Microsoft India has announced the launch of the Office 2016 apps. The apps are the latest addition to Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based subscription service that offers the office suite. The company has also announced new and enhanced Office 365 services.
The Office 2016 apps are optimized for Windows 10, and include the new Sway to create shareable, interactive stories. It also supports Windows Hello that logs in users into Windows 10 and Office 365 in one step. According to Microsoft, the Office 2016 apps with Office 365 deliver new capabilities for better enterprise security and protection.
The new iteration of Office features Tell Me that helps users to quickly find an Office feature or command, and Smart Lookup that brings insights from the web into documents. Excel 2016, the latest version of the popular spreadsheet tool, now includes integrated publishing to Power BI and new modern chart-types.
The most recently used documents list allows users to pick up right where they left off, travelling across devices, whether users are working in Office Online, in the Office Mobile apps or in the Office 2016 desktop apps. It also offers new collaboration features.
It also boasts of built-in data loss prevention across Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook,to reduce the risk of leaking sensitive data with tools for IT administrators to manage content authoring and document sharing policies. It also features integration with Cortana, Microsoft's voice-based virtual assistant.
The new Office 2016 apps are available in 14 languages in India and 47 languages across the world and require Windows 7 or later. Starting today, Office 365 subscribers can also choose to download the new Office 2016 apps as part of their subscription. Automatic updates will begin rolling out to consumer subscribers next month. Office 2016 is also available as a one-time purchase for both PCs and Mac.
Office 365 Personal (For One User - One PC + One Tablet + One Phone) is priced at Rs 3,299 per annum. Office 365 Home (For Five Users - Five PCs + Five Tablets + Five Phones) is priced at Rs 4,199 per annum.
Office 2016 is also available as a one time purchase priced at Rs 5,999 for Home and Students edition and Rs 18,499 for Home and Business edition. The Office 2016 Standard edition is available at Rs 24,844 while Office 2016 Professional Plus is available at Rs 33,911.
Microsoft Office 2016 is here: 9 top features
The Office 2016 apps are optimized for Windows 10, and include the new Sway to create shareable, interactive stories. It also supports Windows Hello that logs in users into Windows 10 and Office 365 in one step. According to Microsoft, the Office 2016 apps with Office 365 deliver new capabilities for better enterprise security and protection.
The new iteration of Office features Tell Me that helps users to quickly find an Office feature or command, and Smart Lookup that brings insights from the web into documents. Excel 2016, the latest version of the popular spreadsheet tool, now includes integrated publishing to Power BI and new modern chart-types.
The most recently used documents list allows users to pick up right where they left off, travelling across devices, whether users are working in Office Online, in the Office Mobile apps or in the Office 2016 desktop apps. It also offers new collaboration features.
It also boasts of built-in data loss prevention across Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook,to reduce the risk of leaking sensitive data with tools for IT administrators to manage content authoring and document sharing policies. It also features integration with Cortana, Microsoft's voice-based virtual assistant.
The new Office 2016 apps are available in 14 languages in India and 47 languages across the world and require Windows 7 or later. Starting today, Office 365 subscribers can also choose to download the new Office 2016 apps as part of their subscription. Automatic updates will begin rolling out to consumer subscribers next month. Office 2016 is also available as a one-time purchase for both PCs and Mac.
Office 365 Personal (For One User - One PC + One Tablet + One Phone) is priced at Rs 3,299 per annum. Office 365 Home (For Five Users - Five PCs + Five Tablets + Five Phones) is priced at Rs 4,199 per annum.
Office 2016 is also available as a one time purchase priced at Rs 5,999 for Home and Students edition and Rs 18,499 for Home and Business edition. The Office 2016 Standard edition is available at Rs 24,844 while Office 2016 Professional Plus is available at Rs 33,911.
Microsoft Office 2016 is here: 9 top features
1. Clutter
Our SPAM folders are amazing. They collect emails from retailers and businesses with whom we don't want to have any contact whatsoever. But what about that uncle you just can't stand? Or that annoying coworker who constantly asks you to go to lunch?
With Clutter for Outlook, your email usage signals whether or not emails should actually enter your inbox. For example: if you never, ever open your uncle's emails, Clutter will automatically send those incoming messages to a folder where they will land alongside your annoying coworker's lunch requests. You can access this folder anytime and move messages back to the normal old inbox.
