14 Facts About Office Online

Microsoft Office Online, or simply Office Online, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft.

Now, Windows and Office Online have shifted to predictable release schemes to update software.

Major feature of the Office Online suite is the ability for users and third-party companies to write add-ins that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features.

An application for Office Online is a webpage that is hosted inside an Office Online client application.

Microsoft Office Online has a security feature that allows users to encrypt Office Online documents with a user-provided password.

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Microsoft Office Online is available in several editions, which regroup a given number of applications for a specific price.

Microsoft Office Online has been criticized in the past for using proprietary file formats rather than open standards, which forces users who share data into adopting the same software platform.

In 1993, Microsoft Office Online Professional was released, which added Microsoft Access 1.

SharePoint, a web collaboration platform codenamed as Office Online Server, has integration and compatibility with Office Online 2003 and so on.

The main features of Office Online 2010 include the backstage file menu, new collaboration tools, a customizable ribbon, protected view and a navigation panel.

Microsoft Office Online 2010 featured a new logo, which resembled the 2007 logo, except in gold, and with a modification in shape.

Microsoft Office Online 2001 was launched in 2000 as the last Office Online suite for the classic Mac OS.

Benchmarks suggested that compared to its predecessor, Office Online 2008 ran at similar speeds on Intel machines and slower speeds on PowerPC machines.

In February 2014, Office Web Apps were re-branded Office Online and incorporated into other Microsoft web services, including Calendar, OneDrive, Outlook.