Page 539 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

As you may know, Office is Microsoft’s suite of business tools: Word (word

processing), Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint (slideshows), Access
(databases), and so on.

As you may not know, all these apps are available to use for free at
office.com. They’re not identical to the paid desktop versions, but close

enough.

This “app” is nothing more than a splash screen that lets you choose which
version of Office you prefer: the desktop version (which you’re given the

chance to buy) or the free online version. Once you’ve made your choice,
you get links to all the standard apps—either online or offline—along with
any documents you’ve had open recently.

OneDrive

This “app” is just a shortcut to opening your OneDrive folder, described on

Figure 3-15.

OneNote

“OneNote” isn’t really a good name for this program, since its whole point
is to create and organize lots of notes. But never mind that; be grateful

you’re getting it free—albeit in a simple, touchscreen-friendly edition.
(Actually, the full version is free, too. Go get it!)

Notes can be anything (Figure 8-19). Driving directions, recipes, to-do lists,

stuff you paste in from the web or email, brainstorms—anything you might
want to refer to later. OneNote is a notepad and a scrapbook in one.