Too many choices may lead to too many bad decisions after all. You still have the essentials such as choosing styles, reviewing your spelling and checking for accessibility. Power users would see and feel the difference, but to the average user Word Online has enough functionality. While Word Online may not be as feature-filled as Word 2016, sometimes, you just need a word processor to capture information with. Couple this with a Skype call and you can power through a document quickly. They could be working on the introduction to a speech while you are adding in the closing remarks 10 pages later. As you work, you can actually witness co-authoring first hand as their input is marked by colored flags with their names.
If your files are saved to OneDrive, you can send links to your co-workers and invite them to edit right along with you. The convenience is augmented exponentially if you include access to your files through a mobile browser, saving space on your mobile device and making your transit more productive.Ĭollaboration with Word 2016 is not available unless you count tagging in your colleague to trade off using the keyboard. There's no need to waste time emailing attachments to yourself or manually upload to OneDrive, it's done for you. You could start working on a document at work and then access it at home. Saving to OneDrive means you can access your files from any device. How often have you been working on a report and have forgotten to hit save for a while? As a Word 2016 user who may have even adopted the constant CTRL+S habit while typing, you have to agree that the auto-save feature is rather convenient. Last but not least, the new Slide Zoom feature, the latest feature in PowerPoint 2019 and PowerPoint for Office 365, can be used to create your table of contents. Create a Table of Contents by Slide Zoom. This indicates that your document is being automatically saved to OneDrive. Copy and paste to add titles to the original table of contents slide. As you type, you'll see the word "saving". When working on documents in Word Online, you may notice some dialog appearing next to the file name at the top of the screen. If you have a Microsoft account, you also have a OneDrive account.