Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Reviews & Insights

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Pros

Versatility: Users have appreciated the versatility of Microsoft Office for various tasks such as official document writing, forecasting, calculations, and presentations. The ability to use a single suite for multiple purposes streamlines their work processes and increases efficiency.

Seamless Connection to Exchange Server: Many users find the seamless connection to an Exchange 2016 server beneficial for their workflow. This integration allows for smooth communication and data sharing between different applications within Microsoft Office.

Stability and Performance: Users have noted that Office 2016 is stable with fewer crashes compared to previous versions. Additionally, the performance of the x64 version of Excel with large spreadsheets has been commended, providing a reliable platform for complex data analysis and manipulation.

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Reviews

5 Reviews

Engineering

My Microsoft Office 2016 review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole company uses it every day, it is one of our main work tools. We use almost the entire complete office suite, some users only use the basics, but we have other more advanced ones that exploit it to the fullest. It is likely that without this tool our daily work would not be as efficient as it is today.

Pros

Email works particularly well. It is possible to organize your inbox quite neatly.
Spreadsheets, already a classic of this tool
The text editor although there are still things that can be improved, it is good enough

Cons

Sometimes the text editor does not behave as one would wish and the document is cluttered
should include a PDF viewer and editor
nothing else

Likelihood to Recommend

It is quite suitable for daily work in almost any job. Although now there are more advanced tools, found online in the cloud, it is still a good option for daily work. I highly recommend it as it has always been a reliable tool. The problem would be the support since it is a tool that is discontinued.

Hector Ochoa

Network Engineer in Engineering at Sistemas de Información Monarch (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

MS Office is the Suite to answer nearly all your office needs!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole suite of Microsoft Office 2016 is available for use all across the company I work for, we have access to the main apps (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and OneNote) and all is integrated through the OneDrive cloud and Sharepoint connectivity, making it possible to instantly share files and cooperate with other users simultaneously on folders and also on the same file. This addresses many of the needs we have regarding documentation, data sheets, presentation, and taking notes and sharing information all through the organization.

Pros

Friendly and intuitive interface, easy to use, the help function is also useful to find out what to do or how to do something when encountering a problem.
Lots of tools available for nearly every need you have creating documents, whether formatting text, images or graphics, creating tables, plotting graphs, etc.

Cons

Having so many tools can sometimes be overwhelming, maybe if MS could still offer them -- of course they are useful -- but make them hidden in an expandable drawer of tools for example. Maybe having the most-used tools visible and the rest hidden like that.
Formatting with Word can sometimes be confusing, while formatting the text and space between lines, paragraphs and other things, the instructions to find and getting the format you want could be clearer.

Likelihood to Recommend

The whole suite of Microsoft Office 2016 is definitely a great all-around solution for your business, offering a wide range of tools for nearly every need you could encounter, from creating text documents, publications, data analysis, plotting graphs, making presentations, sharing files all through the organization, communicating with your colleagues and people outside the company, and even managing tasks and projects. Whatever you have to do, name it, MS Office can help you with that, and even though the cost is high it has continually improved itself in newer versions, incorporating functions that users expressed a need for. All of this puts Microsoft Office top-of-mind when thinking of office apps to recommend.

Stéfano Bellote

Engenheiro de desenvolvimento de produtos Jr in Engineering at Electrolux (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees)

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2 years of experience

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Microsoft Office - the best word processing software, no question

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 14, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Microsoft Office on a daily basis for all kinds of things. There are many different reports and papers that we need to write for proposals and applications to get our start-up off the ground. Word helps us write everything faster and then be able to copy and paste what we need to into the applications online. We can also edit all of them in real-time even if we are not in the same place at the same time.

Pros

I really like how Word has templates for all different kinds of documents, like resumes and job descriptions. They are very convenient, especially if you are having a hard time writing one of these documents.
Having the ability to quickly write and edit text documents without needing to be connected to the internet is very convenient.
PowerPoint allows us to make professional, yet effective, presentations when we need to pitch our company to potential investors.

Cons

Sometimes, when we are trying to accurately format a document, the Word software spazzes out and has a hard time making it look correct.
The collaborative tools could stand to be a bit better. The commenting features are very complicated and are hard to get rid of after someone leaves feedback on your document.
I wish that some of the transitions on PowerPoint were a little more professional. Some of them are more gimmicky than professional.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you have literally anything to write at all for your company, Microsoft Office is the way too! Every single piece of software is fantastic. There is not a company out there that should not own the Microsoft Office Suite because it is great for pretty much any scenario: writing documents, doing presentations, making marketing materials, and even sending emails.

