Microsoft Office 2016

Office 2016 is a suite of office applications.

2022: Ability to remotely execute arbitrary code using a 0-day vulnerability

On May 30, 2022, it became known that a 0-day vulnerability in Office allows an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code. The problem affects Microsoft Office, Office 2016 and Office 2021. Read more here.

2017: Microsoft opens access to Office in the Windows Store

Microsoft announced in June 2017 that it was migrating full-featured Office 2016 applications to the Windows Store, and now it has versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and OneNote^[1].

On the technical support page of Office products, it is reported that Surface Laptop will be the first device for which the new Office 2016 will be available. By the way, its sales coincided with the transfer of the package. It is important to note that this laptop runs not on classic Windows 10, but on Windows 10 S. This is a new Microsoft OS that has fewer functions and capabilities - due to this, it requires less resources to work. For example, all programs for Windows 10 S will run exclusively from the Windows Store. Limiting software downloads from third-party repositories will avoid a number of vulnerabilities, the company says.

Following Surface Laptop, the new software will be available to owners of other devices running Windows 10 S. Buyers of laptops with a one-year Office 365 Personal subscription will be able to use the universal Office app for free. For Office 365 Personal, Office 365 Home, Office 365 for Education Plus, and Office 365 Education E5 subscribers, a trial of the new product is available.

As for the owners of the business version of Office 365, they will need to update devices on Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro. This recommendation is because the new version of Office does not support Office 365 business plans and its associated licensing program. Support for Office 365 business plans in Windows 10 S will appear no earlier than 2018. After the trial period ends, editions such as Office Home & Student 2016 and Office Home & Business 2016 will start working in this OS. Separately, Office 365 Education will be missing Outlook, Access, and Publisher.

You should also know that Office 2016 for Windows 10 S is presented exclusively in the 32-bit version - unlike other versions of Windows 10, this excludes the installation of additional extensions; instead of the desktop application OneNote 2016, its universal analogue was released. Earlier, the company assured that OneNote 2016 will appear in the store, but to avoid confusion with two different versions of the service, it will be possible to download it via a direct link, and not through a search.

Separately, it is reported that universal versions of Office applications can also be downloaded by owners of devices based on Windows 10 S with screen diagonals of no more than 10.1 inches. The company positions such versions as Office mobile applications. However, users with devices with large screens can also install mobile versions of Office programs.

It remains to add that the transfer of Win32 applications to the Windows Store is a long-standing initiative of Microsoft. To do this, the company developed a tool known as Project Centennial. It makes it easier for developers to transport software written for Windows XP, Vista and 7 (Win32) to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and then sell them through the Windows Store. Taking into account the 16 million Win32 applications on the market, this initiative should provide a radical expansion of the range of UWP software.

2015

Office 2016 Announcement

On January 22, 2015, Microsoft announced the release of a new version of the office applications package - Microsoft Office 2016, in the second half of 2015^[2] in^[2].

It is assumed that the universal version of Office in the form of a mobile application will appear in the near future and will be adapted for regular and touch data input. The full version for personal computers and a set of information from the keyboard is expected during the second half of 2015.

It is not yet known whether the package will be sold through a one-time payment or whether the vendor will switch to subscription principles. The new Windows 10, for example, after a year of free downloads, will be offered to everyone only as a temporary subscription.

For smartphones, the "universal" version of Office will be preinstalled initially.

Ordinary users are interested in the appearance of Office 2016 and the "universal" Office, first of all, in the work of the Windows Store service, through which there is a trade in programs and applications from Microsoft. Probably, despite the declared versatility, applications will not be available to all devices running on the Windows 10 platform, or they will be offered on various terms.

Touch version of Office in video, 2015

Microsoft Office 2016 IT Pro and Developer Preview - First Impressions

Installation questions

During the installation process, failures are possible: some users complain - the installation reaches 85% and stops. The Word 2016 Preview icon appears on the Windows 8 start screen, but there are no other Office applications. In fact, applications are installed by default in the C :\Windows\Program Files (x86 )\Microsoft Office\root\Office 16 directory. There are all Office applications without icons to^[3] them^[3].

New colors

Compared to Office 2013, as of April 7, 2015, there are few new products in this preview. According to the vendor representatives, the early build does not contain all the functions that the company plans to publish in the final development - this is a preview of the product and it is aimed at IT specialists and developers, but not at consumers or end users of Office.

The most striking change is that each Office application is "colored" in distinctive colors - blue for Word, green for Excel, red for PowerPoint, and Outlook and Visio are light shades of blue.

Office Applications for Mac Ribbon, 2015

Published preview version of Microsoft Office 2016

May 4, 2015 Microsoft published a preliminary version of Microsoft Office 2016 for download^[4].

Everyone can download the trial version of the Microsoft Office 2016 preview, Office 365 subscribers have access to a full version of the program.

Users who have installed Microsoft Office 2016 will have access to Outlook attachments in OneDrive cloud storage, online document sharing, and other updates.

The package Excel has new tools for compiling diagrams, graphs and analyzing them.

Microsoft Office 2016 для Mac

On July 10, 2015, Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac and Office 365 in 139 countries in 16 languages.

