Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The Office 2016 package is a one-time purchase. The applications are not automatically updated; to get the latest version, you must purchase Office again when the new version becomes available. The 2016 is no longer available for sale, and support is planned to end in 2020.	N/A

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	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) MZ Mickey Zarev Senior Software Engineer Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office 2016 is an industry-standard and it is easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Shannon Senior System Administrator Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Office is by far the most compatible of all the options we looked at and it integrates with Exchange email servers really well, so its an easy choice for us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) I've used WordPerfect and Office over the years. WordPerfect has a lot of nice features, but recently Office has incorporated most of them. The main reason why my company went with Office is due to the file format. Office files are more widely accepted as the standard and … Incentivized Helpful? Michael Kim Contracts Specialist Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We did not evaluate other products. The company already had an enterprise license with Microsoft for the Office Suite, and we were able to get a license and installation of our product by using our company email address. The other option was using free tools, which I know from … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Office 2010 is no longer supported, so this was no longer an option, we had to upgrade. Also the Office 2010 has several limits that restricted us. Office 2019 does not support updates over WSUS, so it does create an extra administrative cost compared to Office 2016. Their … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We have always used Microsoft Office products, beginning with the older versions, but we did try a brief evaluation of OpenOffice from Apache. Even though that open source software is free, it's got certain limitations and a different functionality that was missing from … Incentivized Helpful? HO Hector Ochoa Network Engineer Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We use Microsoft Office 2016 because at the time it was the best tool for us, but now with full attention to cloud products, we may be thinking of migrating our solution to a cloud service. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) OpenOffice has been the only product that is capable so certain tasks, but doesn't compare to vast capabilities of Office. Haven't found a suitable replacement, Microsoft Office is the prime software for getting work done. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Supervisor Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) For certain situations there is a benefit to the "standalone" package of Office 2106, vs. a subscription-based product like Office 365. Especially in the case where there are shared computers, or computers that are used as a kiosk, Microsoft Office 2016 would be one of the few … Incentivized Helpful? Jacob Wall Senior Technical Writer / Client Services Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) LibreOffice is a free software suite that fills some holes left in Microsoft Office, e.g., a "Draw" program that allows for easy creation of charts & diagrams. LibreOffice will save files in Microsoft formats, but sometimes the formatting is off when opened in Microsoft's suite;… Incentivized Helpful? Jesse White Self Employed Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We switched from Outlook to Canary Mail for Mac about two months ago and our experiences have been quite positive. The one big feature we enjoy that wasn't an option on Microsoft Office 2016 is read receipt email tracking. This feature allows us to know when a client has read … Incentivized Helpful? Naveen Gabrani Founder/CEO Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office is more powerful than all its competitors. It is also perhaps most expensive. However its feature set is vast: much higher than other similar products. The other benefit is that it is very popular in the industry. It is used by many of our clients as well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Na Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office 2016 is more robust and feature-packed that Google's suite of software. However, I find that Drive and Google's online software suite is easier to use for collaborative projects and quick notes. On specific software within the different suites, Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User General Manager Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We selected Microsoft Office 2016 due to its ease of use. It is also compatible with our client, Microsoft Operating systems. The common user interface across all the applications in Microsoft Office 2016 makes it easy (and familiar) to perform everyday tasks. It is also very … Incentivized Helpful? Stéfano Bellote Engenheiro de desenvolvimento de produtos Jr Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) The Microsoft Office Suite not only offers much more tools and resources if comparing the main apps like Word/Docs, Excel/Sheets, Powerpoint/Slides, but it also can give you more power and options when taking notes through OneNote (against Keep), communication is easy through … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) MS Office 2016 offers far more features than its alternatives. The ability to write complex scripts using VBA in MS Excel and MS Access can increase work productivity manyfold. Other MS Office 2016 like products don't offer such features. MS Office 2016 offers cloud storage in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office 2016 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote) does not match up to a live, collaborative platform such as Google documents, Google Sheets, or Google Slides. Incentivized Helpful? Robbie Speers Computer Technician Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) While OpenOffice is nice for a free word processing