Office 2016 Preview—update 2 now available Office

I read somewhere it is releasing on Sep 22, looking forward to it.

Here is a link

http://www.pcworld.com/article/29758...tember-22.html

Dude said:

I read somewhere it is releasing on Sep 22, looking forward to it.

Here is a link

http://www.pcworld.com/article/29758...tember-22.html

That explains some of the shock I got Friday:

. . . de-emphasizing certain aspects of our pre-release programs and, unfortunately, this includes support for the (group name deleted) program. We are also discontinuinmg most all webcasts and other events for the Office 16 programs. My last day with MS will be next Friday, Sept. 4th. I will be closing this Yammer group next Thursday.

I and others in the deleted program name have had a close association with the author of the post for more than 15 years and it just takes the wind out of my sails to know that she's gone once more.

She was my PM for MSN, Vista and Windows 7 betas. Once Windows 7 RTM'd, Microsoft let a huge number of employees go and she was among them. She came back later with the Microsoft Office program, and now that she's done a fantastic job, she'll be gone again.

Way to go, Microsoft! Way to go!

Rocky said:

Does the standard version of Microsoft Office come with Outlook installed? I am running the preview and I really like the way that Outlook performs compared to Office 2010 Professional that I have been using for the last few years. I really need Outlook and I don't want to spend a fortune just to get it.

Not sure what you mean by standard version. The Office lineup up to 2013 includes Outlook starting with the "Home and Business" Edition. It's unfortunately not in "Home and Student". Outlook 2013 can be purchased separately and, as you say, it's not cheap. I will be (pleasantly) surprised if this changes in the 2016 product lineup.

Rocky said:

Does the standard version of Microsoft Office come with Outlook installed? I am running the preview and I really like the way that Outlook performs compared to Office 2010 Professional that I have been using for the last few years. I really need Outlook and I don't want to spend a fortune just to get it.

Go to office.microsoft.com and check out the "home" version(s). There's a home version for a single computer that costs around $70 US and a five computer (and five tablets) Home version that runs around $100 per year. Both versions have Outlook.

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Dude said:

I read somewhere it is releasing on Sep 22, looking forward to it.

Here is a link

http://www.pcworld.com/article/29758...tember-22.html

Dude, from what I read, that looks like Office on Windows 10 and doesn't include Outlook.

No, I think it's the full suite

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/92...se-date-rumors

It is, of course, the full Office Suite. It has different editions as always in Office suite, the Home & Student edition does not include Outlook as didn't its predecessor Office 2013 Home & Student, but other editions will have it.

The wording in the PC World article, "The Windows version of Microsoft Office 2016 appears to be less than a month away" does not mean it would be a special "light" version; it simple means that Windows version of Office 2016 will be released now compared to Office 2016 for Mac which was released already in July.

Kari