Microsoft 365 is a large and growing suite.If you’re the minute taker for a club meeting, features like this are significant time-savers.

The online version of Word has speech-to-text and transcription tools.With Microsoft 365, you can use the webapps for general editing work, and switch to the installed programs to finesse. Not so with installed software, which can use a computer’s full set of features.

Webapps must aim for browser compatibility, so may have to sacrifice some advanced tools.

You can emulate this using Google Workspace’s offline mode but must set it up before take-off. If you’re flying, you can put your computer into airplane mode and carry on working if your files are stored on your hard drive.

The combination of online and installed tools gives you the greatest flexibility.

Halfpoint Images // Getty Images What are the pros of Microsoft 365? On Android, core editing feature are free on devices with screens of 10.1in or less. Core editing features are free to use across all iPads other than iPad Pro, for which you’ll need a paid subscription. Microsoft 365 also works on smartphones and tablets. Nonetheless, the core features are there, so you can do a full day’s work wherever you happen to be. Depending on your needs, they might not be a direct replacement for installed software, as they lack some of the most advanced tools in a bid to remain compatible with the widest range of browsers. That’s why webapps, like the online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, are becoming more popular. Traditional installed software isn’t always convenient – especially if you need to work on different machines. It doesn’t benefit from the OneDrive upgrade, won’t get new tools over time, and can only be installed on a single computer. However, it lacks Access, Publisher, and Outlook. Office Home & Student 2021 remains on sale for a one-off price of £119.99. So, has the ‘Office’ brand disappeared? Not at all. Even if there’s just two of you, it makes sense to upgrade to Family, since it trims the fee to less than £40 each. Each gets the same range of apps and their own 1TB of storage to keep their files separate. Where a Personal subscription only licences one user, opting for Microsoft 365 Family (£79.99 a year), lets you enrol up to six.

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