The bottom line is that chances are, you’ll run into a need for one of these apps, whether to create, edit, or simply view a file. And then, of course, there’s the mighty Excel, a spreadsheet program entire careers are built around. Thinking beyond Word and PowerPoint, more than a few professions require working knowledge or proficiency in the MS Office suite, which includes software like Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and the now-ubiquitous Teams. So there’s no reason to think that everyone’s abandoned their.

When you look at things worldwide, you’re talking about over a billion users.

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