The modified applications are optimized for a tape interface and work on devices with a Retina display and Multi-Touch function. They sync with cloud storage, which allows you to work with files created on other PCs, smartphones or tablets. Using collaboration tools, you can edit documents with colleagues, and share them without changing the format or losing information. A number of functions have been added to the product:

• merging documents to send mailings to Word,
• suggesting a new time in Outlook
• Support for connecting external data in Excel.

"We are committed to improving our services that work equally well on any platform. That is why the release of Office 2016 for Mac is one of the main and important events of the company this summer, - commented Zinaida Kudrina, head of the department for promoting Microsoft information office systems in Russia. "Most recently, we presented updated Office applications for Android, and soon we are planning to release an updated line for Windows 10."

Versions of five Microsoft applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote - offer users the best of the familiar Office functionality and Mac OS interface.

• Word for Mac. Advanced Microsoft Word features make it easy to create attractive text files. With the help of new tools for formatting the document, you can use high-quality graphic layouts, bright colors and a variety of fonts. Finally, the application allows you to work together with colleagues by adding your notes to the text and responding to their comments.

• Excel for Mac. The Excel version allows you to visualize information and choose the most suitable diagram for a specific task. Familiar hotkey shortcuts, autocomplete, and improved formulas will help reduce the time it takes to add data to a table. For a more detailed analysis of a large amount of information, you can use the new PivotTable Slice tool.

• PowerPoint for Mac. The improved speaker mode offers users an even higher level of control over the presentation process: it allows you to view the current and next slides, shows voice notes and a timer, and broadcasts the document from the Mac display to the big screen.

• Outlook for Mac. Managing your contacts, email, calendar, and task list is even easier. The new Outlook for Mac has improved mail support, which means that incoming messages will arrive without delay. The search for the necessary letter has also become more convenient: now the application can be viewed in conversation mode. Finally, in addition to the subject of the letter, the user can, without opening it, read the first line and quickly decide whether it is important or not.

• OneNote for Mac. OneNote is an Office application. It allows you to record your ideas and view electronic notes from any device. The search mechanism helps to find the necessary information by hashtags, recognizes text, graphic notes and images. The application offers flexible formatting, as well as the ability to share files with friends and colleagues.

• The Office 2016 line of applications is available to Office 365 home and personal subscribers, as well as to corporate users in Office 365 business, business premium, Ye3 and professional plus plans. The current license will allow you to use the latest versions of services on any device, as well as provide access to cloud storage OneDrive.

Microsoft Office 2016 Exit

On September 22, 2015, Microsoft announced the availability of the Microsoft Office 2016 application package for Russian companies and users from September 23, 2015.

"People's approach to

work has changed substantially recently. In this regard, Microsoft is striving to rethink business processes in order to meet the requirements of the modern world, where mobile and cloud technologies come to the fore, said Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft. "Our latest innovations have formed the basis for the transformation of Office, which has evolved from a familiar line of work programs into a set of related applications and services created for productive collaboration and collaboration."

Office 2016 for PCs running operating system Windows included versions of office programs:

• Word,
• PowerPoint,
• Excel,
• Outlook,
• OneNote,
• Project,
• Visio
• Access.

Office 2016 has updates:

• Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and OneNote now provide the ability to edit documents together, including in real time: each project participant monitors what changes are taking place in a particular part of the document, and which of the colleagues makes them.

• Business updates OneDrive for commercial customers will soon be introduced, affecting synchronization, search, mobility, IT control, and development. The next generation client for Windows Mac and will give users even more reliable synchronization, allow you to work with larger files and increased memory.

• Outlook 2016 is a mail client with quick search and automatic removal of low-priority emails. The service also has access to documents stored in the cloud.

• Tell Me ("Assistant") will find the desired function or command in Office 2016. The Smart Lookup function will help you find the information you need on the Internet and add it to your document.

• Excel 2016 contains integrated Power BI features as well as chart options for even clearer visualization of data.

• The list of the most frequently used files will help users continue working with documents on any of the devices from the moment they left. This feature is available on both the desktop version of Office and Office Online and the Office Mobile app.

• Delve is a new collaboration tool based on the Office Graph algorithm. It reveals the connection between what work the user does, who he cooperates with and what he writes in emails and social networks. Based on individual needs, the service analyzes information and automatically selects relevant content stored on SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, etc.

• Sway is a new project creation tool that combines the PowerPoint and OneNote capabilities. The technology allows you to quickly create documents using information from different sources. Sway is convenient for obtaining materials for long reading, including texts, tables, business graphics, handwritten notes, videos from various sources, etc.

Office 2016 applications that are included in Office 365 include new settings to improve the security and security of company and employee documents.

• Built-in information loss protection significantly reduces the risk of sensitive data leakage. IT administrators can manage authorship and document collaboration policies.

• Multi-factor authentication will provide secure access to information outside the corporate network.

Office 2016 applications are available in 47 languages ​ ​ and on devices running Windows 7 and older, also for Mac, iOS and Android.

Office 365 subscribers can download Office 2016 as part of a subscription.

The estimated retail price for Office 2016 "for home and study" is 4400 rubles in the electronic version, 5400 rubles in the boxed version. Rates for Office 365 Personal - 2300 and 2500 rubles, respectively.

As TAdviser was specified in Microsoft, these prices may change depending on the partner of the company offering the product. As a rule, large Internet resellers sell Office at prices below the recommended prices. The difference in the cost of electronic and boxed versions is associated with cost and tax structures.

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