200R2 Microsoft 365 Introduction

As more and more apps are moving to being online, several “Office” apps are moving too. These enable you to create and edit documents using nothing more than a web browser, so it doesn’t matter what sort of computer you have. Indeed Microsoft Office is no longer available to run on the (Apple) MacOS system, and has never worked on Linux. It also brings MS Office to Chromebooks. But now it does using a simple web browser, and all modern web browsers are compatible, though Chrome based (including Edge or Opera) are probably best.

Online applications in Microsoft Office 365 including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft One Drive, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Publisher

Online tools such as Office 365 also come with a certain amount of free online, cloud storage where you can save your files

• if you already have an outlook, hotmail email address
  sign in and get started
• if not create a  new outlook email address here

Previously, in 2023:

• You’ll be asked to provide a method of payment so that there’s no interruption in your service after 30 days
  • ie 30 days free trial
• You won’t be charged before your trial ends.
• After that, Microsoft 365 Family is £79.99 per year.

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