Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights
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Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
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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.
We use Word and Excel on a daily basis and currently manage an access database that houses some of our client data. Office 2016, despite being discontinued is still a viable option for those who don't want to switch to office 365 and their monthly or yearly billing.
Pros
Local install without any monthly fees.
Industry standard file format.
Microsoft is still providing software updates, at the time of this review.
Cons
You have to purchase a license per computer, not per user.
It is lacking some of the functions found in the newer version Office 2019.
Reduced cloud functionality compared to Office 360.
Likelihood to Recommend
Despite being discontinued, Office 2016 is still a viable option for those who want Microsoft Office, but don't want to pay monthly or yearly for a subscription to Office 365. We have both Office 2016 and 2019 and have found very minimal differences between the two.
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Verified User
Professional in Legal (Law Practice company, 1-10 employees)
We upgraded from [Microsoft] Office2013 to Office2016 as part of our natural software upgrade process. [Microsoft] Office2016 is a better product, has some new features, and a better, more polished look overall. We use it for our corporate email, spreadsheets, text documents, creating presentations, etc. Office2016 suite contains all the different software programs we require for our business.
Pros
Outlook is the de-facto accepted corporate email program, for a reason.
Excel is a mature, robust application that has seen years of improvement.
Office2016 has implemented newer cloud collaboration features.
Cons
Sometimes updates cause issues with the program that have to be rolled back.
Certain high-res monitors can cause image rendering issues in Outlook.
Some functions are not user-friendly or easily understood, such as archiving, so that can be improved.
Likelihood to Recommend
I'd recommend [Microsoft] Office2016 for any business that has more than a couple of users, as the software is very scalable from just a small business to a large enterprise corporation. I don't know of any case where it might not be appropriate, as even home users and students use the software suite as well.
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.
We use Microsoft Office for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and emails. I have always been a Microsoft user and prefer Office products to Google Suite, mainly because I like having documents right on my computer instead of only existing in the cloud. Everyone in our company uses Office, and we try to use Office with as many of our clients as possible.
Pros
Word processing.
Spreadsheets.
Cons
Email management.
Pricing.
Likelihood to Recommend
The areas where Microsoft Office shines, at least within our organization, are word processing and spreadsheets. We use Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel on a regular basis for virtually all office tasks. Microsoft Word, in particular, is hands-down the best word processing software around, and we would never use anything else. One area where Microsoft Office really needs to step up its innovation is with email management. We used Outlook for a long time, but have recently moved over to Canary Mail. The main problem is that we manage over a dozen email accounts for clients, and there is no way of looking at a unified inbox with some sort of color-coding or another unique identifier to easily see incoming mail. Like many creative-oriented companies, we use Macs exclusively, which means we are definitely missing out on substantial features that are only available on the PC version.
Microsoft Office 2016 is being used for reporting, analysis, and tracking purposes. As well as this, we are using Office for presentations and documenting processes.
Pros
Presentations - PowerPoint
Reporting - Excel
Cons
Visio - better BPMN 2 capabilities
Allow more IF functions within Excel
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Office 2016 has some excellent points. The reporting and analysis capabilities, along with the ability to present the finding using PowerPoint are the areas best suited to my role.
VU
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
Microsoft Office 2016 is being used as the new Office Suite in our organization. The software helps us to have access to reliable spreadsheet software (Excel) and presentation tools (PowerPoint), as well as a very well fledged out word processor in Microsoft Word. The product allows us to have software that we know is going to work. Reliability and ease of use are very essential.
Pros
Access to Excel - Excel is the premier spreadsheet software and Microsoft Office 2016 has a great version of Excel.
Access to Word - Word is a great word processing software with many features that help you create the document that you need to create.
Syncing across devices - Being able to access documents on multiple devices is an incredibly useful feature.
Cons
Lack of the entire Microsoft Office Suite. The software included is Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. No Publisher or Access without spending even more money.
Likelihood to Recommend
I use Excel as a way to track data and information. Did someone cancel a subscription? I can see when they subscribed, when they cancelled, and, by using formulas, determine how long they were a subscriber. The software is a fantastic way to track the happenings in your company. Also, Word and PowerPoint have great tools to help you put together great presentations and documents to display the data that you're tracking and sorting through Excel.
VU
Verified User
Employee in Corporate (Marketing and Advertising company, 51-200 employees)
Microsoft Office 2016 is used by all the users with the company. The majority of users have been using this for a long period of time and have found Office 2016 a great tool and a great way of working with office tools. Office allows users to use Powerpoint, Excel and a wide range of Microsoft applications.
Pros
The range of products that are provided!
The products are easy to use!
The products provided work well together.
Cons
Installation can be annoying sometimes.
Some applications take an extremely long time to update.
Skype for business shouldn't be used anymore.
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Office 2016 has always allowed us to use Microsoft applications, and it can be used by everyone within the organization. It has provided us with all of the Microsoft applications and all users on Apple or Windows have been able to use it without any issues. The implementation of Microsoft Teams has allowed us to be able to use and incorporate a wider range of Microsoft products.
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Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (Information Technology and Services company, 1001-5000 employees)
We have a network of Freelance translators where we interact with each other frequently by sharing documents for mutual updates. Our Professionals network is worldwide and has no specific timezone. So, we have updates anytime. Clients mostly sent Word documents for translations, while PDF and PowerPoint come second but not close. Excel is mostly used for intra-network invoices and in some cases to bill a final client. Office products like OneNote and Publisher are hardly used by translators for information sharing. If Skype for business would ever be marketed as a tool for communication within freelance networks, having many tools to interchange files, it could really be a hit, but nowadays, the team relies on WhatsApp groups for simple and fast communications.
