Mac users have had a choice for spreadsheets, presentations and word processing for several years, and have been free to download for a while now: Apple’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are Cupertino’s attempt at usurping Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Office gets installed onto new machines and little else besides, other than a bit of tinkering with settings and some cybersecurity measures - and that makes the company desktop.īut what if your company doesn’t feel quite so good about sending Microsoft the significantly large chunk of dollars every year for the privilege of being able to undertake a little light word processing and the occasional PowerPoint presentation creation? Roaming Free
The familiar splash screen of Word is as much part of the office furniture as the swivel chair and the water cooler. In many cases, the email app gets ignored for the baked-in copy of Outlook that ships with Office.Įven hardened users of Office 365 or apps like Word Online still feel more secure with an old-school office suite installed locally. Usually, however, the standard-issue company desktop comprises a browser, an email app, and a copy of Office.
