15 Amazingly Useful Features In Office 365 That You Probably Don't Know About (MSFT)
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By now you've likely heard that Microsoft has a cloud version of Office, called Office 365, that you pay for on subscription either monthly or annually.
Office 365 is a little unusual in that it is cloud software and you install it on your PC, to give you the best of all worlds. As you keep you paying for it, Microsoft automatically adds cool new features.
We asked Microsoft to send us a list of the best new things you could do with the software that most people didn't know it could do.
<h3>Multiple people can edit the same document at once</h3>
Everyone can edit a document at the same time in Word, PowerPoint or Excel. You can see the changes as they make them and who is doing the editing.
No more emailing attachments. Everyone can just pile on and work at once.
By the way, while this feature is new for Office 365, it's not unique to Microsoft. Google Apps offers the same. But the first time you see it in action, it's wild.
<h3>Skype with co-workers while working on a document</h3>
In the coming weeks, Microsoft will be rolling out a feature that lets you simply click a "Chat" button to begin chatting with everyone working in the document over Skype.
Even if you leave the Office document, you'll be able to continue the conversation via Skype on your desktop or phone, so can keep talking to the team as they make edits.
<h3>Link to files, don't attach them</h3>
If your company uses a business edition of Office 365, here's a nifty trick for sharing a file. Upload your file to Office 365's cloud storage. Fire up the cloud version of Outlook (known as Outlook Web App) and, instead of attaching a file, link to the file on your cloud.
This isn't unique to Office 365 - all cloud storage services allow you share documents via links. But Outlook will automatically grant edit permission to the people you are emailing. (You can change their permissions, too.)
<h3>Use two Microsoft cloud storage accounts on your Android phone</h3>
Microsoft has created an app called the OneDrive app for Android.
It lets you use both your corporate Microsoft cloud storage (OneDrive for Business) and your personal Microsoft cloud storage (OneDrive) from a single app.
Just toggle between them.
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