Office 2016 For Desktop Arrives In Second Half Of 2015

[exfileme]

Office 2016 for Desktop will arrive in the second half of 2015.

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[dstarr3]

I tried to like Office 2013. I really did. But it was just unusable, unnavigable tosh. Office 2010 isn't brilliant, either, but it's at least better, and I guess I'll stick with it.

 

[RCguitarist]

Will office 2016 cost $200? If so, I won't buy it. Besides, I still prefer the old office where all of the most common actions aren't hidden behind a complicated series of vague tabs and abstract icons.

 

[dstarr3]

Also, Anandtech managed to post screenshots. Why couldn't you?

 

[nitrium]

I tried Office 2013, but the white themed ribbon (that you can't change, unlike Office 2010) is just so very, very bright and flat. Office 2010 looks a whole better.

 

[FTLAUDMAN]

I reconcile "installed free" and being unsure about subscription cost by remembering that Microsoft recently started allowing mobile users basic editing functionality for free (with a subscription to unlock all features).

 

[Innocent_Bystander]

My employer is using MS' Home Use Program so two licenses of the Pro version cost me all of $11. For that price, I'll take it.

 

[heffeque]

I must be the weird one. I actually like Office 2013 better than previous ones, specially Outlook compared to 2010.

 

[wiimonkey9]

Lol wut, people don't like Office 2013? As a power use I am in love with it.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

The best MS Office was Office 2003. After that...RIP Office. Sorry MS.

 

[milkod2001]

There are FREE alternatives ( Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs etc) which gives you 99% MS Office functionality. Why pay for it if you don't have to?

 

[chicofehr]

Went from 2003 to 2010 and happy with it. No reason to update unless they make it something like the 2003 to 2007 incompatibility problem with the x at the end of the file type. Maybe they would put something like .docxl Otherwise it will rune office docs from future Office no problem.

 

[Rit_86]

Just two things to see. Will it have the black theme and the picture manager (as in 2010)?
If it doesn't, it will be a big fail to me just like 2013.

 

[red77star]

Everything after Office 2007 in my opinion is bad. To be honest I don't even have need for Office, LibreOffice being free is more than what I need and it is FREE.

 

[gopher1369]

"The best MS Office was Office 2003. After that...RIP Office. Sorry MS. "

Nope nope nope. My job is pretty much 100% Excel and Outlook based. I use Office 2010 and it's vastly, vastly better than 2003. I could probably tolerate Outlook 2003 if I had to, but it would be basically impossible for me to move back to Excel 2003 with the huge number of features I'd be missing.

 

[Rosco19]

Good integration with OneDrive is what makes Office 2013 so good. I'm looking forward to seeing what they have improved in Office 2016.

 

[hannibal]

200$ That would be cheap. Office 2013 cost 539€...

 

[Avus]

I am still using Office 2007 Ultimate I bought from MS Ultimate Steal (student discount). It is more than enough for me as I don't have the need to make complicated office documents. I also use Google Doc if I am on the run. And I stopped using Outlook 2007 after I got my Android phone (gmail) because it is annoying to keep syncing between my google contacts/calendar/keep(notes) to Outlooks. I really don't see the need to keep my Office suite up to date.