft Office 2016

Microsoft is a productivity organization, claims Satya Nadella CEO. While that offers a verity of solutions from the cloud services Office 365 to the mobile applications for Android and iOS (along with Skype, Dynamics and Power BI), for everyone, MS Office is the most productivity software.

That said, between Apple's Pages and Numbers, Google Docs, Box's Office viewers and even Libre Office, Microsoft Office has multiple competitions. With MS Office 2016, Microsoft need to upgrade its basic features, develop a cloud based services like Office 365 and OneDrive, and deliver extra tools for tablets and smartphones that never have a keyboard.

There are some wonderful new functionality in welcome screens and individual apps across the Office suite on the front interface, as well as new management and security and features. But this is a slightly familiar option, to the feature that we have not found yet in PowerPoint or Word 2016. New Office has the simple click-to-run feature that lets you use complete Office before the actual installation finishes (the small video clip you watch plays in PowerPoint 2016 actually). If the any option you want hasn't download, the Office will let you know about that download – and priorities installing that option next so you utilize it.

Microsoft reports that Office 2016 will look more colorful; we would call it little bit chunkier than previous versions as well. In fact the front interface now offers you an option of five basic Themes to choose from rather than the three Themes in previous Office 2013. You can still choose light grey or white background and header on each display, and only display the accent color for all programs in the backstage and status bar menu that starts from the File tab on the top.

The medium grey theme is have little bit similar contrast with the dark grey theme in previous Office 2013, with a black backstage menu and dark grey  background – the dark grey theme in Office 2016 really a dark grey contrast, so that commands and icons have even dark colors. Some people like the look and feel but this theme is just an accessibility feature for those who have visual problems.

The MS Office 2016 preview is only available for Office 365 users currently, and only for those who have Pro Plus subscriptions (because they add the license for all features and applications), but not all of the security and management features coming with the suite are enabled yet.

Admins have more customization choice for the Click-to-Run feature (you still use the deployment tools of Office to work with) and officials say there are some security updates and bug fixes in the program installer. You'll be allowed to see how you get new features and bug fixes without disabling security updates and you can manage your system to get monthly updates in your Office 2016. We have not yet seen the final list of features for new release, but the way pf people pay for Office 2016 is making it more impressive than previous releases. More Office users are purchasing an Office 365 packages that let them use Office 2016 without paying anything extra.