Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 includes applications that used to come under the Microsoft Office and Office 365 brands, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as the online services OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams.
Microsoft 365 is available on a subscription basis, either monthly or annually, and has options aimed at individuals, families, education, and businesses. The applications and services included depends on the chosen subscription option.
Applications
Depending on the edition of Microsoft 365 being used it will include some or all of the following applications and services.
Word is a word processing application that comes as part of all the editions of Microsoft Office. It can be used for anything from writing letters to producing an entire book.
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Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application, which comes as part of all editions of Microsoft Office. It can be used to calculate, analyse and present data in table or chart format.
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PowerPoint is a slide show based presentation application, included in all editions of Microsoft Office. Each slide in a presentation can incorporate text, graphics, sound and video clips.
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OneNote is the last of the applications that comes as part of all editions of Microsoft Office. It is an application that allows information gathering of notes, pictures, web pages, media and more, a bit like a digital notebook.
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Outlook allows you to send and receive e-mails, organise and share schedules in a calendar based format, as well as stay up to date with contacts.
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Publisher provides a means to print and share professional looking publications.
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Access is a database management system that allows the creation of applications using forms and reports, where data is stored in tabular format and incorporates a query building tool.
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OneDrive is a file hosting service that enables registered users to share and synchronise files between devices. It also acts as a means of storage for web versions of the above applications. Five gigabytes of storage space is available free of charge, with larger options available in the various different Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
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Teams is a collaborative platform that provides video conferencing functionality to meet with one or more people. It includes a means for screen sharing and allows real-time file editing using Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, together with OneDrive. It also incorporates chat functionality to share your thoughts on a one-to-one or group basis, using text, images, emojis and more.