Leave a Review Microsoft 365 (Office)
So many years in school using Microsoft
My information systems teacher says while teaching Access that I’ll be able to put all the data into a spreadsheet and cascade that across Microsoft suites/ platforms. Genius. I’ve been thinking of doing that this whole time. She also said it doesn’t matter until you have experience in a business. Looking back if I could just get Publisher on Mac I’d be in my own and doing the data entry, wondering what could have been. Since I looked again and saw that my professor was teaching the truth because believe me I’ve been trying to connect databases to UI’s and it’s difficult. I thought y’all would appreciate that I noticed. I just now realized that this company actually put in a whole bunch of work! For all the students who practiced Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and Access while putting together their money to learn how exciting it is to be alive now that the possibilities are a reality.Show lessBucket ó Love
I hate this program
With Office 365, Microsoft continues a long and (apparently) proud tradition of making things worse with every “upgrade.” Why stick with a flawed though reasonably functional desktop program (I guess we’re supposed to call them “apps” now) when you can put it on line, make it harder to access, remove some formatting features so users have to download their documents anyway if they want the full functionality of previous releases, and shuffle menus and menu items around so that existing users have to spend hours searching for functions or settings that are no longer where they used to be?
But as users, what can we do? It’s the only thing out there, so we’ve got no choice but to use it and put up with whatever irrational “improvements” they decide to stick us with?
Suggested new tagline for the company (recycled from others, but oh so appropriate anyway): “We don’t care - we don’t have to care. At Microsoft, we’re part of the problem.”Show lessJHSPH in Kampala
Not a bad start…
I like loop because everyone in my team has access to it as part of their MS365 subscription.
I have been using notion and love the advanced functionality which allows me to include databases in my pages. My template for my journal entry includes projects tasks and meetings.
Loop is kind of similar but the functionality is limited in comparison. There seems to be a slow timetable for release of the new functions, although I love to see the new ones when they come through.Show lessiLukeX
No impressed
Talked with Microsoft support , to try to solve some usage problems. They had no idea what they were talking about. Sold me the wrong package for my needs . When I re rang them to cancel it and upgrade to a better package they were no help at all hard to understand and not to smart . I finally ,after many searches solved the problem myself ,.take your money and run seemed to be the go for them still trying to get it on all my devises pc iPad mobile phone. Will be doing this myself as Microsoft are not very helpful and not very well spoken hard to understand what they are sayingShow lessdun my doe
Great program
This has certainly made life so much easier! Great programMeleloi
Worst
Terrible. Use teams and can’t edit documents through teams so had to download this app to edit, but am told I cannot sign in because ‘another application is using your Microsoft account on this device’. Obviously I am. Silly oversightdhrgbjhfqrgjvbkhfsfhj
Most negative reviews probably should be ignored 😉
People are complaining that it’s subscription. If you want a free aiffice Suite use iWork, free with all Apple devices. Office AutoSaves for documents on OneDrive only. This has always been the case. It does not do this for files saved locally or on iCloud, Google Drive, etc. this is the case even on Windows 11. It had been this way for almost a decade, now (since Office 2016, and maybe even 2013).
Creating and editing documents is free for devices 10.1 inches and below in display size. This includes all iPhones, iPad Mini, and older iOads that are 9.7 to 10.1 inches in size. If you’re using an iPad Air 2 or later or any iPad Pro, you’ll need a subscription to create and edit documents.
Problem? Use iWork - Pages, Numbers and Keynote - instead. They are Office- compatible.
The crying, wailing and moaning about this being subscription is ridiculous. It has never been free de facto. If people actually read the app description, they would know all they’d need to know.
The Microsoft 365 app is practically flawless and great for smaller screened devices. For people who many need multi-window support (to drag and drop between apps), the discrete Office apps may be more optimal - though they take up more device storage. I haven’t had an issue with those on my iPad, either, and tend to prefer them there for that capability.Show lessAnon App Review
The worst software ever
Microsoft office is the bane of my existence. It is completely counterintuitive and frustrating to use. I am forced to use it in a major writing project. Sharing files with permissions to edit is a nightmare. . I could go on and on. I stopped using my Mac due to unbelievable issues. The help pages are useless. So, I bought a Surface Pro. Highly recommended for writers. After updating the software a myriad of different issues arose. Permission issues, saving issues, and more. I can’t save the document to my hard drive . I’m forced to save it to the cloud. Sometimes, I’ll suddenly get the message that I am unable to upload the file I’ve been continuously saving for the past 2 hours or it will revert to a for Ed version of the document. I actually get nauseated thinking about using Microsoft. I’ve been stalling my writing project for weeks due to the overwhelming sense of dread. No kidding .Show lessursulapeace
Bad UI
Can’t find anything easily. Microsoft infamous UI design at its bestSkounishe
Come home to Microsoft
If you’re seeking, text audio, handwriting and voice typing in one place, without leaving the app or needing two devices, this is the one.
Voice -typing (STT) picks up words including advanced medical terminology- even accented- typing them up just as quickly as you utter them, with stunning accuracy.
Read Aloud (TTS) voices are most natural and quite advanced; understanding the flow of academic material, knowing when to pause even without a period, with a cadence that is most conducive to learning.
In Word you can edit and listen without leaving the page.
If you would like to study your documents - handwrite, highlight etc. - while listening without interruption, open the same document with your preferred inking app (e.g. Notability or LiquidText). The audio will continue in Word (background or Split Screen) while you work away.
A floating control bar will be nice @ Microsoft 365.
[Here’s hoping this is not gone by the next iOS update]
All of it- and more (in the case of Read Aloud voices) - is also available in your browser, with an Office 365 account.
My only reservation is with the handling of converted PDFs by Word on iOS. Perhaps, a more adaptive feature, like Adobe Acrobat’s Liquid mode, will do the trick for mobile devices.
Finally, in the war of the apps, having fought the good fight for productivity, just come home to Microsoft.Show lessMD_Reloaded#2023
