#1 most frequent
United States of America
61.8%1,064 installations of 1,721
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
1,317 Reviews and Ratings
What is Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)?
Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.8%134 installations of 1,721
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.2%106 installations of 1,721
Office 2016 is a must have tool for business professionals
Pros
- Connects to an Exchange 2016 server seamlessly.
- Opens exported reports in either Excel format or CSV format.
- Gives users access to PowerPoint for making presentations easily.
Cons
- Office 2016 professional edition can be priced for a single user license, it would be nice to see a drop in the pricing.
- Office 2016 home edition is a better price but does not include outlook 2016, so it is not a good fit for the workplace environments.
- Office 2016 can run slowly on older systems, so you need to make sure you have a machine that is 4 years old or less for it to run smoothly.
Return on Investment
- Office 2016 has had a positive ROI for us with our executive team members because they are able to sync their phones with their email and read their emails when away and then are able to come into the office and see their emails in outlook 2016 and all of their remote email statuses has synced back to Outlook, saving them time in not having to reread emails anymore or figure out what email they left off on.
- Office 2016 has had a negative impact on our ROI because of the high price of the software, it is not as good an investment for our lower-level employees who do not use it very often. We have decided to move our lower level users over to a free solution to replace Office 2016 instead.
- Office 2016 has had a positive ROI with our users who receive emailed reports from our clients, and are able to open them right away without any help because of the compatibility of office with so many different file types, we dont have to have the IT help them open files or download new progams, saving our IT's time as well.
Alternatives Considered
Google Cloud Datastore and Apache OpenOffice
Other Software Used
BarTender, Adobe Acrobat DC
The industry standard
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Microsoft Office for writing all official documents (Word), for forecasting (Excel), and for presentations (PowerPoint). MS Office does not require much training. As it is an industry-standard, employees are able to use it without the company spending additional resources on training.
Pros
- It is perfect for writing official documents.
- It is great for forecasting and calculations with a set of data.
- It has good presentation tools.
Cons
- 2016 is not cloud-based.
- You can not collaborate at the same time.
Most Important Features
- We use it for presentations.
- We use it for writing Official documents.
Return on Investment
- Microsoft Office 2016 is very important for our business as it does not require almost any additional training and is great for business applications.
- Microsoft Office 2016 is very easy to use and there is a good help for advanced features.
Alternatives Considered
Google Drive and Carbonite Backup for Microsoft Office 365
Other Software Used
Microsoft Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, Notepad++
Office 2016 - Somewhat new look, some new features, required for the Office!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Microsoft Office 2016 is being used across the whole organization. Within Legal, we use Microsoft Word to draft and negotiate agreements and other legal documents. Microsoft Office addresses many business problems, such as standardization of review internally, ease of transferability, secured tracking of changes, collaboration, presentations, tracking, reporting, etc. Many departments are using Microsoft Excel to track agreements, renewal dates, obligations, etc. Other departments also use Microsoft PowerPoint for internal or external business presentations.
Pros
- The Microsoft suite is ubiquitous within any tech company and is used by a majority of our vendors. This makes negotiation on Microsoft Word smoother, and we don't need to worry about format issues between Open Office and Microsoft Office since our vendors are all on Microsoft Office.
- Office 2016 does not crash as often as previous versions, and the autosave feature works very well. The new features and new look are great.
Cons
- There should be auto-formatting so that when we paste from other documents, it formats outlines automatically. Sometimes, it's very difficult to format into a nice-looking document due to various spacing issues or hidden paragraphs.
- There are frustrations when converting a PDF to Microsoft Word from Adobe Acrobat. A ton of spacing issues, incorrect text conversions, etc., which ends up in a lot of manual work. Microsoft Word should have a good conversion tool to turn PDFs into clean Word copies.
Most Important Features
- The ability to redline and comment on contracts and other documents
- Comparing two versions of documents to confirm no extraneous changes were made by the other party
Return on Investment
- Microsoft Office 2016 - specifically Microsoft Word - keeps the time required for back-and-forth negotiations low because we do not have to deal with markups within PDFs, and redlining is very easy using Microsoft Word. There isn't a specific numeral impact to report since we've always been using Office here since I joined the team.
Other Software Used
Zoom, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Slack
Usability
My Microsoft Office 2016 review
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
Most Important Features
- Reliability
- Good performance
- Easy to use
Return on Investment
- It has allowed us to carry out our daily work in a reliable way, so I would say that it is an essential part of the company.
- Per user licenses may be a bit expensive
Alternatives Considered
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite)
Other Software Used
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Microsoft Visio, SecureCRT
Microsoft Office 2016: Full-featured, industry-standard, & does what you need it to!
Pros
- Provide industry-standard software to create & edit the most common file types
- Create visually appealing newsletters & documents
- Maintain consistency across different tasks & projects
- Create documents that are universally usable by nearly all computer users
Cons
- It's sometimes too "idiot-proof". It tries to do everything for you, even if you don't want it done; e.g. Excel has an issue where it likes to trim leading zeros, which is seldom convenient.
- Some new features are available only in the online version (Office 365); e.g. some productivity plugins for Outlook.
- Locks files for use; kind of like point #1. Often, it would be nice to keep a file open while using it in another application, especially when the other application is only reading and not editing.
Return on Investment
- Improved corporate image via visually appealing documentation & industry-standard files to share.
- Improved communication via shared company & team calendars.
- Negative: It has kept us from moving to an online suite more geared towards full collaboration & integrated document management.
Alternatives Considered
LibreOffice and G Suite
Other Software Used
LibreOffice, GIMP, Slack