Tyler Grudowski

Product Development Engineer in Engineering at NoMo Diagnostics (Medical Devices, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

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As robust as you can imagine, comprehensive office tool for your needs

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 18, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Microsoft Office is the No.1 tool for our office needs. It is being used for the entire organization including all the departments we are working with. Previously, we were using MS Office 2013 and 2 years ago it was upgraded to Office 2016. As we are working in the office, 60-70% of our daily work is being managed by the MS Office products. I'm using MS PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote on daily basis, and Access from time to time. We manage mail with MS Outlook, documents by MS Excel, presentations by MS PowerPoint, data sheets and graphics in MS Excel and databases in MS Access.

Pros

Excellent mail, meeting and contacts management with MS Outlook.
Calculation, graphics, analytics and data management is properly and efficiently done by Excel.
Good level management of presentations by MS Powerpoint.
Good documentation control and management with MS Word.
Capability to save documents as .pdf files or use MS virtual .pdf printer feature.

Cons

Instant crash issues with MS Office 2016.
Difficulty to operate (freeze during sending mail, etc.) while operating large mail databases in MS Outlook.
Room for improvement with the analysis toolpak.
Compatibility of the files with other Office software.

Likelihood to Recommend

The main reasons we are using MS Office products are: it has very common usage in the market; therefore it increases work efficiency with internal and external customers. Secondly, the efficiency and robustness of the products cause users to face fewer issues. Thirdly, good support from Microsoft when you need it. Additionally, regularly released updates make the security high. Lastly, a variety of products in one Office family meets your needs.

ÖE

Özgür Erkek, MSc, PRINCE2®

Exhaust Systems Supervisor in Engineering at Ford Motor Company (Automotive, 10,001+ employees)

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2 years of experience

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Office is the best tool for any business.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 2, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Microsoft Office is used all across the organization in every department. Human resources uses Excel to create databases of personnel of the company and of resumes received; Word to write memorandums and notifications and Powerpoint to present indicators to the CEO. In engineering, we use Excel mostly for macro programming, automation of processes, and for mathematical calculations since it comes with several preprogrammed functions. We also use Microsoft Word to create documents for our clients and Powerpoint for visual representations.

Pros

Microsoft Excel is an excellent tool with all its pre-programmed tools and functions.
Microsoft Words allows to create documents easily and it's the go-to tool for technical writing in engineering.
Microsoft Powerpoint is really easy to master and creates excellent presentations, and since almost everybody uses Office all the presentations can be displayed at almost every computer.
The ability to activate the developer option in almost all of Microsoft Office programs allows us to automate several of the tasks needed to do on a regular basis.
The programs are really compatible. For example, creating different documents with Word by using Excel databases is really easy and consumes almost no time at all.

Cons

When automating processes with Microsoft Excel it sometimes need lots of processing power. If it was made somewhat lighter and the iterations faster it would be great.
Powerpoint presentations can be a little bit rigid and the transitions could be smoother.
Microsoft Word sometimes feels a little bit clunky, especially when working with titles and page breaks.

Likelihood to Recommend

In spite of the small limitations I mention, Microsoft Office is the best tool for any business. Microsoft Excel alone works as a swiss army knife. It has so many options and functions that can make a simple spreadsheet work wonders. I can't seem to find any scenarios where it's less appropriate. Working as a developer with Excel is just great and having the ability to automate tedious repetitive work easily is the best.

Manuel Aguilar

Geophysical Analyst in Engineering at GMA Proyectos Siglo XXI C.A (Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees)

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3 years of experience

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MS Office is the Suite to answer nearly all your office needs!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Friendly and intuitive interface, easy to use, the help function is also useful to find out what to do or how to do something when encountering a problem.
Lots of tools available for nearly every need you have creating documents, whether formatting text, images or graphics, creating tables, plotting graphs, etc.

Cons

Having so many tools can sometimes be overwhelming, maybe if MS could still offer them -- of course they are useful -- but make them hidden in an expandable drawer of tools for example. Maybe having the most-used tools visible and the rest hidden like that.
Formatting with Word can sometimes be confusing, while formatting the text and space between lines, paragraphs and other things, the instructions to find and getting the format you want could be clearer.

Likelihood to Recommend

Stéfano Bellote

Engenheiro de desenvolvimento de produtos Jr in Engineering at Electrolux (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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