If you're worried you'll miss something important, don't fret. Clutter sends you a weekly digest that tells you exactly what was hidden. You can then command Clutter to never pull in that type of content again.
2. Skye integration
Microsoft has made cloud document collaboration possible (years and years after Google, but I digress). Now, you and a friend can edit a Microsoft Word document simultaneously without having to save and share the document via email.
Unfortunately, not all of our friends are tech-savvy (or task-oriented), and sometimes you just need to hop onto a call with them to explain things (or gossip). With Office 2016 you can jump onto a Skype call from within Microsoft Word and Outlook.
This means you'll never have to launch a second application to begin your video call. You can simply press a button, select a chat partner and start chatting, er, collaborating.
3. Smart Lookup
You know how you can look up words in Microsoft Office to find out whether you're spelling them correctly? Now you can use a feature called Smart Lookup in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook to find information on almost anything on the web.
You simply highlight a word or phrase, right-click and select Smart Lookup. A sidebar will open with search results that fit your criteria. Want to learn more about Alaskan Klee Kais? Just type in the phrase, highlight it, right click on Smart Lookup and boom, you'll get tons of information about these cuddly little puppies.
Yes, Apple has a similar feature in El Capitan. No, this isn't revolutionary. But, boy is this a useful tool, especially for people who create tons of content and don't have time to open and close separate apps for every query.
4. Wunderlist
This new/old app allows you to create interactive to-do lists that can be shared with family, friends and co-workers. Want to assign people tasks? Want to monitor everyone's progress? Wunderlist can help you get everything organized and tracked.
Is there a slacker among your group of friends that always forgets to do his/her tasks? Wunderlist sends reminders, allows you to comment on other people's tasks and set due dates, just in case you need to micromanage your pals.
Technically, Wunderlist was created in 2009, but Microsoft acquired the company in June and added it to Office 2016. So those of you who solely rely on Office apps to ensure productivity will be pleased to see this new tool added to your suite.
5. Planner
A similar, though unique, feature exists for enterprise Office users. Planner allows managers to create a dashboard for group tasks. Managers can assign projects, track progress and rearrange responsibilities directly from the dashboard.
Instead of your boss sending a group email telling everyone what their new assignments are, your boss can simply drag and drop a responsibility from your column to your colleague's.
The best part: you don't have to keep your eyes on the dashboard all day. Whenever someone makes a strategic change, group members receive a notification.
6. Sunrise Calendar
Want a calendar app that provides a bit more kick than your standard Outlook application? Microsoft has finally added its side project, Sunrise Calendar, to the Office suite.
With Sunrise, you can connect your calendar to applications like Facebook, Foursquare and TripIt to help you make plans. Every time one of your friends or colleagues enters an event into social media, Sunrise adds it to your calendar. So if you want to stay up to date on this week's concerts and films, just check Sunrise to see if anyone added an event to Facebook or Foursquare.
Sunrise was originally developed as an iPhone app in 2013. But Microsoft acquired the company in February and added the tool to the Office 2016 suite.
7. Tell Me
Simple Office tasks can sometimes be tedious. Hate bolding text? Hate formatting documents? With Tell Me you can simply enter a text command and Office will immediately locate and make the fix for you.
Want to change your font to Times New Roman? Enter "change font to Times New Roman" and click on the corresponding command in the Tell Me search bar.
It's been rumored that voice commands will be recognized by Tell Me, but it's immediately unclear if this feature will be available when Office 2016 goes live.
8. Office Lens
Similar to Adobe Cloud Connect, Office Lens lets you take a camera phone image of a document and then turn that image into an editable Office document.
Let's say you want to file a hotel receipt with your Accounts Payable department, but you don't want them to see that nightcap you accidentally charged to your room. You can take a photo of your receipt, run it through Office Lens, redact the line item you'd like to avoid showing and send the document to your company for processing.
You no longer need to scan items, save them to your PC and then make edits. You can just snap, edit and send.
9. Delve
Most companies create so much data that it's impossible to keep track of it all. Want to find a brilliant presentation one of your colleagues created at some point two years ago? Rather than search through thousands of emails in your inbox, you can access your company's Delve repository.
Available for enterprise Office clients, Delve is a hub for all Office documents and creations. Think of it as Pinterest for work.
You can organize each item based on subject matter, content type and date. You can search the hub to find relevant content that applies to the work you're doing. You can start a board to encourage your coworkers to share content that you might find useful.
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