Pros
Consistent functionality across the several Office components. This consistency is a great advantage for adoptions of other unused Office components. For example, if you want to publish a book that you have done with Word, you don't need to relearn new menu positions, new file-related actions, new reviewing procedures, etc.
Functionality extensions with Add-ins. This has always been a nameplate for Microsoft and Office keeps its tradition. I remember the renowned Bill Gates phrase when Visual Basic has been presented to him, he said: "Make it extensible". So, for example, I use Grammarly to improve my translations and there are thousands of Add-ins that you can purchase to increase your productivity.
Continuous improvement of online Office 365 allows for comprehensive usage from any platform, like Apple or Android tablets, Mac or Windows, cell phones and more. Every day and regular user's functions are there. And if you need extensive reviewing capabilities or programming, you can always rely on the desktop version.
Spelling and translate for multiple languages are now included in the online version. I should indeed rely more on the online version.
Cons
Copy and paste between different Office components have been the same for decades. This functionality is simply not user-friendly as it uses the tech lingo, and it says absolutely nothing about the actual output. For example: What is the meaning of HTML format or Formatted text (RTF) or Device Independent Bitmap? IF you are not born in India, you will not get it. A better approach is used by Excel when it says Copy Values and Number formatting. So, please revisit this mold function and help the mortal end user.
Office tables in Word are maybe the slower and frustrating functionality in Office. Many Power users and MVP, already highlighted that a bigger (not immense) Word table, can take several minutes to get updated for any single action like inserting a column or changing borders or shades. The issue is so infuriating, that most times I need to shut down the application in order to start later when the machine is idle and I have nothing else to deliver. Even worse is the CPU usage, which constantly absorbs around 28-30%.
The VBA object model for Word table should resemble the most efficient and better conceptualized Excel object model for tables. This would dramatically increase the productivity of many VBA developers that develop in both products and it would also be able to develop in new office components without a significant learning curve.
Likelihood to Recommend
There are hundreds of scenarios that Office 2016 would be well suited, but I want to emphasize one least seen from senior management. It is the VBA automation done by IT professionals, not by Power Users. Office 2016 allows a fast track to automate many business processes that are small enough to grant resources from the IT Portfolio management guys, but big enough to significantly impact staff members. For example, generate repetitive Excel summary reports, where there is plenty of copy and paste plus reformatting, and new dates and new products. Then, copy the results to PowerPoint or Word and more. If you sit down with the IT folks and let them know that the cost of this project only includes labor, no new licenses, no new servers, no new network components, no new security checklists, they may give you resources to do it.
Originally we were using Microsoft Office 2016 on an individual basis with the core being our Outlook usage mapped over a Gmail email client. As of late, we've switched to an enterprise-level with all Microsoft functionality to better handle our e-mail client needs, rather than run across two separate platforms.
Pros
Cross-functional with the entire Microsoft Suite.
Wide user-base across both Mac and PC.
Seamless when switching from desktop to mobile.
Cons
More 3rd party cross-functionality.
Declutter and streamline Outlook.
Revisit the PowerPoint layout and options.
Likelihood to Recommend
For any medium-sized business, Office is a necessity, regardless of your vertical. If not for the work you do, the businesses you work with. Overall it's simply an industry standard.
Microsoft Office is one of the most essential software in our organization. I mostly use MS Word for copywriting purposes, be that writing a simple article for our company's official blog or crafting social media posts. Other than Word, there are many more products from this software bundle we use daily in our organization. For example,
Our accountant uses Excel to maintain accounts and create various reports.
PowerPoint is being used for presentations in almost all departments.
Outlook is a pretty handy tool to have a track on emails without leaving the main workflow, so it's installed on almost every PC in our company.
The main problem that a copywriter like me faces is proofreading and formatting. Grammatical errors and bad formatting can ruin any marketing campaign. And I resolve this issue with Word. OneNote is a pretty useful tool too. It helps me pen down ideas and information that otherwise would have been forgotten.
Pros
Word is the best software to create documents or textual content to date. It is full of features which allow formatting write-ups pretty easily.
PowerPoint is amazing for making slide shows for meetings or while discussing project roadmaps. One can easily present ideas accurately in the form of slides.
Excel makes managing accounts really easy and error free. Besides that it helps employees make various reports such as expenses, sales etc. The graphical representation of the numbers, allow other non technical members understand them.
It is pretty annoying to open the browser again and again to check emails. With Outlook I don't have to do that anymore. It helps to organize emails and keep it distraction-free.
Most of all, the speed Office offers is unmatchable. The products in this software bundle work without lagging even in a below-average PC.
Cons
The price is too high. There are a lot of PCs in the organization. Licensing each PC costs us a lot. Microsoft should reconsider their pricing.
Sometimes one needs a distraction free platform to write stuff. Word is jam-packed with a lot of options that is not needed by everyone. So an option to remove most features and provide a minimal editor should be added.
The proofreading system of Word is not the greatest in the market. Yes, it detects spelling mistakes and basic grammatical mistakes. But some major errors are always left undetected most of the time. I have to use an additional proofreading software to properly curate a piece of content.
Excel is a complex software and requires serious training. There are lots of formulas in Excel but aren't mentioned in the software itself. Hence making it user friend will help a lot of slow learning users.
Likelihood to Recommend
Office 2016 resolves most of the basic needs.
If you're a content curator Word is great for you. But for serious writers it creates distractions. Also, proofreading is not up to the mark.
If you work in the corporate sector, PowerPoint is kind of a must need for your presentations.
Excel can help you create numeric reports, graphs or solve basic accounting issues. It can also help you manage basic ERP if you work in a small business or play around small numbers. But for big numbers, you have to switch to a better option as it all gets pretty messy and unmanageable.
The outlook is a good email client. But if your PC is low end, it might lag a bit.
