Microsoft has made smart and subtle changes with Office 2016 A Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Smart & Subtle Changes A Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Smart & Subtle Changes Office 2016 for Mac was just released and the Windows version will follow in the fall. We show you the new look and features of the world's most popular productivity suite. Automatic updating for Office 2013 and Office 2016 Click-to-Run is not enabled. Content provided by Microsoft. Applies to: Office Professional Plus 2016 Office Standard 2016 Office Home and Business 2013 Office Home and Student 2013 Office Professional 2013 Office Professional Plus 2013 Office Standard 2013 More.

Word for Windows (2010 and 2007) Word for Mac OS X (2011 and 2008) Word for Windows (2010 and 2007) To convert one or more footnotes or endnotes. Open your document and select the References tab. In the Footnotes group, click Show Notes. Select the notes you want to convert, and then right-click. In this article, we will provide you with 6 ways to convert all footnotes to endnotes and vice versa in your Word document. It’s known to all that by default, footnote texts are arranged on the bottom of individual pages while endnotes are found at the end of a document. If you want to change the footnotes and endnotes you inserted to a different kind of note, you can convert them. To change a footnote to an endnote, Control + Click the footnote text and click Convert to Endnote. To change an endnote to a footnote, Control + Click the endnote text and click Convert.

This week, arrives for Windows and the software is a major upgrade to the previous versions of Microsoft's productivity suite. If you're eager to use the new apps, they are available now, but first, you have to figure out how you'll purchase them. Long gone are the days of grabbing a box of CDs at the store -- today, subscriptions are the norm, but they're not the only way to buy. Photo recolor free online. Because of that, you get several different ways to buy Office 2016, and you'll be forgiven if you don't know which one to pick.

Microsoft doesn't exactly make it simple to tell the difference between your choices. To make the decision a bit easier, this guide will go over the three different ways to use Office and what you get with each pick. Josh Miller/CNET Option 1: Office.com and Office Mobile apps -- Free provides completely free, but slightly limited, online-only versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and other tools. Around since 2010, the website has largely flown under the radar, overshadowed by the desktop versions of Office.

All you need to use it is a free Microsoft account, which you get. (Of course, if you already use nearly any Microsoft product -- Skype, OneDrive, Xbox Live -- you already have one.). Using Office.com, you can edit and create new documents, spreadsheets and slideshows, using many of the same features you'd get with Office on the desktop. In many ways, it's similar to Google Docs, which is also exclusively online and free with a Google account.

With free comes a few limitations. First, the online tools are missing some advanced features you get with the full versions, like tracking changes in Word, advanced chart types in Excel and many slide transitions in PowerPoint. The other big drawback is that you cannot open and edit files that live on your computer. In order to open a file through Office.com, you'll need to store it in either OneDrive or Dropbox first. Luckily, you can easily save a copy of a file you create or edit to your computer without any hassle. Any changes you make are also automatically saved in OneDrive. When you're away from a computer, you can also use the free Office mobile apps for,.

Like the browser-based version, these apps have all the basic Word, Excel and PowerPoint features, with some limitations. If you have an Office 365 (see below), you'll unlock all of the apps' tools. Office.com has free online-only versions of the Office apps.

Screenshot by Sarah Mitroff/CNET Option 2: Office 365 -- Subscription is a monthly or yearly memberships that gets you the full desktop versions of Office, plus, email with Outlook, and a bunch of extras. With, the full versions include new sharing features that let you work together with others in real-time, integrations with messaging app Skype, a tool that uses Microsoft's search engine Bing to help you research while you're working and more.

The most enticing reason to get a subscription is that you'll always get new versions Office when Microsoft releases them. There are several different types of Office 365 subscription, each getting you different features. The two most popular subscription tiers are Home and Personal. Office 365 Home is meant for families, since up to five people can be on the same membership and you can install the Office apps on up to five different PCs or Macs, plus use the full versions of the Office apps on Android and iOS phones and tablets.

You also get 1TB of storage for each person in OneDrive, plus 60 free minutes per month per user on Skype to make phone calls all around the world. Office 365 Personal is designed for one person with one computer to install the Office apps. You can also use the full versions of the mobile apps, and the subscription includes 1TB of OneDrive storage. Plus, you get 60 Skype minutes every month. Here's a full breakdown of what you get with Office 365 Home and Personal. Then, if you need extra features consider purchasing Office 2016 as a one-time purchase.

Though it has a bigger up-front cost, it can be cheaper in the long run. If you plan to use Office for more than two years and do not want extra storage space in OneDrive, a one-time purchase will ultimately be cheaper than a subscription. Once you pass the two-year mark, you'll pay more money per year to keep using Office 365 than the cost of the one-time purchase for Office 2016 Home & Student.