office 365 is a subscription-based
version of Microsoft Office suite and
you have a few options when purchasing
an account one is office 365 personal
which gives a single user full access to
every office application another is
office 365 home designed for families
where multiple people will be using
office there are many similarities
between office 365 programs and the
traditional office suite so the overall
experience should feel very familiar to
people who've used office before
however office 365 offers several
advantages that are not available with
Microsoft Office suite for instance
office mobile apps come with more
features when you subscribe to office
365 you can do things like insert page
breaks use more colors or make pivot
tables out of data with the Excel mobile
app whereas free editions of the mobile
apps only allow you to do basic tasks
like create a file and enter text a
subscription to 365 also includes other
benefits like more file storage and
onedrive and technical support another
distinct advantage to using office 365
especially for businesses is access to
SharePoint Online this is a service
included in some versions of 365 that
allows you to share and collaborate with
other people whether their colleagues or
customers because the documents live in
the cloud security permissions can be
set up to allow anyone in the
organization to view a document
regardless of their location office 365
subscribers also get more frequent
software updates than those who've
purchased office without a subscription
this means that 365 subscribers have
access to the latest features security
updates and bug fixes now you know the
basic features of office 365
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