![]() However, commercial users require an Office 365 subscription that includes the Office applications: either Business, Business Premium, Enterprise E3, E5, ProPlus, or the corresponding versions of those plans for Government or Education. Outlook for iOS and Android is free for consumer usage from the iOS App store and from Google Play. Q: Is a license required to use Outlook for iOS and Android? The answer is also now available on the FAQ page for Outlook for iOS/Android: Outlook requires an eligible Office 365 commercial subscription for commercial use rights – an Office 365 plan that includes the Office apps… Non-commercial use of Outlook is free (,, etc). I ended up asking a Microsoft representative for a plain-language interpretation of the license terms. Like most people I just assumed back then that a free app was free to use. But I certainly hadn’t read them until this was brought to my attention. Nobody actually reads licenses… well one person did, that’s why they asked me about it. You may install and use one copy of the software on an iOS-based device that you own or control for non-commercial use purposes, unless you have commercial use rights under a valid commercial Office 365 subscription or as may be otherwise licensed. However, the usage of the app is governed by the license terms. You can download Outlook from the Apple app store or from the Google Play store and not pay any money for it. It’s a simple answer, but perhaps not one that you were expecting. That might make it a little less daunting for some users.Ĭonclusion: the Office 2010 is a worthy upgrade from 2007, especially at the discounted academic price.A recent discussion among MVPs and Microsoft reminded me of a question I was asked back when Outlook for iOS and Android were first released – is the Outlook app for iOS and Android devices a free app? The find dialog now works much more like a mini-search-engine than a simple find. However, Word has gotten more web-centric to match the expectations of users over the years. Confusion seems to be a constant risk to Word users. It also adds even more features to its already nearly colossal arsenal. Word gains some safety features to prevent the opening of risky VB macros downloaded from the internet. It also gains the ability to search MS-owned LinkedIn for email addresses. Outlook in Office 2010 gains some refinement and performance upgrades. Good on Microsoft for responding to evolving expectations. ![]() Newer users expect to be able to embed and edit graphics and video in word processing documents as easily as they would on a social media site. Word now features graphic-creation and manipulation tools to meet modern expectations. ![]() Office 2010 offers stronger graphics capability in all apps. This change shows MS responds to popular needs - even when it involves a file format is proprietary to a company other than MS. You can print to pdf directly from any of the Office apps: No more plug-in, driver, or secondary app. However, the graphic nature of Backstage has blocked some file-management keyboard shortcuts popular among traditional power users.Īnother great advance: native support for pdf creation. This is a great feature, and justifies whatever code bloat it required to incorporate. The ribbons are still there, and still require a surprising number of clicks to perform some basic tasks (changing paragraph styles is one example).īig news in all apps is the “Backstage” view which gathers all functions to be found on the File menu, combined on a single pane with a print preview. Unlike its predecessor, the 2010 update doesn’t demand much adjustment on the user-interface front. Office 2007 introduced the ribbon-interface which tended to confuse users of previous versions. Row limit is now 1,048,576, up from a mere 64,000 or so in the 32-bit version. This will encourage power users of Excel. The biggest news is the 64-bit compatibility. That’s what’s made MSOffice an essential in the modern world. Taken together, there’s enough utility in this suite to handle 95% of the demands of most desk jobs anywhere. Each of the major applications has become the standard within its own category. If you’re not already familiar, MS Office combines the applications for spreadsheet (Excel), word processing (Word), email and scheduling (Outlook), database (Access), presentations (PowerPoint) and lesser-known apps for note-keeping (OneNote) and web design (Publisher). You’ll find a host of new and upgraded features, some of which are useful to general users, although many - like its new 64-bit codebase - will likely appeal only to serious power users and enterprise software buyers. ![]() ![]() Microsoft offers their latest upgrade to the world's premier office productivity suite with the 2010 version of Office Professional. ![]()
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