application, Office 2016 has more features and is more user-friendly to use and update. We have an educational license that can be used with an online portal as well, whereas Open Office is free but is limited in what we can … Incentivized Helpful? LD Lynn DeLaurentis Professional Counselor Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office has more flexibility and functionality than OpenOffice. OpenOffice isn't able to translate documents from other programs as easily and has more limitations in keystroke options for editing documents. OpenOffice is free, which can be a factor for some companies, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We haven't paid for similar programs, but we use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides as an alternative and probably use Google more. We still chose though to use Microsoft Office 2016 as it is a program that is familiar, and Google Suite doesn't have all the same advanced … Incentivized Helpful? Tyler Grudowski Product Development Engineer Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office has all the features of software like G Suite or Apple's slate of word-editing software. It takes all the positives about these two platforms and then has even more features than either of them to make office work ridiculously easy. G Suite requires an … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) While the other products are fine in and of themselves (particularly LibreOffice) they lack the polish, cohesion, and ubiquitous nature of Microsoft Office, specifically the appearance of Office 2016. Each Office application makes common tasks far easier for the common user … Incentivized Helpful? Laura Gillenwater Sr. Learning & Development Consultant, E-Learning Specialist Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) I've been using the various incarnations of Microsoft Office for about 20 years now (maybe longer) -- prior to that, we used WordPerfect and WordPerfect Graphics. We probably used Lotus 123 for our spreadsheet software, but can't remember if that was just at home or what we … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Word processing Pro User interface
Top Cons	Minus Ms office Minus Google docs Minus Power users

Best Alternatives
	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Small Businesses	Google Workspace Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Google Workspace Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Microsoft 365 Business Premium Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.3 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	5.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (45 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft I'd recommend [Microsoft] Office2016 for any business that has more than a couple of users, as the software is very scalable from just a small business to a large enterprise corporation. I don't know of any case where it might not be appropriate, as even home users and students use the software suite as well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Data manipulation. Excel takes the raw data we receive and allows us to digest it in ways that are useful to our business processes. Communication. Outlook serves as our primary means of communication and setting up appointments. Documentation. Word is the default standard when it comes to using a word processor and we are no different in this regard. Nearly every user has to use the application on a regular basis in order to accomplish their work. Incentivized Scott Herring Database Support Specialist Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Office 2016 professional edition can be priced for a single user license, it would be nice to see a drop in the pricing. Office 2016 home edition is a better price but does not include outlook 2016, so it is not a good fit for the workplace environments. Office 2016 can run slowly on older systems, so you need to make sure you have a machine that is 4 years old or less for it to run smoothly. Incentivized Andrew Shannon Senior System Administrator Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft We believe that office 2016 offers the best value when it comes to features included out of the box. The software is used in its entirety by our organization and is easily supported by our staff of IT technicians. Users find this software to be easy to learn and easy to use with minimal learning curve. Incentivized Lochan Kalicharan Freelance Photographer Read full review
Usability	Microsoft It's fairly easy to use, but the automatic formatting or capturing of formatting when pasting is wonky - especially when there are outlines or other bullets/numbered lists. Fixing and sizing up tables can be annoying, and there are sometimes formatting issues that we just absolutely cannot fix for some reason Incentivized Michael Kim Contracts Specialist Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft I am an MS feedback hub participant and they certainly don't pay enough attention to several bugs several people raise it in the portal. For the enterprise, it seems to me based on my prior experience that yes, they have a dedicated team to support operations. For mid to small companies or single users, it has been a struggle. So, you are pretty much with MS Blogs and others. Incentivized Ricardo G Lopes English Interpreter & Translator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft We use Microsoft Office 2016 because at the time it was the best tool for us, but now with full attention to cloud products, we may be thinking of migrating our solution to a cloud service. Incentivized HO Hector Ochoa Network Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 saves me a lot of time daily. I have functions and macros set up that calculate and show me a lot of things just from a couple of my inputs. This would take full days sometimes if not for that. Apart from time, it saves me money, I manage data in Excel, I don't have to buy software specifically for that. Sooner or later my company will have to switch to new edition, which will hurt revenues because of a subscription model. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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