Microsoft Office: Which Office package is right for you?

In more than two decades, Microsoft has developed the packages around Word, Excel and Co. not only functionally continuously, but the versions better aligned to the different target groups. Students and students, managers and freelancers, club directors and bloggers – they all have different needs but a common goal: professional results.


Office subscriptions are always up to date


With the current version of Office, each user type is now easier to find the set of tools, apps and programs he actually needs every day - at work and in the hobby, on a PC, smartphone or tablet.

OneDrive and Skype


With the introduction of Office 365, Microsoft is giving users of Windows 7 or later and Mac OS X 10.6 or later the possibility to use software in the subscription instead of buying. Home users in particular benefit from this. In contrast to the purchase version Office Home and Student with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, the two subscription versions Office 365 Home and Office 365 staff offer permanent access to all important Office 2013 applications. This includes, of course, Outlook 2013.


Office 365 Home: The family version


All services and applications are continually updated by Microsoft and the subscriber does not need to worry about them. Your work will also be synchronized automatically the next time you connect to the Internet. This ensures that all documents are always up-to-date.


Office 365 Personal: For single user


By the way, all applications of the Office 365 packages are also available "offline". You can also work in Excel spreadsheets, write Word texts or create presentations even if the PC is not connected to the Internet.


Another, frequently underestimated advantage of the subscription versions is the additional benefit. Office 365 Home and Office 365 personnel automatically provide you with 20 gigabytes of online storage in OneDrive, which you can expand even more flexibly. In any case, 20 gigabytes are enough to store vacation images, important documents, tables, videos, and music on the Web, and retrieve them from virtually any Internet-enabled device, if you want. And free calling is also included. 60 minutes per month - even abroad - you can "chat" with Skype.


Because with only one subscription you can install Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs and additionally on up to 5 Windows tablets or iPads. They enable the entire family to run on all devices you use - at home and on the road. Despite the different device classes, user comfort does not suffer.


The only difference: as an app Office was optimized on the touch-based displays of the tablets. Office 365 Home costs an annual subscription of 99 Euros (RRP). A monthly subscription is possible for 10 euros. You can also test the version for one month.


Almost all the benefits and features that Office 365 Home offers you are also available for Office 365 personnel - including 20 gigabytes of online storage at OneDrive and 60 freemasons at Skype.


The only difference: Office 365 staff can be installed on 1 PC / Mac and 1 Tablet. As a result, this version is cheaper than the Home variant, but more suitable for single users: One year subscription costs 69 euros (RRP), one month subscription only 7 euros.