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RELATED: A Free Microsoft Office: Is Office Online Worth Using? Transforming devices like the Microsoft Surface make this a bit more complicated, though Microsoft would likely recommend using desktop Office applications both in keyboard-and-mouse and in touch mode. MicrosoftвЂ™s argument is pretty simple: Use traditional desktop apps on a PC with a keyboard and mouse, and universal Office apps on small tablets and smartphones.

WeвЂ™ll have to see what happens when Microsoft releases Office 2016 -В sometime before the end of 2015.

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If Microsoft does make the universal apps free, theyвЂ™ll be a good option for desktop users who donвЂ™t need the full Microsoft Office suite.

ItвЂ™s possible that the universal apps wonвЂ™t require a subscription at all on Windows 10, allowing you to use them for basic editing - even on the desktop - without paying anything.

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On iPads, Android tablets, iPhones, and Android phones, the Office apps are free to use and donвЂ™t require a paid subscription. Microsoft is hedging their bets a bit here.

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But youвЂ™ll be able to install theseВ universal apps on Windows 10

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Microsoft is pushing these as вЂњdesigned for touch and mobile.вЂќ TheyвЂ™ll вЂњbe pre-installed for free on phones and small tablets running Windows 10, and available to download from the Windows Store for other devices.вЂќ The message is pretty clear - use these apps on phones and small tablets, and use the traditional desktop apps on desktop PCs. There are also simplified universal versions of Outlook Mail and Calendar. There are also less apps - only universal versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote are offered. TheyвЂ™re much more simplified and have less features. Universal Office apps are new - theyвЂ™re theВ Windows versions of the iPad and Android tablet Office apps Microsoft released recently. YouвЂ™ll have to buy a boxed copy of Office 2016 or pay for a Microsoft Office 365 subscription to get them. They have all the typical features youвЂ™d ever need, and theyвЂ™re optimized for traditional Windows desktop use.В But, if you absolutely need advancedВ features, you could still run these on a Windows tablet with a touch interface. If youвЂ™ve ever used Office on Windows inВ the past, these are the applications youвЂ™ve been using. Microsoft is pushing these as вЂњ best suited for keyboard and mouse,вЂќ and they are. The desktop Microsoft Office apps are Office as you know it - packed with a huge amount of features that have built up over the years, with everything from mail merges to macros included. RELATED: What's the Difference Between Office 365 and Office 2016? So, which should you use? Advantages of Desktop Office Most of the apps included with Windows 10 are universal apps Microsoft wants you to use on the desktop, after all. The universal apps run in windows on your desktop. The desktop apps still have thatВ вЂњ touch modeвЂќ which makes them more usable on a touch screen. And, if they were, it would be simple - the touch apps would just run in the new вЂњMetroвЂќ interface and be ideal for tablets, while the Office desktop apps would run in windows and be ideal for laptops and desktops.Д«ut things are less simple now. These new вЂњtouchвЂќ Office apps were originally supposed to be released sometime for Windows 8.

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RELATED: Beginner: How to Enable Touch Mode in Office 2013 TheyвЂ™re also more lightweight, trading the huge amount of features that have built up in the desktop Office apps over time for вЂњmodernвЂќ Windows apps that use MIcrosoftвЂ™s new universal app platform. These are available in the Windows Store.В Their interfaces are more designed for touch use. Because theyвЂ™re universal, theyвЂ™ll also run on Windows phones. TheyвЂ™re the Windows version of the Office applications available for iPads and Android tablets. These arenвЂ™t the traditional desktop Windows applications, but will run in windows on the desktop. Microsoft now offersВ вЂњuniversal appвЂќ versions of Office.

However, theyвЂ™re still the typical Office applications Windows users around the world already use. Yes, theyвЂ™re improved - they gained a вЂњtouch modeвЂќ around the time of Windows 8, theyвЂ™re now gaining real-time collaborative editing, and theyвЂ™re integrated with MicrosoftвЂ™s OneDrive. These are the typical Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications youвЂ™ve been using forever.

The traditional line of Microsoft Office desktop applications continues with Windows 10.В Office 2016 is theВ successor to Office 2013. RELATED: Windows 10 Is Almost Here: Here's What You Need to Know

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