![]() Office is productivity software (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and OneNote) that is installed on your desktop or laptop computer. ![]() ![]() When Office 365 first came out, I HATED the name “Office 365,” mainly because of the confusion it brought to so many of my students and colleagues.Ī year ago, people would falsely assume that Office 365 was a new version of the popular productivity application suite called Microsoft Office, and I'd have to correct them: “No, Office 365 is very different,” I'd say and then I'd elaborate on the differences, much like Microsoft's own Office 365 FAQ page does: Need an example? Go to and you'll find a link to a page explaining what a Microsoft Account is, but not SkyDrive. Many of the above names have popped up just within the last year or so and finding clear-cut and accurate definitions are a bit hard to locate. The Cloud.Īll of the above names are necessary in understanding Office 2013's fullest potential however, many of my students and clients remain blissfully unaware of their existence, of both the names themselves and the products/services to which they refer. If I am having trouble, what chance do our average end-users have at sorting through all the Office-branded offerings? More specifically, I have had a hard time figuring out the differences between any Microsoft product containing the word “Office” in its name-and as a Microsoft MVP for the Office Systems, I'm supposed to be an expert on this subject! I have had a hard time keeping up with Microsoft branding-and I am not just talking about logos here. I don't know about you, but I have had a really hard time keeping up with Microsoft this past year. If you haven't been following Microsoft in the last year or two and want the latest version of Microsoft's productivity applications (most namely Word, Excel and PowerPoint), expect to encounter a lot of new names and to be confused.
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