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| Thread ID: 149923 | 2021-06-24 23:20:00 | MS Office - where did that come from? | Roscoe (6288) | Press F1 |
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| 1478188 | 2021-06-24 23:20:00 | I do not have MS Office when there are free alternatives out there that are every bit as good. But, I have been running Outlook for a few years now and just lately a small elongated window has appeared down the left side of the Outlook window with the MS Office apps - Word, Excel, Power Point and One Note. When I click on the Word app, for example, it opens the Word programme. The same with the other apps. I did not ask for the programme and - if anyone asks - I'm definitely not paying for it, so how is that it is there for me to use? Not that I'm complaining, I just wonder where it came from and why I have not been asked to pay for it.:illogical |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1478189 | 2021-06-24 23:54:00 | Is that the online (Browser) version of Outlook ? If so, thats normal. Its the free Online version If you dont have MS Office installed, then you wont have Outlook INSTALLED either . Outlook is part of MS Office . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1478190 | 2021-06-25 00:59:00 | Is that the online (Browser) version of Outlook ? If so, thats normal. Its the free Online version If you dont have MS Office installed, then you wont have Outlook INSTALLED either . Outlook is part of MS Office . Thank you for that, 1101. It is the online Outlook that I am using, as far as I am aware. But I did not think I had Outlook installed - I thought that I accessed that online. So it looks as though I have MS Word even though I am not paying for anything - and as I understand, it's not cheap. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1478191 | 2021-06-25 01:14:00 | You are getting the free online Microsoft Office program. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 1478192 | 2021-06-25 01:19:00 | You are getting the free online Microsoft Office program. Is that any different from the bought version? I've had a look and it certainly seems the same.:confused: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1478193 | 2021-06-25 01:28:00 | Is that any different from the bought version? I've had a look and it certainly seems the same.:confused: Yes quite a bit of difference. Below is a quick pic of the Home tab - Top is online, bottom is Installed 365 (word) All the tabs along the top change (on both) but the online is a cutdown version with quite a bit missing compared to the Purchased. 10964 BUT for general writing letters and some minor formatting the online does the same. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1478194 | 2021-06-25 02:02:00 | Thanks for that, Wainui. I'll make use of it. | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1478195 | 2021-07-04 04:57:00 | Also by using online office, I'm sure Microsoft will data-mine all your documents for targeted advertising and who-knows-what-else too! Why else is it free? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1478196 | 2021-07-04 21:52:00 | Why else is it free? Because MS doesnt want Google's equivalent to gain a bigger market share . As a way to entice people into using & then buying MS Office or 365 . Get them using the free version & they might be willing to buy the product . Because MS want to stay the No1 'Office' product & will do whatever needed to achieve that . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1478197 | 2021-07-04 23:08:00 | Also by using online office, I'm sure Microsoft will data-mine all your documents for targeted advertising and who-knows-what-else too! Why else is it free? So you don't believe in free stuff?? |
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