今年早些时候，微软(Microsoft)推出了适用于多个平台的新版Office 套件(Office suite)Microsoft Office 2016。适用于Windows(Windows)用户的版本于9 月 22 日(September 22)发布，现在可供Office 365(Office 365)订阅者下载和使用。(download and use)它也可以零售。我们认为最好向您介绍这个新版本的主要新功能以及Microsoft Office 2016引入的主要改进。我们还将描述可用的版本以及您可以从哪里购买它们。所以，如果你想了解更多关于微软(Microsoft)最新的Office 套件(Office suite)，阅读这篇文章：
Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365中有哪些新功能？
Microsoft Office 2016是最新版本的Office，包括以下应用程序：Word、Excel、PowerPoint、Outlook、OneNote、Publisher 和 Access(Publisher and Access)。当您购买Microsoft Office 2016时，您的许可证永远不会过期，并且理论上您可以永久使用它，只要您不以有意义的方式更改 PC 的硬件配置(hardware configuration)。
Office 365 现在以服务形式提供Microsoft Office 2016套件。您按月或按年付费，还可以获得其他福利。其中之一是您始终在使用它的设备上拥有最新的Office 版本。(Office version)当您停止支付订阅费用时，您对Office应用程序和与其捆绑的其他服务的访问权限将过期。
Microsoft Office 2016与以前的版本相比带来了许多新功能和改进。这里只是其中的几个：
- Microsoft Office 应用程序可让您使用(Microsoft Office apps)OneDrive直接在云中创建、编辑和保存文档、电子表格、演示文稿和各种文件。
- 现在，无论您使用何种设备，您都可以与他人实时协作处理您的Word 或 PowerPoint 文件。(Word or PowerPoint files)您可以实时查看其他共同作者在您的Word文档中所做的事情。
- 共享您的文档更容易——您只需按下共享按钮即可(Share button)。您还可以查看谁有权访问您的Office 文件(Office file)以及谁在其中工作。
- Microsoft Office 2016包括新的图表类型：Treemap、Waterfall、Pareto、Histogram、Box and Whisker和Sunburst。
- Word、Excel 和 PowerPoint(Excel and PowerPoint)现在拥有更好的版本历史记录系统(version history system)，可让您轻松查看文件的以前版本，同时与其他人共同创作。
- (OneNote)只要您已将笔记本保存或移动到OneDrive ， OneNote就可以与其他人共享您的笔记本。
我们仅向您展示了Microsoft的Office 2016为我们带来的一些最重要的新功能。但是，还有许多其他新功能可以帮助我们提高工作效率，如果您想了解更多有关它们的信息，可以查看Microsoft的以下官方公告：Office 2016 的新增功能和改进功能(What's New and Improved in Office 2016)。
我听说过的 Sway 是什么？
虽然它不是新的Microsoft Office 2016应用程序套件的一部分，但我们还想提一下Sway - Microsoft的新 Office 相关应用程序。这个应用程序旨在帮助您创建数字故事，就像PowerPoint一样，但重点是帮助您创建、展示或分享想法、概念、交互式报告、演示文稿、个人故事等。与旨在帮助您创建并向大量观众展示演示文稿的PowerPoint相比， (PowerPoint)Sway更像是一个屏幕应用程序，旨在让您向较小的观众展示您的内容，或者更好的是，与其他人在线共享它. 微软(Microsoft)的摇摆(Sway)可作为Office Online服务的一部分提供，或作为适用于Windows 10设备、iPad 平板电脑和 iPhone 的可下载应用程序提供。我们还期待看到适用于即将推出的Windows 10 Mobile的应用程序版本。如果您想了解有关Sway的更多详细信息，请查看其官方网页，此处为：Sway.com。
我们认为微软(Microsoft)没有将Sway包含在Microsoft Office 2016套件中，因为该应用仍在开发和改进中。它感觉更像是一个测试版，而且很可能它将包含在Microsoft Office 2017中。
我可以在哪些设备上安装Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365？
Microsoft Office 套件(Microsoft Office suite)可下载并安装在多种平台和设备上。您可以将它安装在Windows笔记本电脑、台式机和二合一电脑上，也可以安装在Mac(Macs)、Windows 或 Android 平板电脑(Windows or Android tablets)、iPad、Android智能手机和 iPhone 上，如果您拥有Windows Phone，那么您已经有微软Office(Microsoft Office)就可以了。
但是，您应该知道，并非完整的Microsoft Office 套件(Microsoft Office suite)中包含的所有应用程序都可以在每个平台上使用。例如，如果您使用Android 智能手机(Android smartphone)或Windows Phone，您将只能下载、安装和使用Word、Excel、PowerPoint 和 OneNote(PowerPoint and OneNote)。
有哪些可用的Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365版本？
正如预期的那样，Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365提供多个版本，每个版本都旨在满足某些类型用户的需求。这很好，因为例如，如果您只需要一台 PC 上的一个许可证，那么您只能购买该许可证。如果您的妻子、丈夫、孩子等也需要Microsoft Office，您可以选择购买最多可供五个用户同时使用的家庭版。(home edition)以下是所有可用的Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365版本的列表：
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Office 365 Home - 最多可安装在 5 台 PC 或 5台 Mac(Macs)上，每个家庭可安装在 5 台平板电脑和 5 部智能手机上（多个用户可以使用）。它包括您可以在Microsoft Office 2016中找到的应用程序：Word、Excel、PowerPoint、Outlook、OneNote、Publisher和Access。最重要的是，它还为 5 位用户中的每一位提供 1 TB 的额外OneDrive 存储空间(OneDrive storage)，每月 60 分钟的Skype 电话(Skype phone)通话，以及在订阅期内永久升级到最新的Office 版本(Office version)。
