What's New and Improved in Office 2016?
What’s New and Improved in Office 2016?
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Now with the all new Office 2016.
With Office 2016, you regularly get new and improved features. Take a look below to see what’s available to you today and come back later to find out what else has been added.
If you’re new to Office or new to an app, check out the Office 2016 Quick Start Guides. If you want to learn about available training, visit the Office Training Center. If you want to find out why you should upgrade to Office 2016, watch this video.
Need to install Office 2016? Learn more about how to upgrade to Office 2016.
New features:
- Co-Authoring
In Word and PowerPoint
Work with others simultaneously on a document regardless of the device you’re using.
- Simplified Sharing
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Just click the Share button in the Ribbon for easy sharing right from your Office documents. See who has access to a given document and who is currently working in the document, and change individual authoring permissions for any document you own.
- Shared Notebooks
In OneNote
Collect any and all relevant information (e.g., photos, videos, clippings, drawings,…) in one central location, work with others, and watch the app sync changes within seconds.
- Real-Time Typing
In Word
As you collaborate with others in a document, see where others are working and view their edits as they happen.
- Modern Attachments
In Outlook
Attach a document from your recent items and share them from OneDrive or SharePoint with email recipients. Also configure sharing permissions so that all the recipients have access to the attached file without having to leave the app.
- Mail Triage
In Outlook
The Clutter feature learns how you prioritize your mail and then helps you by putting low priority messages in a separate folder (while still giving you a daily summary so you don’t miss anything). When on the go, you can also take advantage of this capability by using the Focused Inbox.
- Improved Version History
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Refer back to previous snapshots and earlier drafts of documents during the editing process as you collaborate with others.
- One-Click Forecasting
In Excel
With one simple click, create forecast charts based on historical data and predict future trends. This new capability uses the industry standard Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm to give you reliable forecasting data.
- New Chart Types
In Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Visualize financial or hierarchical data, and highlight statistical properties of your data with new chart types: Treemap, Waterfall, Pareto, Histogram, Box and Whisker, and Sunburst.
- Export Data Source Information to Excel
In Access
Get a list of all the linked data sources from your Access database application into Excel for reference.
- More Flexible Timelines
In Project
Not only leverage multiple timelines to illustrate different phases or categories of work, but also set the start and end dates for each timeline separately, to paint a clearer overall picture of the work involved.
- Better Control over Resource Scheduling
In Project
Negotiate an agreement, called a resource engagement, to make sure that resources with limited availability are being used appropriately and effectively throughout your organization.
- Improved Data Connectivity
In Visio Professional
Connecting your diagram to Excel data is now just one step away. Make sure there is a one-to-one match between values in an Excel column and the text for each shape on the diagram, and simply click Quick Import on the Data tab.
- Modern Shapes
In Visio
Take advantage of the many redesigned shapes that are now available. In Visio Professional, the Basic Electrical template now has shapes that are compliant with the IEEE standard. In Visio Standard, the Office Layout shapes have been updated. Also check out the Starter diagrams to quickly get going.
- Better Together with Windows 10
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Mail, Calendar, and OneNote
Take the Office mobile apps for a spin and find out why they are the perfect option for on-the-go productivity. They help you do great work anywhere, anytime, with documents in full fidelity across all your Windows 10 devices.
- Office Themes
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Project, Visio, and Publisher
Pick the Office theme that’s right for you. The Dark Gray theme provides a high contrast look and feel that is easy on the eyes. The Colorful theme offers a modern and fresh look. The White theme provides a traditional Office look.
- Tell Me
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Project, Visio, and Access
Simply type what you want to do in the app using your own words, and then Tell Me will guide through the process as well as offer additional resources.
- Smart Lookup
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
Fact-check or explore terms in your documents with Bing-powered Smart Lookup. Simply highlight terms in your document and use this feature to bring in search results from the web right into your reading or authoring environment.
- OneDrive Integration
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, and Outlook
Access your Office documents from anywhere and any device by saving them to OneDrive, pick up anywhere you left off, and co-author with others from the comfort of your office or home, or even on the go.
- Skype Integration
Use Skype to check in and collaborate with someone using Instant Messaging (IM), voice, video, or screen sharing. Also join online meetings while on the go using the Skype for Business mobile app. See who is online, IM meeting participants, and follow along when a presenter shares his screen – all from your tablet or phone.
- Cross-Platform, Cross-Device
In Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, and Outlook
Easily switch from one device to the next without missing a beat. View and edit your Office documents across Windows, Android, and Apple devices. Review, edit, analyze, and present with a consistent look and familiar user experience across your devices.
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