Office 2016, rollout begins September 22nd 2015 Office

Wynona said:

Which tablet, Paul? Windows, Apple or Android? Also what size is the tablet?

Hi,

It's a small 8" Windows tablet, Lynx Brand, only cost £100 (approx. $150)

32GB Storage, 1GB RAM (doesn't seem much), it is one of the fastest tablets I have had, really is nice, has no problems running my desktop programs or the store apps

paulsalter said:

Hi,

It's a small 8" Windows tablet, Lynx Brand, only cost £100 (approx. $150)

32GB Storage, 1GB RAM (doesn't seem much), it is one of the fastest tablets I have had, really is nice, has no problems running my desktop programs or the store apps

Ah, so you'll be able to run the online version of Office 2016 then. I think. Although you'll have to save to the OneDrive rather than your hard drive.

I'm looking forward to the new version. I've been using the Office suite for a number of years and seem to get the latest version when it becomes available.

Have they posted the O2016 versions and pricing yet?

Wynona said:

Ah, so you'll be able to run the online version of Office 2016 then. I think. Although you'll have to save to the OneDrive rather than your hard drive.

I mainly use Onedrive for documents, I like the way the apps integrate with Onedrive for saving documents

So far I havn't got Onedrive setup on tablet using its own app, the selective syncing doesn't work very well due to only 32GB storage, I like to be able to see all my files in explorer and download what I require via a double click

I need to test out the store versions, see how they work with touch compared to the full desktop ones

gzt7d8 said:

I'm looking forward to the new version. I've been using the Office suite for a number of years and seem to get the latest version when it becomes available.

Have they posted the O2016 versions and pricing yet?

Yeah, just go to office.microsoft.com and look for whichever version you need. Somewhere in the mix should also be details and pricing of the perpetual version.

paulsalter said:

I mainly use Onedrive for documents, I like the way the apps integrate with Onedrive for saving documents

So far I havn't got Onedrive setup on tablet using its own app, the selective syncing doesn't work very well due to only 32GB storage, I like to be able to see all my files in explorer and download what I require via a double click

I need to test out the store versions, see how they work with touch compared to the full desktop ones

One caveat that I'm not too familiar with is that one of the free versions possibly won't let you save your work, so watch out for that.

Wynona said:

One caveat that I'm not too familiar with is that one of the free versions possibly won't let you save your work, so watch out for that.

Thanks for the info, didn't know that

I have till end of the year before my free year runs out, hoping 2016 is nice, then I will keep the 365 subscription :)

paulsalter said:

Thanks for the info, didn't know that

I have till end of the year before my free year runs out, hoping 2016 is nice, then I will keep the 365 subscription :)

That would be the best way to go. At $69.99 per year for Personal (one computer) or $99 per year for Home (5 computers), you really can't go wrong with continual upgrades, updates and security. IOW, new features will be added as they're designed.