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   Microsoft Office 2016 16.9

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Jumping from version 15.41 (released in mid-December, 2017), Microsoft
   has released version 16.9 of its [1]Office 2016 application suite with
   the addition of real-time collaborative editing. For [2]Word and
   [3]PowerPoint, you'll need to save your documents to OneDrive or
   SharePoint Online and then send an invite to collaborators (Microsoft
   notes that Windows users need to be running PowerPoint 2010 or later).
   You'll need an Office 365 subscription for [4]Excel, as well as upload
   to or create a new workbook on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or a
   SharePoint Online library.

   Office 2016 also adds [5]AutoSave capabilities to Word, Excel, and
   PowerPoint, allowing Office 365 subscribers to enable this for files
   stored on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online. The
   three apps also improve discovery of documents stored in your
   frequently used sites and groups in the Open menu, while Excel adds new
   charts (such as funnel, sunburst, and histogram) and improves support
   for filters in a PivotTable.

   PowerPoint enables you to trim content from the beginning or end of an
   audio or video clip, and adds support for using your mouse as a laser
   pointer for improved focus during presentations. Outlook adds gestures
   for archiving (swiping left with two fingers) or deleting (swiping
   right) email from your Inbox. ($149.99 for one-time purchase,
   $99.99/$69.99 annual subscription options, free update through
   Microsoft AutoUpdate, [6]release notes, 10.10+)

References

   1. https://products.office.com/en-us/mac/microsoft-office-for-mac
   2. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Collaborate-on-Word-documents-with-real-time-co-authoring-7dd3040c-3f30-4fdd-bab0-8586492a1f1d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#ID0EABAAA=Mac
   3. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Work-together-on-PowerPoint-presentations-0c30ee3f-8674-4f0e-97be-89cf2892a34d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
   4. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Collaborate-on-Excel-workbooks-at-the-same-time-with-co-authoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
   5. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-is-AutoSave-6d6bd723-ebfd-4e40-b5f6-ae6e8088f7a5?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
   6. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Release-notes-for-Office-2016-for-Mac-ed2da564-6d53-4542-9954-7e3209681a41

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