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Last Office standing? New editions may be less popular.
October 21, 2019

Last Office standing? New editions may be less popular.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Office 2016

Microsoft Office is used by my company almost every day. I have lots of budgeting and finances done in Excel, I also use it for data management of my clients and part time workers. Also I used it to do keyword research for marketing purposes. Anything that is 'data' I put in Excel and manage it or track it. Couldn't live without spreadsheets. Word is used less frequently, but sometimes I have to edit some of the documents or create PDFs and it's useful for that. PowerPoint once in a while.
  • Excel can be a lot of things. I use it for clients data management, brainstorming of ideas, managing finances and for scripts that pick up data from other files. Lots of calculations as well.
  • Word is all you need for creating written documents and exporting to PDF if needed. For years it did the job for me for writing and editing documents, and I didn't have to look elsewhere. Even created books in it which have been published in paper.
  • PowerPoint is all you need for presentations, split the screen with a projector and you are done.
  • MS Office pricing model was great, now it is hard to get now in OEM. Usually the 365 version is offered which is a subscription. Monthly or yearly fees is something I don't like.
  • For a newbie, Excel could be an overwhelm, I think a simplified UI set could be an option to choose from the start.
  • Once again, the pricing model for new editions isn't something that's popular amongst long term users.
  • 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.
There are free alternatives to MS Office 2016. The problem is most of the people are hire are rather familiar and use Office. That means most of the time it's the way to work on files. I used Libre when working on MacOS, and compatibility for simple files was okay. But even though the same Excel or Word files could be open with LibreOffice and OpenOffice, if you use advanced formatting and macros you need to work on the same software because it may not work the same. There won't be issues with compatibility and formatting inside the files if you use MS Office on different platforms and the same files.
Microsoft support is very good, big corporation has people for everything. You can find a lot of solutions to problems and helpful tutorials, as well as ready to be copied macros and functions made by communities around the world. Very big user base means there aren't situations that someone else didn't have already.

Do you think Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) again?

Yes

You can do it all in Microsoft Excel, like for example project management, however it will always lack features that software made specifically for project management have. However, in Office you can do a lot of the tasks and most of the people know how to use it (or can be teached) so it's always great for a starting point.