Microsoft is pushing these as “ best suited for keyboard and mouse,” and they are. The desktop Microsoft Office apps are Office as you know it - packed with a huge amount of features that have built up over the years, with everything from mail merges to macros included.
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Most of the apps included with Windows 10 are universal apps Microsoft wants you to use on the desktop, after all. The universal apps run in windows on your desktop. The desktop apps still have that “ touch mode” which makes them more usable on a touch screen. And, if they were, it would be simple - the touch apps would just run in the new “Metro” interface and be ideal for tablets, while the Office desktop apps would run in windows and be ideal for laptops and desktops.īut things are less simple now. These new “touch” Office apps were originally supposed to be released sometime for Windows 8.
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RELATED: Beginner: How to Enable Touch Mode in Office 2013 They’re also more lightweight, trading the huge amount of features that have built up in the desktop Office apps over time for “modern” Windows apps that use MIcrosoft’s new universal app platform.
These are available in the Windows Store. Their interfaces are more designed for touch use. Because they’re universal, they’ll also run on Windows phones. They’re the Windows version of the Office applications available for iPads and Android tablets. These aren’t the traditional desktop Windows applications, but will run in windows on the desktop. Microsoft now offers “universal app” versions of Office. However, they’re still the typical Office applications Windows users around the world already use. Yes, they’re improved - they gained a “touch mode” around the time of Windows 8, they’re now gaining real-time collaborative editing, and they’re integrated with Microsoft’s OneDrive. These are the typical Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications you’ve been using forever. The traditional line of Microsoft Office desktop applications continues with Windows 10. Office 2016 is the successor to Office 2013. RELATED: Windows 10 Is Almost Here: Here's What You Need to Know