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Office 365 个人版(Office 365 Personal)- 只能由 1 位用户安装在 1台 PC 或 Mac(PC or Mac)以及 1 台平板电脑和 1 部手机上。除此之外，此订阅计划(subscription plan)还包括Office 365 Home的所有其他功能。
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Office Home & Student 2016 - 可以一次性购买（此处没有订阅计划(subscription plan)）。它包括Word、Excel、PowerPoint 和 OneNote(PowerPoint and OneNote)，并且只能安装在 1 台 PC 上。此版本还包括 15 GB 的OneDrive 云(OneDrive cloud)存储。
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Office Home & Business 2016 - 与Office Home & Student 2016相同，但它还包括Outlook。
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Office Professional 2016 - 与Office Home & Business 2016相同，但也包括Publisher和A ccess。
在哪里可以购买 Microsoft Office 2016(Buy Microsoft Office 2016)或Office 365？
Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365可以在许多地方以多种方式购买。但是，我们认为购买软件的最佳地点是Microsoft的官方商店或具有良好声誉的知名在线商店。(online store)从Office.com 网站(Office.com website)购买Microsoft Office 2016或Office 365 ，或者从(Office 365)亚马逊(Amazon)等知名在线商店(online store)购买。
如果您更喜欢直接从Microsoft购买(Microsoft)Office 2016或Office 365，请访问此网站，然后选择您想要的版本：选择您的 Office(Choose your Office)。
但是，某些Microsoft Office 2016和Office 365版本有可能在(Office 365)Amazon上以更便宜的价格出售，因此您还应该考虑以下链接：
- (Purchase Microsoft Office)从美国亚马逊(Amazon US)购买 Microsoft Office：
- (Purchase Microsoft Office)从英国亚马逊(Amazon UK)购买 Microsoft Office：
结论
长期以来， Microsoft Office(Microsoft Office)一直是办公生产力应用程序的(office productivity apps)行业标准(industry standard)。可能很少有人在他们的职业生涯中没有听说过Office 或(Office or use)至少使用过一个Office 应用程序。(Office app)希望(Hopefully)本文为您提供了足够的信息来决定您是否要购买Microsoft Office 2016或Office 365。如果您有任何问题仍未得到解答，请随时使用下面的表格提问。
What's new in Office 2016 and Office 365? Where to buy them?
Earlier this year, Microsoft launched the new version of its Office suite, Microsoft Office 2016, for multiple platforms. The νersion for Windows users came out on Seрtember 22 and it iѕ now available for download and use for Office 365 subscribеrs. It's also available in retail. We thought it would be a good idea to tell you about the main new features of this new version and the main improvements that are introduced by Microsoft Office 2016. We'll also describe the aνailable editiоns and where you can buy them from. So, if you want to know more about Microsoft's lаtest Office suite, read this article:
What's new in Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365?
Microsoft Office 2016 is the latest version of Office that includes the following applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher and Access. When you buy Microsoft Office 2016, your license never expires and you can use it, theoretically, forever, as long as you don't change the hardware configuration of your PC in meaningful ways.
Office 365 now offers the Microsoft Office 2016 suite, as a service. You pay for it on a monthly or yearly basis and you also get other benefits. One of them is that you always have the latest Office version available on the devices on which you are using it. When you stop paying for the subscription, your access to Office applications and the additional services bundled with it expires.
Microsoft Office 2016 brings lots of new features and improvements over previous versions. Here are just a few of them:
- Microsoft Office apps let you create, edit and save documents, spreadsheets, presentation and all kinds of files directly in the cloud, using OneDrive.
