Product ReviewsMicrosoft Office 365 Home Office & Business - 6GQ-00241

First Thoughts

it is a big jump from Office on XP to W10 and Office 365.
So far everything I have tried has worked well but the learning curve is steep because the way to actually DO something has, in general, radically changed. in the default. The good news is that MS has included many differing ways to accomplish tasks. And the user can modify the default to make it work the way he chooses. I believe that the vast majority of Office users will quickly learn to accomplish their daily tasks and incrementally learn to accomplish both old and new tasks better, quicker, and easier.Read full review...

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Lap top installation failed

This product was for 5 PC.
Down loaded 2 of the 5 on Desk top PC the remaining 3 were trying to load them on a laptop PC.
When the first time down loading to laptop it ran & ran for over an hour the same thing happened again
on the next 2 attempts. Results 2 out of five worked. This was a loaded laptop with a intel i7 pros, 8 gig of ram and a terabit of hard drive.Read full review...

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MS Office is still the professional standard

I am a Mac user, but I think that Microsoft has done a great job developing the Office suite. The Mac versions are intuitive and powerful, even if not quite as powerful as their Windows counterparts. Particularly noteworthy are the iOS (iPhone, iPad) versions of the Office software. These programs are powerful and cleverly designed, and also make good use of the touchscreen elements of iOS devices. (MS Word on an iPhone is surprisingly useful!) It's also good that the software integrates with Dropbox and iCloud - a nice Microsoft nod to open systems. The license - any combination of 5 PC or Macs, plus any number of iOS devices - is a very good value, even if it requires a yearly renewal. In my view, given the level of programming resources that Microsoft dedicates to maintaining and upgrading the suite, I think it is a fair price. All in all, MS Office adds a lot of value to the Mac / iOS platforms.Read full review...

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Great, but with quirks

Let's start with the basics, for around $100/yr you get:

100 minutes of Skype each month
1tb of OneDrive storage - per user!
5 PC/Mac installs of the Full Office Suite
Full Office Online via your browser
Fully functional Office through your portable device of choice
Probably something I've forgotten here, but it's a pretty solid deal.

Issues:

OneDrive has a limit to the size of a file it'll allow you to upload that is too small to contain a full zipped photo album of reasonable size
In addition to the above, OneDrive doesn't recognize many file naming conventions outside of its own specified, so if you have file names that don't conform, get ready to spend a lot of time dealing with errors.
Outlook for Mac doesn't sync calendars with iCloud/Outlook (the same one you get as your account)/Gmail. Only Exchange, which is ridiculously limiting.Read full review...

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Extremely poor documentation

There are many configuration questions I can not research or study in written documentation - video tutorials are general and not capable of answering my questions.

The Answer Techs have only a limited knowledge and several who I've raised questions about Outlook 2016 in Office 365 only went around in circles and it became evident they did not know how to resolve my questions.

We need official documents with extensive troubleshooting and a place to chat with a credible expert in Outlook 2016 and not an outsourced agent.Read full review...

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Office 365 for 5 PCs

I found installing the first update rather easy. After that you send an email to each other machine you want to install it on. So far I have not gotten it installed on my wife's machine.I also found it was for six months, not a year. After it expires, I'll see if the code is good for another six months. However, for the price, it was still a good deal.Read full review...

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Microsoft Office is the standard; Office 365 is a good value for my household

Office 365 works well, and I installed the parts I use very easily. It's always a little tough to get used to the nuances of the latest user interface, though. Overall, though, it's a good value for my household and includes 1 TB online storage for up to five users.Read full review...

This is easily the best deal in tech.

5 computers, 5 tablets, 5 phones, 5 of your family's Microsoft accounts can access it (and each of their accounts get 1TB of storage in OneDrive). This pays for itself so many times over. And on eBay you can usually get it up to twenty-five percent off retail - though even at the retail price I think it is already a great deal.

Office 365 Home is a purchase I'm happy to buy every year.Read full review...

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Works Perfect

Full version, installed and updated my subscription with ease. Works perfect and would recommend to anyone for purchase. Quick ship from the seller, good package and worth the price.

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Love this product, upset about yearly renewal

I realize we are in the digital age when everything is online and not in disk form. I feel like it is unreasonable for the new office to be a yearly subscription. At least let us have 2 years or 3 before requiring another purchase.
This is the only reason I give the product 4 starsRead full review...

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