- You can now work on your Word or PowerPoint files in collaboration with others, in real-time, regardless of the device you're using. And you can see in real time what the other co-authors are doing in your Word documents.
- Sharing your documents is easier - all you need to do is press the Share button. You can also see who has access to your Office file and who's working in it.
- Microsoft Office 2016 includes new chart types: Treemap, Waterfall, Pareto, Histogram, Box and Whisker, and Sunburst.
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint now have a better version history system that lets you easily see previous versions of your files, while co-authoring with other people.
- OneNote lets share your notebooks with other people, as long as you've saved or moved your notebooks to OneDrive.
We've only showed you some of the most important new features brought to us by Microsoft's Office 2016. However, there are many other new things that help us be more productive and, if you'd like to know more about them, you can check this official announcement by Microsoft: What's New and Improved in Office 2016.
What's this Sway I've heard about ?
While it is not a part of the new Microsoft Office 2016 suite of apps, we'd also like to mention Sway - a new Office-related app from Microsoft. This app is designed to help you create digital stories, much like PowerPoint, but with a focus on helping you create, present or share ideas, concepts, interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more. In contrast to PowerPoint, which is designed to help you create and show presentations to large audiences, Sway is more of a on-screen app, designed to let you present your content to smaller audiences, or better yet, to share it online with others. Microsoft's Sway is available as part of the Office Online services, or as a downloadable app for Windows 10 devices, iPad tablets and iPhones. We're also expecting to see a version of the app for the upcoming Windows 10 Mobile. If you want more details about Sway, check its official web page, here: Sway.com.
We believe that Microsoft has not included Sway in the Microsoft Office 2016 suite because this app is still being developed and improved. It feels more like a beta and, most probably, it will be included in Microsoft Office 2017.
On what devices can I have Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365?
The Microsoft Office suite is available to download and install on a multitude of platforms and devices. You can install it on Windows laptops, desktops and 2-in-1s, you can install it on Macs, on Windows or Android tablets, on iPads, on Android smartphones and on iPhones and, if you own a Windows Phone, then you already have Microsoft Office on it.
However, you should know that not all the apps included in the full Microsoft Office suite are available on each and every platform. For instance, if you use an Android smartphone or a Windows Phone, you'll only be able to download, install and use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Which are the available Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365 editions?
As expected, Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365 is available in multiple editions, each designed to fill the needs of certain types of users. That's good because if, for instance, you only need one license on only one PC, then you can buy only that. If you also need Microsoft Office also for your wife, husband, kids and so on, you can choose to buy a home edition that can be used by up to five users simultaneously. Here's the list with all the available Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365 editions:
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Office 365 Home - can be installed on up to 5 PCs or 5 Macs, and on 5 tablets and 5 smartphones per household (multiple users can use it). It includes the applications you would find in Microsoft Office 2016: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access . On top of that, it also offers 1 TB of additional OneDrive storage for each of the 5 users, 60 minutes/month of Skype phone calls, and perpetual upgrades to the latest Office version, for the life of the subscription.
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Office 365 Personal - can be installed on 1 PC or Mac, and on 1 tablet and 1 phone, by only 1 user. Other than that, this subscription plan includes all the other features from Office 365 Home.
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Office Home & Student 2016 - can be bought as a one-time purchase (no subscription plan here). It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, and it can be installed on only 1 PC. This edition also includes 15 GB of OneDrive cloud storage.
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Office Home & Business 2016 - identical to Office Home & Student 2016 , except it also includes Outlook .
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Office Professional 2016 - is identical with Office Home & Business 2016 , but includes Publisher and A ccess too.
Where Can I Buy Microsoft Office 2016 or Office 365?
Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365 are available to purchase in many places and in many ways. However, we believe the best places to buy software are either the official stores from Microsoft or well known online stores, that have a good reputation. Either buy Microsoft Office 2016 or Office 365 from the Office.com website or buy it from a renowned online store like Amazon.
If you prefer buying Office 2016 or Office 365 directly from Microsoft, head to this website, and choose the edition you want: Choose your Office.
However, there is a possibility that some of the Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 365 editions are sold at cheaper prices on Amazon, so you should also take into consideration these links:
- Purchase Microsoft Office from Amazon US:
- Purchase Microsoft Office from Amazon UK:
Conclusion
Microsoft Office has been the industry standard when it comes to office productivity apps for a long time. There are probably very few people that haven't heard about Office or use at least one Office app in their professional life. Hopefully this article has given you enough information to decide whether you want to buy Microsoft Office 2016 or Office 365, or not. If you have any questions that are still unanswered, don't hesitate to ask using the form below.
